Heusenstamm
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| Heusenstamm | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
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| Administration | |
| Country |  Germany |
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| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Offenbach |
| Local subdivisions | 2 Stadtteile |
| Mayor | Peter Jakoby (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 19.03 km² (7.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 121 m (397 ft) |
| Population | 18,344 (31/12/2006) |
| - Density | 964 /km² (2,497 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | OF |
| Postal code | 63150 |
| Area codes | 06104, 06106 |
| Website | www.heusenstamm.de |
Heusenstamm is a town in Hesse, Germany. Its population is approximately 19,000.
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[edit] Geography
[edit] Location
Heusenstamm is one of thirteen towns in the district of Offenbach. The town is situated in the south of Hesse and it is a part of the Rhein-Main-Area. It is about eleven kilometers southeast of Frankfurt and about four kilometers south of Offenbach
[edit] Neighbouring communities
Heusenstamm is bordered in the north by the city of Offenbach, in the northeast by the town of Obertshausen, in the southeast by the town of Rodgau, in the south by the town of Dietzenbach and in the west by the town of Dreieich.
[edit] History
Heusenstamm was first mentioned in a historical document in the "Eppstein Lehnsbook" (1211) as Huselstam.
[edit] Main sights
The main attraction in Heusenstamm is the old part of the town centre with its narrow streets and half-timbered houses. Very interesting is also the baroque church "St. Cäcilia" built by the architect Balthasar Neumann in 1739 (with frescoes by Christoph Thomas Scheffler), and the palace "Schloss Schönborn", which is now the town hall and was built by the family Schönborn von Heusenstamm in 1661. Other attractions are the old town hall, the Protestant "Gustav Adolf" church (1923) and the ancient monastery Paterhausen.
[edit] Politics
[edit] Town representatives
The election of 26 March 2006 gave the following division of electoral seats:
| CDU | 19 seats |
| SPD | 7 seats |
| Freie Wähler | 4 seats |
| the Greens | 4 seats |
| FDP | 3 seats |
[edit] Twin towns
Heusenstamm is linked to the following towns as twin towns, also known as partner towns.
Saint-Savin, France (since 1969)
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Malle, Belgium (since 1991)
Ladispoli, Italy (since 2001)
[edit] External links
- Official homepage of the town (German only)
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