Kronberg im Taunus (, ) is a town in the Hochtaunuskreis district,

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and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Before 1866, it was in the

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; in that year the whole Duchy was absorbed into Prussia. Kronberg lies at the foot of the Taunus, flanked in the north and southwest by forests. A mineral water spring also rises in the town.

Geography

DSC08349 Blick von Burgruine Falkenstein auf Frankfurt und Mainebene

Neighbouring communities

Kronberg borders in the north and east on the town of

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, in the southeast on the town of Steinbach, in the south on the towns of

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and Schwalbach (both in Main-Taunus-Kreis), and in the west on the town of Königstein.

Constituent communities

Kronberg consists of the three centres of Kronberg (8,108 inhabitants), Oberhöchstadt (6,363 inhabitants) and Schönberg (3,761 inhabitants).

History

1220–1704

When Kronberg Castle was built (about 1220) it was shared by the Knights of Askenburne (

), who owned a towered castle there. The ''Kronenstamm'' (''stamm'' = stem) moved to Kronberg, giving themselves that name at the time, while the ''Flügelstamm'' ("wing stem") followed them there only 30 years later. Town rights were granted the small settlement on 25 April 1330 by

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. As of 1367, the town also had market rights as well as '' Blutgerichtsbarkeit'' (meaning that there was an Imperial court authorized to mete out bodily punishment, including death), granted by

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. Together with those from Hattstein Castle and Reifenberg Castle, the Knights of Kronberg from

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declared the so-called "Kronberg Feud" in 1389. When on 13 May a great force from Frankfurt swept to Kronberg Castle, Hanau (Ulrich von Hanau) and the

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(150 of Ruprecht von der Pfalz's cuirassiers) troops rushed to help those being beset, driving the Frankfurt forces off on 14 May in the Battle of Eschborn and taking 620 prisoners, among them the mayor, a few noble council members and all the town's

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s and

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s. The story is told in Kronberg that during the battle one of the knights of Kronberg was unhorsed, and because he lacked a replacement mount, he returned to battle on a donkey. Legend has it that it was the unearthly noise the donkey made in battle that made the Frankfurt army run, and this gave birth to the third "Stem", the Ohrenstam (Earstem) - with a pair of donkeys ears on its coat of arms. Only the huge ransom of 73,000 golden

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s – negotiated on 22 August, the pain of which Frankfurt would feel for 120 years – ended the fight with Frankfurt and laid the groundwork for the ''Frankfurter

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'' fortifications.

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was, however, quickly concluded (1391) and alliance sought with Kronberg. In 1394, the council appointed Hartmuth von Cronberg to a two-year term as Bailiff of Bonames, and in 1395, Johann von Cronberg concluded a detailed treaty of federation with Frankfurt, which the Kronbergers bound the Frankfurters and their masses to protect. Finally, in 1398, the ''"Schießgesellen zu Cronenberg"'' ("Journeymen shooters of Kronberg") invited the ''"Schießgesellen zue Franckenfurd unsern guten frunden"'' ("Journeymen shooters of Frankfurt, our good friends") to a ''"Schießen umb eyn Cleynod"'' ("shoot for a treasure"). The letter bearing this message is said to be Germany's oldest surviving invitation to a shooting event (this refers to early weapons, since

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s were as yet unknown). Since Hartmut XII of Kronberg, who is said to be the town's Reformer, had earlier stood by his cousin

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in his attack on

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and

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, Archbishop Richard von Greiffenklau zu Vollrads of Trier, Ludwig V of the

and

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attacked the town and the castle at Kronberg in 1522 and forced an unconditional surrender. Hartmut fled, and Philip introduced the

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throughout Hesse. However, since Kronberg was an Imperial fief, Philip had to give the castle and town back to Hartmut in 1541 under the issuing of property rights for the

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. These rights were affirmed by Hesse-Darmstadt in the 17th and 18th centuries, ensuring that Mainz's later attempts at a Counterreformation (1626–1649) and the ''Simultanisierung'' (1737–1768) would never enjoy success. In 1704, the last member of the ruling family, Herr Johann Niclas von und zu Cronberg, died childless at Hohlenfels Castle in Mudershausen. Kronberg, along with the communities of Schönberg, Niederhöchstadt and

therefore passed to the Electorate of Mainz.

1704–1866

It was under Mainz's rule that the nowadays so-called "Dispute Church" (''"Streitkirche"'') was built, having been planned as a

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church in 1758 to be built right next to the Evangelical church. This led to great protests by the town's Evangelical majority, whose plight reached the Eternal Imperial Diet (''Immerwährender Reichstag'') in

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, where the Evangelicals were granted their wish, and although the building was built anyway, it was never consecrated as a

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. Since 1768, the building has served secular purposes (as a

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, guesthouse, and today as the Kronberg Painters' Colony's museum). In the

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in 1801, the Electorate of Mainz lost its worldly territory, including the Imperial fief of Kronberg, which was confiscated by the Prince of Nassau-Usingen in 1802, and formally awarded to him in 1803. In the

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of 1866, the Duke of Nassau sided with

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, thereby losing his land to

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1866–1945

Wealthy industrialists, traders and bankers discovered the little Taunus town's idyllic and climatically advantageous setting right near Frankfurt in the middle of the 19th century and built

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s and summer homes in Kronberg and Schönberg. Even artists, among them Anton Burger and Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann, came to Kronberg and founded the Kronberg Painters' Colony, which lasted into the 20th century. Some of the Kronberg painters' works are on display in the museum at the "Dispute Church". The small town, for so long shaped by smallholders and craftsmen reached in its "Prussian epoch" its first upswing with the building of the Kronberg-Rödelheim

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(1874) and the luxurious '' Schloss Friedrichshof'' (1889–94) often called "Kronberg", the residence of Princess Victoria, eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and German Dowager Empress.

Since 1945

After the

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, Kronberg belonged to ''Gross-Hessen'' ("Greater Hesse" – a provisional name for the state that was later dropped), and remains in Hesse today. In 1946, the Papal Mission for Displaced Persons in Germany was moved to Kronberg by Pope

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. The apostolic visitor and leader of the institution was the Bishop of Fargo,

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, USA Aloisius Muench, who was of German heritage. His spiritual guidance mandate included caring for those who had fled or been driven out of

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. Until the summer of 1949, he organized from Kronberg the transport of about 950 goods wagons full of Papal aid supplies to Germany. He was also supported by the

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; before taking his position in Kronberg, he received from

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the document of appointment as liaison commissioner for religious affairs to the US military government in Germany. Through his contacts in the USA Muench arranged a formidable flow of donations into destruction-stricken Germany. After the

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was founded, the Kronberg Apostolic Mission was dissolved in 1951. Muench afterwards became the first Apostolic

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in the Federal Republic of Germany (

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). In 1959,

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made Archbishop Muench a

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. Since 28 June 1966, Kronberg has been a state-recognized

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. As part of Hesse's municipal reforms, on 1 April 1972, Kronberg merged with the formerly independent communities of Oberhöchstadt and Schönberg.

Main sights

*Old Town with Kronberg Castle, or ''Burg Kronberg'', with its

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, which is the town's oldest building *the ''Schloss Friedrichshof'' (a stately home built as a widow's residence for " Empress Frederick" and now home to the ''

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'') *the ''Recepturhof'', Mainz Electorate's administration building *the town park *Saint John's

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Church (''Kirche St. Johann'', 1440) *the ''" Streitkirche"'' ("Dispute Church", 1758) *"Hellhof", a noble seat built by the Kronberg Knights (first mentioned in 1424), nowadays partially converted into a gallery. * Opelzoo, a medium-sized animal park between Kronberg and Königstein. The Opelzoo originally came into being from

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Works founder Georg von Opel's grandson's private animal reserve. About 1956, the younger Opel brought a pair of endangered

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to Kronberg and through breeding ensured their survival.

Museums and galleries

* Museum at Kronberg Castle * Kronberg Painters' Colony Museum at the ''Streitkirche'' * Fritz-Best-Museum (closed) *

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Collection * Galerie Opper at the ''Streitkirche'' * Galerie Hellhof * Galerie Hana * Galerie Sties * Galerie Satyra * ArtXchange

Politics

Distribution of town council seats

The municipal elections on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: * CDU 12 seats * SPD 7 seats * UBG 4 seats * KfB 4 seats * Greens 3 seats * FDP 2 seats * independent 1 seat

Culture

Festivals

The biggest street festival in the Old Town (around Steinstraße) is the ''Thäler Kerb''. Since 1967, when the ''Thäler Kerbe'' club was founded, it has been and is still celebrated, always on Tuesday and Wednesday after the first Sunday in July (although in 2006, it was postponed until 11–12 July owing to the World Cup). During the two festival days, the ''Thäler Pärchen'' – the "king" and "queen" of the festival – Miss Bembel and the Thäler Bürgermeister, rule.

Other festivals

* Dallesfest in Oberhöchstadt * Brunnenfest ( spring festival) in Schönberg (2nd Saturday in August) * Oberhöchstädter Kerb * Kürbis-Festival (

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Festival) at Kronberg Castle (October) * Linsenhoff

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Foundation Schafhof Festival (irregular, next festival in 2007)

Markets

* Flea market in the Old Town (first Sunday in July) * Bilder- und Weinmarkt (Picture and Wine Market; first weekend in August) * Herbstmarkt ("Autumn Market, federation of independents, 2nd weekend in September) * Apfelmarkt ("Apple Market"; October) * Christmas Markets in Kronberg and Oberhöchstadt

Music festivals

*Internationally known Kronberg Academy Cello Festival
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Transport

Kronberg is the terminus of the S-Bahn line S4, successor to the Kronberg Railway, which connects Kronberg with Frankfurt city center, the main train station, and the neighboring city of Eschborn. The S-Bahn is part of the

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. For this purpose exists in Kronberg since 2001, a city bus network of three routes. Like the S-Bahn, it is integrated into the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund and carries around 380,000 people a year. The offer is complemented by a call-collecting taxi, which covers some geographical gaps of the city bus and serves for operating hour extension. In addition, regional bus lines connect Kronberg with the neighboring cities and the nearby Frankfurt Northwest Center. The first years of operation of the Kronberg city bus were characterized by controversial political discussions, not only in the city council, but also within the population. This was due to initial planning errors that initially reduced the acceptance of the offer, as well as changing political majorities. Although the city bus has meanwhile (2011) established itself in a positive sense, are now due to the poor budgetary situation again cuts in urban transport offer in the middle. Since early 2013, the Frankfurt Department of Transportation has a possible extension of the subway line 6 to Eschborn examine, which ends at the Heerstraße in Frankfurt-Praunheim. The Frankfurt Department of Transportation has commissioned a correspondingly concrete study of the project. A stop in the industrial park Helfmann-Park is possible. This would, according to the mayor of Eschborn "further enhance the location Eschborn". An exact timetable for the project does not exist yet. In the foreseeable future, there will be a meeting with representatives from Eschborn, Frankfurt and Oberursel on the subway theme. The Greens in the Hochtaunuskreis have recently advocated upgrading the U6 via Eschborn with stops in Steinbach and Kronberg. The city of Oberursel in the high tunnel circle was long ago connected via the U3 to the Frankfurt subway network.

Economy and infrastructure

Kronberg is home to the national headquarters of a number of international firms, such as

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, Braun GmbH (

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and Fidelity International. Agriculturally, Kronberg is known best of all for its

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s and

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fields; there are also a few ''Streuobstwiesen'', meadows that also support a variety of different fruit trees. There are Mineral springs in the Kronthal.

Education

* Kronthal-Schule (

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) Kronberg, formerly Grundschule Kronberg, in the former building of the Altkönigschule * Viktoria-Schule (primary school) Schönberg * Schöne Aussicht (primary school) Oberhöchstadt * Altkönigschule (secondary school, comprehensive school with gymnasial upper level) in Kronberg's main town, until 1973/74 in the Villa Winter * Montessori School (Schönberg) * Religionspädagogisches Studienzentrum der Evangelischen Kirche in Hessen und Nassau (Schönberg) * DRK School of Elderly Care (Kronberg)
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Notable people

* Eberwin II (died 1308), from 1300 Bishop of Worms * Johannes von Cronberg (?-?) about 1300, Choir Bishop at

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* Walter von Cronberg (1477–1543) High Master of the

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* Hartmut XII (1488–1549) early companion of

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, editor of many "Reformational" writings * Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg (1553–1626) from 1604 Elector and

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, builder of the ''Schloss Johannisburg'' in

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* Johann Daniel von Cronberg (–1668) member of the "

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" * Alwara Höfels (born 6 April 1982) German stage and screen actress was born there.

Residents

* Hermann Abs (1901–1994) German banker * Josef Ackermann (1948- ),

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Chairman of the Board. * Johann Ludwig Christ (1739–1813) Evangelical clergyman, pomologist * Jakob Fürchtegott Dielmann (1809–1885) founder of the Kronberg Painters' colony * Joachim Fest (1926–2006) German historian * Empress Frederick (1840–1901) Frederick III's widow,

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's eldest daughter * Carl-Hans Graf von Hardenberg (1891–1958) politician and participant in the

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, lived from 1945 until his death in 1958 in Kronberg *

Max Horkheimer Max Horkheimer ( ; ; 14 February 1895 – 7 July 1973) was a German philosopher and sociologist best known for his role in developing critical theory as director of the Institute for Social Research, commonly associated with the Frankfurt Schoo ...

(1895–1973) lived for a time, until Hitler seized power, on Minnholzweg * Walther Leisler Kiep (1926-2016) CDU politician * Ann-Kathrin Linsenhoff (1960- ) German dressage rider, founder of the Linsenhoff UNICEF foundation * Liselott Linsenhoff (1927–1999) German dressage rider, multiple Olympic champion, VDO founder Adolf Schindling's daughter. * Hans Matthöfer (1925-2009) SPD politician * Wolfgang Mischnick (1921–2002) FDP politician * Karl Otto Pöhl (1929-2014) president of the

Deutsche Bundesbank The Deutsche Bundesbank (, , colloquially Buba, sometimes alternatively abbreviated as BBk or DBB) is the National central bank (Eurosystem), national central bank for Germany within the Eurosystem. It was the German central bank from 1957 to 19 ...

1980-1991 * Fritz Schilgen (1906–2005) last torchbearer in the relay to the Summer Olympics in Berlin in 1936. * Werner Sollors (1943- ), U.S. scholar of English literature and African-American studies

Honorary citizens

* 1895 Adolf Schreyer (1828–1899) * 1902 Karl Wilhelm von Meister (1863–1935) * 1933

Paul von Hindenburg Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg (2 October 1847 – 2 August 1934) was a German military and political leader who led the Imperial German Army during the First World War and later became President of Germany (1919� ...

(1847–1934)

Twin cities

* Le Lavandou,

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

, since September 2, 1972 *

Ballenstedt Ballenstedt is a town in the Harz district, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. Geography It is situated at the northern rim of the Harz mountain range, about 10 km (6 mi) southeast of Quedlinburg. The municipal area comprises the vi ...

, since October 6, 1988 * Porto Recanati,

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, since September 5, 1993 *

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth (; ) is a University town, university and seaside town and a community (Wales), community in Ceredigion, Wales. It is the largest town in Ceredigion and from Aberaeron, the county's other administrative centre. In 2021, the popula ...

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...

, since November 1, 1997 * Zaventem,

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

Esquel Esquel is a town in the northwest of Chubut Province in Argentine Patagonia. It is located in Futaleufú Department, of which it is the government seat. Esquel is the home station for “La Trochita,” a historic narrow gauge railway known in En ...

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

Marchena ''Marchena'' is a genus of jumping spiders only found in the United States. Its only described species, ''M. minuta'', dwells on the barks of conifers along the west coast, especially California, Washington and Nevada.Maddison, Wayne. 1995. ...

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Kronberg im Taunus has also a friendship with: * Guldental, Germany

References

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Taunus Zeitung (newspaper)
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