Hattersheim am Main (, ) is a town in the
Main-Taunus district,
Hesse
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(
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) and part of the
Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area.
Geography
Neighbouring towns
Hattersheim borders the city of
Frankfurt
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 ...
in the northeast, in the southeast with
Kelsterbach, in the southwest with
Raunheim (both are in the
district of Groß-Gerau). The western neighboring towns are
Flörsheim,
Hofheim and
Kriftel.
Town districts
In 1972 the villages of Okriftel und Eddersheim, both situated next to the river
Main, were incorporated into Hattersheim. Since then the town has been called Hattersheim am Main. Hattersheim consists of three districts: Eddersheim, Hattersheim und Okriftel.
Eddersheim
4944 people lived here in 2004. There is a lock on the river Main near the village's center.
The engineer and inventor
Anton Flettner
Anton Flettner (1 November 1885 – 29 December 1961) was a German Aerospace engineering, aviation engineer and inventor. Born in Hattersheim am Main#Eddersheim, Eddersheim (today a district of Hattersheim am Main), Flettner made important contri ...
was born in Eddersheim.
Okriftel
7561 people lived here in 2007. You can cross the river Main by ferry. The town on the other side of the river is
Kelsterbach. The ferry boat operates in summer time on Sundays.
History
A former industrial chocolate production of Sarotti chocolate and the Sarotti-
Moor ''(Mohr)'' took place in Hattersheim am Main. With the change of the majority stockholding, in 1929, the factory merged to Nestlé. The factory in Hattersheim was in the 1960s one of the biggest companies in Hattersheim and Main-Taunus district with a workforce up to 2,000 workers. The factory was closed down in 1994 and currently it was designated a historic site in Hesse.
Population
(as of 31 December)
*1998 – 24,687
*1999 – 24,756
*2000 – 24,752
*2001 – 24,858
*2002 – 25,093
*2003 – 25,059
*2004 – 25,161
*2019 – 27,674
Twin towns – sister cities
Hattersheim am Main is
twinned with:
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Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
*
Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
*
Sarcelles, France
Notable people
*
Anton Flettner
Anton Flettner (1 November 1885 – 29 December 1961) was a German Aerospace engineering, aviation engineer and inventor. Born in Hattersheim am Main#Eddersheim, Eddersheim (today a district of Hattersheim am Main), Flettner made important contri ...
(1885–1961), inventor
References
External links
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Towns in Hesse
Main-Taunus-Kreis
Populated places on the Main basin
Populated riverside places in Germany