Raunheim () is a town in Groß-Gerau district in

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and a part of the Frankfurt Urban Region as well as the

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Geography

Location

Raunheim lies in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region between

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(24 km southwest of downtown) and

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on the south bank of the Main, 3 km northeast of Rüsselsheim.

Neighbouring communities

Raunheim borders in the north on the towns of

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( Main-Taunus-Kreis) and Kelsterbach, in the east on the district-free city of

, in the south on the town of Rüsselsheim, and in the west on the town of Flörsheim am Main (Main-Taunus-Kreis).

Constituent communities

Raunheim consists of only one constituent community.

History

In 1425 Count John IV. of Katzenelnbogen bought the villages Seilfurt und Raunheim for 5000 florin from the Lords of Eppstein.

Population development

* 1852: 644 * 1875: 700 * 1895: 1.005 * 1910: 1.931 * 1939: 3.151 * 1946: 3.688 * 1961: 6.140 * 1967: 12.388 * 2015: 15.636 In 2011 more than half of Raunheim's inhabitants were migrants. According to census data from that year Raunheim and Dietzenbach also had the highest shares of Muslim migrants in

and Germany.

Politics

Town council

The town council for Raunheim consists of 31 councillors. Elections in 2016: *SPD = 16 *CDU = 7 *GRÜNE = 4 *FDP = 3 *FNR = 1

Mayors since 1947

* 1947 Heinrich Schneiker (SPD) * 1949 Adam Wildmeister (CDU) * 1955 Erwin Lang (SPD) * 1969 Günther Diehl (SPD) * 1988 Herbert Haas (SPD) * 2000 Thomas Jühe (SPD) * 2023 David Rendel (SPD)

Coat of arms

Raunheim's civic

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have no clear meaning. The charge in the arms is first known from a document dating from 1625. The seal used on the document likely dates back further. The ringlike charge is also seen on 18th-century town limit markers. The arms were granted in 192

Town partnerships

Raunheim maintains partnership links with the following towns: * Le Teil,

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* Trofarello,

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Economy and infrastructure

The town's advantageous location on the Main and near the

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and

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led to quick growth after the

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(1945 population: 3,600) and to its becoming an important industrial location. Several thousand jobs are set to arise soon on the former

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refinery's old lands. The aerospace division of the multinational corporation Honeywell is based in Raunheim.

Transport

The interchange on Autobahn A 3 is about 2 km away.

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lies 8 km away. Raunheim also has

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connections to Frankfurt, Mainz and

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden form ...

. With the city being on the airport approach, with certain wind conditions (officially: operational direction 07), the approaching aircraft fly about 300 m over the town, reaching a noise level of 70 dB, peaking at 90 dB, making Raunheim the airport area community most strongly affected by aircraft noise. This has led the town to develop a noise reduction plan. A citizen initiative is fighting against airport expansion.