Maintal

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Maintal
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Maintal
Maintal (Germany)
Maintal
Administration
Country Flag of Germany 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 37,920  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 1,170 /km² (3,031 /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

Coordinates: 50°09′00″N 08°50′00″E / 50.15, 8.833333

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.

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[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Division of the town

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] Economy

[edit] 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.

[edit] Twin towns

[edit] External links

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Towns and municipalities in Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
Wappen des Landkreises Main-Kinzig-Kreis
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