Maintal

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Maintal


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Darmstadt
District	Main-Kinzig
Population	38,236 (2004)
Area	32.4 km²
Population density	1,180 /km²
Elevation	100 m
Coordinates	50°9′ N 8°50′ E
Postal code	63461-63477
Area code	06181, 06109
Licence plate code	MKK
Mayor	Erhard Rohrbach
Website	stadt-maintal.de

Maintal is the second largest town of the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Main, between Frankfurt am Main and Hanau.

1 Geography
2 History
- 2.1 Districts
3 Economy and Infrastructure
4 Sister cities
5 External links

[edit] Geography

Neighbouring towns and cities of Maintal are Niederdorfelden and Schöneck in the north, the city of Hanau in the East, Mühlheim am Main and Offenbach on the other bank of the river Main as well as Frankfurt am Main in the west.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Districts

Maintal consists of the four districts Dörnigheim, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt (seat of city-administration) und Wachenbuchen.

[edit] Economy and Infrastructure

Syngenta Agro GmbH
Altec Lansing
Rasmussen GmbH
Hübsch Hotel KG

Maintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called "nordmainische Eisenbahn" (Northmain rail) and has two train stations (Maintal-West in Bischofsheim near the Main river and Maintal-East in Dörnigheim) Two ferries at Rumpenheim (Offenbach) and Mühlheim lead over the river Main.

[edit] Sister cities

20px\|Frankreich	Luisant, Frankreich seit 21. April 1973
20px\|Österreich	Moosburg, Österreich seit 22. Oktober 1976
	Amersford, Niederlande seit 10. April 1983
20px\|Ungarn	Esztergom Ungarn seit 18. Juli 1993
20px\|Griechenland	Katerini, Griechenland seit 26. März 1995

[edit] External links

Stadt Maintal
http://people.freenet.de/peterheckert/ Private Webseiten eines Heimatforschers mit einer riesigen Fülle an Informationen zur Ortsgeschichte allgemein, Archäologie, Juden, Zwangsarbeiter.
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Maintal at the Open Directory Project Template:Navigationsleiste Städte und Gemeinden im Main-Kinzig-Kreis