MAINTAL

'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.

Contents

Geography

Neigbouring places

Division of the town

History

Economy

Transportation

Twin towns

External links

Geography

Neigbouring 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 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) und 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

★ Hübsch Hotel KG

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 at Rumpenheim (Offenbach) and Mühlheim lead over the river Main.

Twin towns

★ 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

External links

★ Official site

★ Private website about local history

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