HATTERSHEIM AM MAIN

'Hattersheim am Main' is a town in the Main-Taunus district, Hesse (Germany).

Contents

Geography

Neighbouring towns

Structure

Population

History

People born in Hattersheim

External links

Geography

Neighbouring towns

Hattersheim borders in the north-east with the city of Frankfurt, in the south-east with Kelsterbach, in the south-west with Raunheim (both are in the district of Groß-Gerau). The western neighboring towns are Flörsheim, Hofheim and Kriftel.

Structure

Hattersheim consists of three districts: Eddersheim, Hattersheim und Okriftel.

Population

(31st December)

★ 1998 - 24.687

★ 1999 - 24.756

★ 2000 - 24.752

★ 2001 - 24.858

★ 2002 - 25.093

★ 2003 - 25.059

★ 2004 - 25.161

History

In 1972 the villages of Okriftel und Eddersheim, both situated next to the river Main, have been incorporated into Hattersheim. Since then the town is called Hattersheim am Main.
==Eddersheim==
4944 people lived here in 2004. There is a watergate on the river Main near the village's centre.
The engineer and inventor Anton Flettner was born in Eddersheim.
==Okriftel==
7580 people lived here in 2004. You can cross the river Main with by ferry. The next town on the other side of the river is Kelsterbach. The ferry boat operates in summer time on Sundays.

People born in Hattersheim

★ Anton Flettner (1885–1961), Inventor.

External links

★ www.hattersheim.de (de/en/fr/hu)