Eschborn () is a town in the
Main-Taunus district,
Hesse
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,
Germany
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. It is part of the
Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area and has a population of 21,488 (2018). Eschborn is home to numerous corporations due to its proximity to
Frankfurt
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and relatively low business tax rate.
Geography
Location
Most of "old" Eschborn is on the streets Hauptstraße, near the Eschborn S-Bahn station, and Unterortstraße, including the Rathaus (Town Hall) and some old churches.
The village of Niederhöchstadt is part of Eschborn, but with a different phone area code (same as the adjacent community of
Kronberg). Between Eschborn and the communities to the north and west are particularly green stretches with some pretty houses, nice walks in the foothills of the Taunus mountains.
Landscape
Eschborn provides expansive views of the
Taunus
The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is ''Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are ''Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and '' Altkönig'' (798 m).
The Taunus range spans ...
mountain ranges, especially the '
Altkönig' and behind it the 'Feldberg' up to elevations of around 880 m above sealevel. From Eschborn to the north there are numerous hiking and biking trails leading up to these green mountain zones. In winter, along and up those hills you will even find cross country skiing slopes as well as downhill sled runs used by large crowds of people, esp. on weekends.
History
Eschborn was first mentioned at the beginning of the reign of
Charlemagne
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as king of the
Franks
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. The reason for this first written mention of Eschborn, spelled ‘''Aschenbrunne''’, was a deed of
donation
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(in the name of the
martyr
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) to the
Benedictine
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, motto = (English: 'Pray and Work')
, found ...
Lorsch Abbey
Lorsch Abbey, otherwise the Imperial Abbey of Lorsch (german: Reichsabtei Lorsch; la, Laureshamense Monasterium or ''Laurissa''), is a former Imperial abbey in Lorsch, Germany, about east of Worms. It was one of the most renowned monasterie ...
, which is about 60 km south of Eschborn.
The name ''Aschenbrunne'' means "well at the ash tree".
Buildings and architecture

Large areas of the town are still undeveloped and green expanses fuse in with several high-rises, with a brook passing by the Rathaus (Town Hall) and running close to the
S-Bahn railway line, that joins the river Nidda (which in turn is a tributary of the River Main that flows through Frankfurt am Main). Housing large corporations that have chosen Eschborn, the high-rises of
Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...
, LG (formerly occupied by
Vodafone
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(formerly Arcor)), Deutsche Telekom (T-Systems), Ernst & Young, Deutsche Börse Group (building named "The Cube") and newly SAP, are unmissable.
The street housing the Deutsche Bank offices is named ''Alfred-Herrhausen-Allee'', after
Alfred Herrhausen, former Chairman of Deutsche Bank who was killed on 30. November 1989 by the RAF (
Red Army Faction, the Baader-Meinhof Group) assailants near his home in
Bad Homburg.
Town partnerships
Eschborn is twinned with 4 towns in Europe:
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Montgeron,
France
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since 1985
*
Póvoa de Varzim,
Portugal
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:* mwl, República Pertuesa is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula, in Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Macaronesian ...
since 2010
*
Zabbar,
Malta
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since 2010
*
Viernau,
Germany
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Public transport

The S-Bahn train station Eschborn Süd (south) happens to be the last stop on the route still falling under the Zone 50 which covers Frankfurt (excluding suburbs), and hence means a lot to employees who can commute using the same monthly pass. Two
S-Bahn
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban-suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble c ...
lines (
S 3
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and
S4) operate to Eschborn. They both connect to
Frankfurt Central Station and end in
Darmstadt
Darmstadt () is a city in the States of Germany, state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area, Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it th ...
main station (S3) or
Langen station (S4).
Education
Eschborn has 4 schools in total:
* Hartmutschule (Elementary)
* Süd-West-Schule (Elementary)
* Westerbach-Schule (Elementary), in Niederhöchstadt
* Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule (High School)
Economy and business
Following Government offices are located in Eschborn:
*
Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) - The Federal Office of Economics and Export Controlbr>
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Federal Network Agency, Bundesnetzagentur (vormals RegTP; Außenstelle Hessen) - (The Federal Network Agency)
*
Bundesrechnungshof - (Branch of the federal financial management)
*
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH ( English: ''German Agency for International Cooperation GmbH''), often simply shortened to GIZ, is the main German development agency. It is headquartered in Bonn and Esch ...
(GIZ)
EnglishMany common companies have headquarters or branches located in Eschborn. Other Companies with branches in Eschborn are: Deutsche Bank AG, Siemens SE, Deutsche Telekom AG, Ernst & Young, Continental AG, and Vodafone Germany.
Nissin Foods
GmbH has its offices in Eschborn.
Sport
The FC Eschborn football team was established in 1930.
The chess club ''SC Eschborn 1974'' was founded in 1974.
Points of interest
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Arboretum Main-Taunus
The Arboretum Main-Taunus (76 hectares) is an arboretum located southwest of Eschborn, Hesse, Germany. The Arboretum lies close to Frankfurt am Main.The distance from Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof is about 10 km.
History
The location of the ar ...
Notable people

*
Heinrich von Kleist (1777–1811), was quartered on 25 February 1795 as a young lieutenant in Eschborn. He wrote two letters to his sister
* Karl-Heinz Koch (1924–2007), former Hessian minister of justice (CDU), father of Roland Koch
*
Roland Koch (born 1958), politician, former Hessian
Prime Minister
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(CDU), grew up in Eschborn and still lives there today
References
External links
Official website of the town of EschbornHistorische Gesellschaft Eschborn e. V.Public transportation operator*
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Towns in Hesse
Main-Taunus-Kreis