- Flörsheim
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Flörsheim.jpg
lat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 01
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 26
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Main-Taunus-Kreis
Höhe = 90
Fläche = 22.95
Einwohner = 20015
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 65439
Vorwahl = 06145
Kfz = MTK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 36 004
Adresse = Bahnhofstraße 12
65439 Flörsheim
Website = [http://www.floersheim.de www.floersheim.de]
Bürgermeister = Michael Antenbrink
Partei = SPDFlörsheim am Main is a town in the
Main-Taunus district, inHesse ,Germany . It is situated on the right bank of the riverMain , oppositeRüsselsheim , 12 km east ofMainz .Geography
Neighbouring communities and counties
Flörsheim has the city
Hofheim in the north, in the east the city ofHattersheim , in the south the citiesRaunheim &Rüsselsheim and in the west the city ofHochheim .Population
* Flörsheim "(11.950 Residents)"
* Weilbach "(3831 Residents)" (independent district)
* Wicker "(3472 Residents)" (independent district)
* Bad Weilbach
*Keramag/Falkenberg "(706 Residents)""As of 31. July 2005"ister cities
*
Pérols , France
*Pyskowice , Poland
*Güzelbahçe , TurkeyPeople from Flörsheim
*
Georg Badeck ,MdL a.D.,CDU , † 2004
*Dr.Max Schohl (†1943 , in Auschwitz), Jewish chemical factory owner andpatron .
*Abdelaziz Ahanfouf (* 14. Januar 1978), German-Moroccan football player for Arminia Bielefeld, eight international matches for Morocco.Honorary Citizen
*
Jakob Altmaier , * 23. November 1889 in Flörsheim; † 8. Februar 1963 in Bonn, German politician. (SPD),MdB History
Events
In the fall the Flörsheimer Kerb is celebrated along the Main river. It was created in relation to the Kirchweihfest in the St. Gallus Church in Flörsheim. It is a small fair with a few rides and booths to eat.
Furthermore there is a weekend long open air concert once a year called Flörsheim Open Air. It is a little festival underneath the Main river's bridge that leads to Rüsselsheim. In the year 2007 it will be the 32nd festival.
There is also Flörsheims Carnival parade that goes through Flörsheim on Carnival Sunday. It attracts many thousands of spectators. In 2007 it attracted over 80,000 peopleFact|date=March 2007.
Culture and Sport clubs
* Ball-Sport-Club 1985 Flörsheim e.V.
* ESV Blaugold Flörsheim e.V.; seit 1953, Sportarten Kegeln und Darts
* FC Germania 1908 Weilbach e.V.
* Flörsheimer Carneval Verein 1928 e.V.
* Flörsheimer Narren Club 1962
* Flörsheimer Ruderverein 08 e.V.
* Flörsheimer Sammlerverein Untermain e.V.; Briefmarken, Briefe, Postkarten, Münzen, Euromünzen
* Kerbeborsch 6091 Weilbach e.V.
* Reitsportverein Flörsheim 1927 e.V.
* Schützengesellschaft 1906 e.V. Flörsheim am Main
* SV 09 Flörsheim
* SV Edelweiß 1899 e.V. (Schützenverein)
* TV Wicker e.V.
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