Schlüchtern

Infobox German Location
Name = Schlüchtern
Art = Stadt
Wappen = Wappen Schlüchtern.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 21
lon_deg = 09 |lon_min = 31
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hesse
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Landkreis = Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Höhe = 207
Fläche = 113.30
Einwohner = 17663
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 36381
Vorwahl = 06661
Kfz = MKK
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 35 025
Straße = Krämerstraße 2
Website = [http://www.schluechtern.de www.schluechtern.de]
Bürgermeister = Falko Fritzsch

Schlüchtern is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is located on the river Kinzig at the southwest of a hill called "Landrücken", approx. 30 km southwest of Fulda.

History

The town evolved from a monastery founded in the 8th century, enlarged during the following centuries and closed down during the reformation. Since then the convent buildings hosted a public school. They were reconstructed - including the gothic church - during the 19th century. Even so as the oldest part of the monument a crypt from carolingian times is preserved.

Transportation

By A 66 Frankfurt am Main—Fulda and the "Kinzigtalbahn" ("Kinzig-Valley Railway") Frankfurt am Main—Fulda it is connected to the Rhein-Main-Gebiet.