Neu-Isenburg

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Neu-Isenburg


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Darmstadt
District	Offenbach
Population	35,392 (2005)
Area	24.29 km²
Population density	1,457 /km²
Elevation	130 m
Coordinates	50°2′ N 8°41′ E
Postal code	63263
Area code	06102, 069
Licence plate code	OF
Mayor	Dirk-Oliver Quilling (CDU)
Website	neu-isenburg.de

Neu-Isenburg is a city in the Offenbach Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany with a population of 35,491. It is located 8 km to the south of Frankfurt under the busy flightpath of Frankfurt airport.

It has a regional shopping centre , the "Isenburg center" (IZ) and is noted for having the highest number of restaurants per head of population in Germany. It's proximity to the airport has attracted a large number of hotels and high tech industries.

[edit] History

"Haus zum Löwen" in Neu-Isenburg, Germany. Built in 1702, it was one of the first buildings of Neu-Isenburg. It was a tavern ("Au lion d´Or") until 1918, it´s now the museum of local history.

Neu-Isendorf was founded on 24th July 1699 by Count Johann Philipp of Isenburg as a refuge for Huguenots fleeing France. It was called Philippsburg, for the first 75 years of its existance. In 1816 the village became part of Hessen and in 1894 it received city rights. In 1899, at its 200th anniversary, it was granted a coat of arms. The right part of the arms are the red-silver bars of Hessen, the left part in the second quarter shows the arms of the Counts of Isenburg and in the fourth quarter shows the arms of the Counts of Münzenberg-Falkenstein, the successors of the original Counts of Isenburg.

In 1959 a new residential district, Gravenbruch, was built to the east.

In 1960 the first drive in movie cinema in Europe opened here.