Raunheim

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Raunheim


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Darmstadt
District	Groß-Gerau
Population	14,130 http://www.raunheim.de (31/12/2004)
Area	13.01 km²
Population density	1,081 /km²
Elevation	89.5 m
Coordinates	50°1′ N 8°27′ E
Postal code	65479
Area code	06142
Licence plate code	GG
Mayor	Thomas Jühe
Website	Stadt Raunheim

Raunheim is a town in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany and a part of the Frankfurt Urban Region as well as the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.

1 Geography
2 Politics
3 Economy and infrastructure
- 3.1 Transport
- 3.2 Sport and leisure
4 Reference
5 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Location

Raunheim lies in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region between Frankfurt am Main (24 km southwest of downtown) and Mainz on the south bank of the Main, 3 km northeast of Rüsselsheim.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Raunheim borders in the north on the towns of Hattersheim am Main (Main-Taunus-Kreis) and Kelsterbach, in the east on the district-free city of Frankfurt am Main, in the south on the town of Rüsselsheim, and in the west on the town of Flörsheim am Main (Main-Taunus-Kreis).

[edit] Constituent communities

Raunheim consists of only one constituent community.

[edit] Politics

[edit] Town council

Town council consists of 32 councillors. The municipal elections on 18 March 2001 yielded the following results:

SPD	17 seats
CDU	9 seats
Greens	3 seats
FDP	3 seats

[edit] Coat of arms

Raunheim's civic coat of arms 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 1926.[1]

[edit] Town partnerships

Raunheim maintains partnership links with the following towns:

Le Teil, département of Ardèche, France
Trofarello near Turin, Italy

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

The town's advantageous location on the Main and near the airport and Autobahn led to quick growth after the Second World War (1945 population: 3,600) and to its becoming an important industrial location. Several thousand jobs are set to arise soon on the former Caltex refinery's old lands.

[edit] Transport

The interchange on Autobahn A 3 is about 2 km away. Frankfurt International Airport lies 8 km away. Raunheim also has S-Bahn connections to Frankfurt, Mainz and Wiesbaden.

Being near the airport is not an advantage in every way, since Raunheim lies 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.