Großkrotzenburg is a municipality in the

Main-Kinzig Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (Districts of Germany, district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda (district), Fulda, Bad Kissingen (district), Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg (d ...

district, in

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. It has a population of around 7,500. The town is mainly known for its swimming lake and its

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Geography

Location

Großkrotzenburg is located in the extreme southwest of the

district, in the southeast of

, bordering on

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

. It lies on the right bank of the river

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. Part of the municipal territory is covered by the ', a system of lakes created by mining and (gravel) quarrying that stretches across the Hessian-Bavarian border and is named after the town

Kahl am Main Kahl am Main (, ; officially ''Kahl a.Main'') is a community in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 7,500 inhabitants. Geograph ...

Neighbouring communities

Großkrotzenburg borders on (from the north, clockwise)

Hanau Hanau () is a city in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is 25 km east of Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway Hanau Hauptbahnhof, station is a ma ...

(in ( Aschaffenburg district), and Hainburg (in Offenbach district).

Infrastructure

Utilities

'' Kraftwerk Staudinger'' is a coal-fired thermal power station located west of the town, directly on the Main river. Due to the size of its cooling towers, the power plant is a local landmark.

Transport

Großkrotzenburg lies on the '' Bundesstrasse 8''.

References

Municipalities in Hesse Main-Kinzig-Kreis Populated places on the Main basin {{Hesse-geo-stub