Maintal

Maintal
Maintal
Coat of arms of Maintal
Maintal is located in Germany
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Maintal
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.

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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

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

Maintal is twinned with:

References

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