Hattersheim am Main

Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Hattersheim COA.svg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 04
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 28
Bundesland = Hesse
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Main-Taunus-Kreis
Höhe = 100
Fläche = 15.82
Einwohner = 25121
Stand = 2006-06-30
PLZ = 65795
Vorwahl = 06190, 06145
Kfz = MTK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 36 005
Gliederung = 3 districts
Straße = Rathausstr. 10
Website = [http://www.hattersheim.de/ www.hattersheim.de]
Bürgermeister = Hans Franssen

Hattersheim am Main is a town in the Main-Taunus district, Hesse (Germany).

Geography

Neighbouring towns

Hattersheim borders the city of Frankfurt in the northeast, in the southeast with Kelsterbach, in the southwest with Raunheim (both are in the district of Groß-Gerau). The western neighboring towns are Flörsheim, Hofheim and Kriftel.

Structure

Hattersheim consists of three districts: Eddersheim, Hattersheim und Okriftel.

Population

(31st December)

*1998 - 24.687
*1999 - 24.756
*2000 - 24.752
*2001 - 24.858
*2002 - 25.093
*2003 - 25.059
*2004 - 25.161

History

In 1972 the villages of Okriftel und Eddersheim, both situated next to the river Main, have been incorporated into Hattersheim. Since then the town is called Hattersheim am Main.

Eddersheim

4944 people lived here in 2004. There is a watergate on the river Main near the village's centre.The engineer and inventor Anton Flettner was born in Eddersheim.

Okriftel

7580 people lived here in 2004. You can cross the river Main with by ferry. The next town on the other side of the river is Kelsterbach. The ferry boat operates in summer time on Sundays.

People born in Hattersheim

* Anton Flettner (1885–1961), Inventor.

External links

* [http://www.hattersheim.de/ www.hattersheim.de (de/en/fr/hu)]