Wächtersbach

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Wächtersbach

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Wächtersbach
Coordinates: 50°16′0″N 9°18′0″E / 50.26667°N 9.30000°E / 50.26667; 9.30000Coordinates: 50°16′0″N 9°18′0″E / 50.26667°N 9.30000°E / 50.26667; 9.30000
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Subdivisions 8 Ortsteile
Government
 • Mayor Rainer Krätschmer
Area
 • Total 50.79 km2 (19.61 sq mi)
Elevation 144-400 m (−1,168 ft)
Population (2012-12-31)[1]
 • Total 12,269
 • Density 240/km2 (630/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 63607
Dialling codes 06053
Vehicle registration MKK
Website www.stadt-waechtersbach.de

The town of Wächtersbach lies in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. In 1982, the town hosted the 22nd Hessentag state festival.

Geography

Location

Wächtersbach lies between the Spessart and the Vogelsberg Mountains in the middle Kinzig valley at the edge of the Büdingen Forest, not far from the towns of Gelnhausen, Birstein, Bad Orb and Bad Soden-Salmünster.

Neighbouring communities

To the north, Wächtersbach borders on the communities of Kefenrod (Wetteraukreis) and Brachttal. To the east it abuts the town of Bad Soden-Salmünster, and in the south the town of Bad Orb and the community of Biebergemünd. In the west it borders the community of Gründau.

Economy

Wächtersbach is well known for its retail fair, the Wächtersbacher Messe, held yearly for end customers in the week around Ascension Day.

Retail business and the electrical engineering industry underpin the town's economic life. Over the last few years, many shops have located in Wächtersbach bringing many people in from outlying towns and communities to do their shopping.

The town is famous for the brightly colored porcelain coffee cups and other dinnerware that are made there at the Wächtersbach Ceramic Factory, founded in 1832. (Although the manufacture of some of the coffee cups and dinnerware are now outsourced to Spain.) The Wächtersbach Ceramic Factory coffee cups are noted for being superbly designed—they have unusually thick circular porcelain walls that allow them to keep the coffee (or tea or hot chocolate) hot longer than regular coffee cups. They also have larger than normal handles, making them easy to grasp.[2]

Sports and leisure

References

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  1. ↑ "Die Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2013. 
  2. ↑ Waechtersbach Pottery
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