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Coordinates: 50°08′″N 08°55′″E / Expression error: Unexpected / operator, Expression error: Unexpected / operator Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Image File history File links Description: Coat of arms of Hanau, Germany Beschreibung: Wappen der Stadt Hanau Quelle: deWP File links The following pages link to this file: Hanau ... Image File history File links Karte_Deutschland. ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... This list of countries, arranged alphabetically, gives an overview of countries of the world. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Germany is a Federal Republic made up of 16 States, known in German as LÃ¤nder (singular Land). ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE7 Capital Wiesbaden Largest city Frankfurt Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 5 (from 69) Basic statistics Area 21,100 kmÂ² (8,147 sq mi) Population 6,077,000 (08/2006)[1] - Density... A Regierungsbezirk is an government region of Germany, a subdivision of certain federal states (BundeslÃ¤nder). ... Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the country. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. ... Councillor Patrick (Pat) John Stannard, Lord Mayor of Oxford (2004). ... SPD redirects here. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (â‰ˆ1,609 m) in length. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries that do not observe summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Time zones of Europe: Pale colours indicate countries without daylight saving Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... German car number plates (Kfz-Kennzeichen) show the place where the car carrying them is registered. ... German Postleitzahl map of the first two digits Postal codes in Germany, Postleitzahl (plural Postleitzahlen, abbreviated to PLZ), consist of five digits, which indicate the wider area (first two digits), and the postal district (last three digits). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE7 Capital Wiesbaden Largest city Frankfurt Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 5 (from 69) Basic statistics Area 21,100 kmÂ² (8,147 sq mi) Population 6,077,000 (08/2006)[1] - Density... For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ...

Geography

Districts

GroÃŸauheim (13,369 inhabitants, without Wolfgang 11,669) is the biggest district of Hanau, on the north bank of the Main. ...

History

Hanau was first boural mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303. Events Manuel I Comnenus becomes Byzantine Emperor. ... // Events 24 February: Battle of Roslin 20 April: Pope Boniface VIII founds the University of Rome La Sapienza Edward I of England reconquers Scotland (see also: William Wallace, Wars of Scottish Independence) The Khilji Dynasty conquers time travel Births Saint Birgitta, Swedish saint (died 1373) Gegeen Khan, Mongol emperor of...

At the end of the 16th century, Count Philipp Ludwig II allowed Protestant refugees from the Netherlands to found their own settlement near Hanau, to which these Walloons brought their knowledge of jewellery production. For this reason goldsmiths are still educated there. In the 19th century the Neustadt (New Town), as it was called, was merged with Hanau. Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... The term Walloon may refer to either the Walloon language, or to the ethnic people of the same name. ...

In the 19th century Hanau was a centre of the German democratic movement and contributed significantly both in 1830 and in the Revolution of 1848. Also in 1848 the German Gymnastic League (Turnerbund) was founded here. Germany at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was a collection of 38 states including parts of Austria and Prussia loosely bound together in the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. ...

During World War II Hanau was almost completely destroyed by British airstrikes in March 1945 a few days before it was taken by the US Army. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

Nowadays many inhabitants work in the technological industry (VAC, Heraeus) or commute to Frankfurt. Frankfurt International Airport is only 30km away. VAC is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: volts of alternating current. ... Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a global, private company in the business segments of precious metals, dental health, sensors, quartz glass, and specialty lighting sources. ... Frankfurt Airport Frankfurt Airport (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF), known in German as Rhein-Main-Flughafen or Flughafen Frankfurt am Main, is located near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. ...

Population

Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. ... Gelnhausen is a city in the German state of Hesse. ...

Twin towns

Hanau has twinned with 8 others towns: This article is about partnerships between towns distant from each other; see Twin cities for the different concept of physically neighbouring cities. ...

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Sights

Famous persons

"Baron Von Furstenburg [Originator of Labradoodle breed] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1104x1722, 322 KB) Monument to brothers Grimm on the market place in Hanau (Hessen, Germany). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1104x1722, 322 KB) Monument to brothers Grimm on the market place in Hanau (Hessen, Germany). ... For information about the other uses of the name, see Brothers Grimm (disambiguation). ... Tayfur HavutÃ§u was born in Hanau in 23 April 1970. ... Paul Hindemith aged 28. ... Rudolf Rudi VÃ¶ller (born April 13, 1960) is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team. ... Wilhelm Wagenfeld (born 15 April 1900 in Bremen - died 28 May 1990 in Stuttgart) was a German industrial designer of the Bauhaus school. ...

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Category: Towns in Hesse Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. ... Bad Orb is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... ... , BiebergemÃ¼nd is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Birstein is a municipality on the northern edge of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. ... , Brachttal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... BruchkÃ¶bel is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hessen, Germany. ... Erlensee is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... , FlÃ¶rsbachtal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Freigericht is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Gelnhausen is a city in the German state of Hesse. ... , GroÃŸkrotzenburg is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... GrÃ¼ndau is a township in the district Main-Kinzig (Main-Kinzig-Kreis, MKK), Hesse (Hessen), Germany. ... Hammersbach is a municipality in the district of Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse with nearly 5,000 inhabitants near Frankfurt in central Germany. ... , Hasselroth is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... , Jossgrund is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Langenselbold is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... , Linsengericht is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Maintal is the second largest town of the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... , Neuberg is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Nidderau is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... , Niederdorfelden is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Rodenbach is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Ronneburg is both a castle and a small German municipality located in the federal state of Hesse, and in the Landkreis, or district, of Main-Kinzig. ... SchlÃ¼chtern is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany, about 30 km southwest of Fulda. ... SchÃ¶neck is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... , Sinntal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... Steinau an der StraÃŸe is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. ... The city of WÃ¤chtersbach lies in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

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