HEUSENSTAMM

'Heusenstamm' is a town in Hesse, Germany. Its population is approximately 19,000.

Contents

Geography

Location

Neighbouring communities

History

Main sights

Politics

Town representatives

Twin towns

External links

Geography

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

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.

History

Heusenstamm was first mentioned in a historical document in the "Eppstein Lehnsbook" (1211) as ''Huselstam''.

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.

Politics

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

Twin towns

Heusenstamm is linked to the following towns as twin towns, also known as partner towns.

★ Saint-Savin, France (since 1969)

★ Tonbridge, England (since 1984)

★ Malle, Belgium (since 1991)

★ Ladispoli, Italy (since 2001)

External links

★ Official homepage of the town (German only)