A city of central Germany on the Main River east of Frankfurt. Chartered in 1303, it is a center of the country's jewelry industry. Population: 88,500.
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A city of central Germany on the Main River east of Frankfurt. Chartered in 1303, it is a center of the country's jewelry industry. Population: 88,500.
| Hanau | |
| Coat of arms | Location |
| Administration | |
| Country | |
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| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Main-Kinzig-Kreis |
| Lord Mayor | Claus Kaminsky (SPD) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | km² ( sq mi) |
| Elevation | m (341 ft) |
| Population |
Please give "Stand or population_as_of" in YYYY-MM-DD format , e. g.
2005-12-31
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| - Density | /km² ( /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST ([[UTC+1]]/[[UTC+2|+2]]) |
| Licence plate | HU |
| Postal codes | 63450, 63452, 63454 63456, 63457 |
| Area code | 06181 |
| Website | www.hanau.de |
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main.
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Hanau was first boural mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303.
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.
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.
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.
Nowadays many inhabitants work in the technological industry (VAC, Heraeus) or commute to Frankfurt. Frankfurt International Airport is only 30km away.
Hanau has twinned with 8 others towns:
In addition it is associated with two other towns:
| Towns and municipalities in Main-Kinzig-Kreis district | |
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| Bad Orb | Bad Soden-Salmünster | Biebergemünd | Birstein | Brachttal | Bruchköbel | Erlensee | Flörsbachtal | Freigericht | Gelnhausen | Großkrotzenburg | Gründau | Hammersbach | Hanau | Hasselroth | Jossgrund | Langenselbold | Linsengericht | Maintal | Neuberg | Nidderau | Niederdorfelden | Rodenbach | Ronneburg | Schlüchtern | Schöneck | Sinntal | Steinau an der Straße | Wächtersbach | |
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