Maintal

Maintal
Maintal
Location of the town of Maintal within Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
Coordinates	50°09′N 8°50′E / 50.15°N 8.83333°E / 50.15; 8.83333Coordinates: 50°09′N 8°50′E / 50.15°N 8.83333°E / 50.15; 8.83333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Mayor	Erhard Rohrbach
Basic statistics
Area	32.4 km2 (12.5 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m  (328 ft)
Population	37,962 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	1,172 /km2 (3,035 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MKK
Postal code	63477
Area codes	06181, 06109 (Bischofsheim)
Website	www.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.

Geography

Neighbouring places

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 am Main on the other bank of the river Main as well as Frankfurt am Main in the west.

Division of the town

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

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.

Economy

• Syngenta Agro GmbH
• Altec Lansing
• Rasmussen GmbH

Transportation

Maintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called "nordmainische Eisenbahn" (northern Main railway) and has two train stations (Maintal-West in Bischofsheim near the Main river and Maintal-East in Dörnigheim)

Two ferries cross the Main to the left, or south, bank. The Rumpenheim Ferry links Bischofsheim with Rumpenheim, whilst the Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry links Dörnigheim with Mühlheim am Main.

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Maintal is twinned with:

• Luisant (France), since April 21, 1973
• Moosburg (Austria), since October 22, 1976
• Amersford (Netherlands), since April 10, 1983
• Esztergom (Hungary), since July 18, 1993
• Katerini (Greece), since March 26, 1995

References

1. ^ "Die Bevölkerung der hessischen Gemeinden" (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik-hessen.de/static/publikationen/A/AI2_AII_AIII_AV_10-1hj_pdf.zip. 

External links

• Official site (German)
• Private website about local history (German)
• Maintal at the Open Directory Project