Taunusstein

Infobox German Location
Name = Taunusstein
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Taunusstein.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 8
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 9
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hesse
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis
Höhe = 381
Fläche = 67.03
Einwohner = 29168
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 65232
Vorwahl = 06128
Kfz = RÜD
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 39 015
Gliederung = 10 districts
Straße = Aarstraße 150
Website = [http://www.taunusstein.de/ www.taunusstein.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael Hofnagel
Partei = CDU

Taunusstein is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district, in Hessen, Germany. It is located approximately 10 km northwest of Wiesbaden. It has 29,223 inhabitants (as of May 2007), and is the largest city in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district of Hessen.

Geography

Taunustein is located approx. 10 km North from Wiesbaden and approx. 10 km West from Idstein and the main A3. Autobahn which runs between Cologne to Frankfurt am Main. It is part of the Untertaunus (lower Taunus) mountain area.

Taunusstein itself is a rural area and is around 30km from the river Rhine (Rhein). The lowest point in Taunusstein is 310m (1017 ft) and the highest 613.9m (2014 ft).

Division of the town

Taunusstein consists of 10 districts:
* Bleidenstadt
* Hahn
* Hambach
* Neuhof
* Niederlibbach
* Orlen
* Seitzenhahn
* Watzhahn
* Wehen
* Wingsbach

History

The town of Taunustein was formed on October 1, 1971 from the union of former independent municipalities of Bleidenstadt, Hahn, Neuhof, Seitzenhahn, Watzhahn and Wehen. On July 1, 1972 the former independent municipalities of Hambach, Niederlibbach, Orlen und Wingsbach were also incorporated.

Twin towns

* ), since 1989
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Sports

SV Wehen

One of the local football clubs, located in Wehen, is called SV Wehen and in April 2007 they won promotion into the 2nd Tier of the German Football League (Second Bundesliga ). As such the local facilities that they used were not sufficient for professional football, they relocated to Wiesbaden and become known as SV Wehen-Wiesbaden.

The team is sponsored by one of the major companies of the area Brita, with the founder of Brita Heinz Hankammer being the chairman of the football club. As such, they have funds available which have allowed them to punch above their weight for many years, now gaining promotion into the professional leagues.

Notable persons

* Emil Erlenmeyer, Chemist. (born June 28, 1825 in Wehen (Taunusstein), died January 22, 1909 in Aschaffenburg)
* Carl Friedrich Emil von Ibell, Head of the provincial government of Nassau and later Hesse-Homburg (born October 29, 1780 in Wehen (Taunusstein), died October 6, 1834 in Bad Homburg)

External links

* [http://www.taunusstein.de Taunustein home page] de icon
* [http://www.rheingau-taunus.de/inhalt/index_main.asp Rheingau-Taunus home page] de icon
* [http://www.sv-wehen.de/index.shtml SV-Wehen Official site] de icon