Maintal (, ) is the second largest town of 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
Hesse
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,
Germany
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. It is situated on the river
Main, between
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
and
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 ...
.
Geography
Neighbouring places
The neighbouring countries of Maintal are Niederdorfelden and Schöneck in the north, the city of Hanau in the East, Mühlheim am Main and Offenbach am Main on the other bank of the river Main as well as Frankfurt am Main in the west.
Division of the town
Maintal consists of the four districts
Dörnigheim,
Bischofsheim,
Hochstadt (seat of city-administration) and
Wachenbuchen.
History
The city was artificially created in 1974 in the course of the Hessian administration reform by merging the city of Dörnigheim (now Maintal's biggest district) with the nearby towns of Bischofsheim, Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen.
Economy
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Syngenta Agro GmbH
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Altec Lansing
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Rasmussen GmbH
Transport
Maintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called ''
nordmainische Eisenbahn'' (northern Main railway) and has two stations (Maintal-West in Bischofsheim near the Main river and
Maintal-East in Dörnigheim)
Two ferries cross the Main to the left, or south, bank. The
Rumpenheim Ferry links Bischofsheim with
Rumpenheim, whilst the
Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry links Dörnigheim with
Mühlheim am Main.
Twin towns – sister cities
Maintal is
twinned with:
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Luisant, France (1973)
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Moosburg, Austria (1976)
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Esztergom
Esztergom (; ; or ; , known by Names of European cities in different languages: E–H#E, alternative names) is a city with county rights in northern Hungary, northwest of the capital Budapest. It lies in Komárom-Esztergom County, on the righ ...
, Hungary (1993)
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Katerini
Katerini (, ''Kateríni'', ) is a city and municipality in northern Greece, the capital city of Regional Unit of Piera in Central Macedonia, Greece. It lies on the Pierian plain, between Mount Olympus and the Thermaikos Gulf, at an altitude ...
, Greece (1995)
References
External links
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Webcam Maintal Sky
Towns in Hesse
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
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