Main valley

This article deals with the Hessian city of Maintal. For the district of Schweinfurt of the same name, see Maintal (Schweinfurt) , for the valley of the river Main see Main # Flusslauf .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 9 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Hesse
Administrative region :	Darmstadt
County :	Main-Kinzig district
Height :	161 m above sea level NHN
Area :	32.4 km 2
Residents:	39,553 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	1221 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	63477
Primaries :	06181; 06109 in Bischofsheim
License plate :	MKK, GN, HU , SLÜ
Community key :	06 4 35 019
City structure:	4 districts
City administration address :	Klosterhofstrasse 4–6 63477 Maintal
Website :	www.maintal.de
Mayoress :	Monika Böttcher (independent)
Location of the city of Maintal in the Main-Kinzig district

The city of Maintal is located on the Main between Frankfurt am Main and Hanau in the contiguous built-up area. It belongs to the Main-Kinzig district , in which it is the second largest city after Hanau.

geography

Neighboring communities

Maintal borders in the north on the communities Niederdorfelden and Schöneck , in the east on Hanau , in the south - separated by the Main - on Mühlheim am Main ( Offenbach district ) and the city of Offenbach ( Offenbach-Rumpenheim ) and in the west on the Frankfurt districts of Fechenheim and Bergen-Enkheim .

City structure

Maintal is divided into the districts of Bischofsheim , Dörnigheim , Hochstadt (seat of the city administration) and Wachenbuchen .

history

The city was formed on July 1, 1974 as part of the Hessian regional reform from the city of Dörnigheim and the communities of Bischofsheim , Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen . In a survey before the merger, most citizens suggested the name “Mainstadt”.

politics

City Council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the 2016 city council       A total of 45 seats SPD : 14 Greens : 5 FDP : 6 CDU : 12 WAM : 8	Parties and constituencies		% 2016	Seats 2016	% 2011	Seats 2011	% 2006	Seats 2006	% 2001	Seats 2001
	SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	32.5	14th	33.2	15th	34.9	16	39.9	18th
	CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	26.6	12	31.8	14th	37.4	17th	42.7	19th
	GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	11.2	5	16.4	8th	9.0	4th	8.7	4th
	WAM	Alternative Maintal - Social Justice	17.0	8th	11.6	5	7.2	3	-	-
	FDP	Free Democratic Party	12.8	6th	4.5	2	7.6	3	4.6	2
	REP	The Republicans	-	-	2.6	1	3.3	2	4.0	2
	total		100.0	45	100.0	45	100.0	45	100.0	45
	Voter turnout in%		36.8		39.9		37.6		44.3

Town hall Maintal

mayor

Monika Böttcher (independent) has been mayor of the city of Maintal since January 1, 2016.

Term of office	Surname	Political party
1974-1983	Erwin Henkel	SPD
1983-1995	Walter Unger	SPD
1995-2001	Erhard Rohrbach	CDU
2001-2003	Dorothee Diehl	CDU
2004-2015	Erhard Rohrbach	CDU
since 2016	Monika Böttcher	independent

magistrate

The magistrate consists of two full-time and eight honorary members. The mayor is the chairwoman of the magistrate. As a further full-time member, first city councilor Ralf Sachtleber (independent) is the department head responsible for the areas of security and order, social affairs and urban development. According to the majority in the city council, the honorary members have three seats on the SPD, two seats on the CDU, and one seat each on the GREEN, FDP and WAM.

Town twinning

• Luisant (France), since April 11, 1974
• Moosburg (Austria), since October 21, 1976
• Esztergom (Hungary), since July 15, 1993
• Katerini (Greece), since March 20, 1994

badges and flags

coat of arms

Blazon : “Shield split 3: 1; in front in red two interlocking silver gears one above the other; behind in silver a green reed stem with green leaves and black cob. In the lower quarter the coat of arms is covered with a wavy bar in confused colors. "

The city of Maintal's coat of arms was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on February 10, 1976 . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

The coat of arms is based on that of the former municipality of Bischofsheim, supplemented by the wavy bar that is supposed to represent the Main. The reed stalk is supposed to symbolize nature and the gears symbolize industry in Maintal.

flag

The flag was approved for the city on August 17, 1967 by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior and is described as follows:

"The flag shows the colors white and red, with the city coat of arms in the upper third."

environment

On November 29, 2010, Mayor Erhard Rohrbach signed the Charter of 100 Municipalities for Climate Protection . As part of the Hessen sustainability strategy , Maintal has set itself the goal of further exploiting the potential for saving energy and increasing energy efficiency and promoting the use of renewable energies .

Culture and sights

societies

The cultural life is shaped by the associations, the parishes, the cultural office of the city of Maintal and the senior citizen's office. The church concerts, street festivals, the Hochstadt Christmas market and the Ironman are known far beyond the region .

Maintal's seniors are active on a voluntary basis. A senior newspaper and an internet presence provide information about the diverse fields of activity.

Maintal is also a carnival stronghold with traditional clubs in all four parts of the city as well as a carnival parade that takes place every year on Mardi Gras Saturday in Dörnigheim .

Buildings

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  Historic town hall in the Hochstadt district

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  Fortified church in Hochstadt

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  Old town hall of Maintal-Wachenbuchen

Biotopes

In the district of Bischofsheim there is a remarkable old oak population on the southeastern edge of the Gänseweiher between Gänseweiherweg and the stadium of FSV 07 Bischofsheim. The oldest tree there probably germinated around 1710. Its circumference is almost 4 meters.

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  Approx. 300 year old oak on the goose pond with a circumference of almost four meters

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  Old oak south-east of the goose pond

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  Old oak at the Gänseweiher rest area

The population is part of a larger collection of 250-380 year old oaks in the Enkheimer Wald and in the Enkheimer Ried nature reserve. The Enkheim old oaks stand on the southern edge of the Enkheimer Ried nature reserve of the Frankfurt city forest and Frankfurt green belt . They are among the oldest and best preserved tree populations in Frankfurt. A total of 30 individual specimens have been documented, which are mainly concentrated in four places in the approximately 23.3 hectare Enkheim Forest, of which the nature reserve takes up approx. 8.9 hectares.

Economy and Infrastructure

Aerial view of Maintal-Bischofsheim

Probably the best-known Maintaler company is the Norma Group , whose hose clamps and hose connectors can be found in many cars. Large commercial areas with auto parts, metal, retail and service companies, also for supplying Hanau . Also, but quite new, is the Chinese relay manufacturer Xiamen Hongfa Electroacoustic, with its Hongfa Europe GmbH subsidiary founded in 2003 . Here the complete range of 110 relay families with all seals of approval is offered on the market. Other important companies in Maintal are:

• Syngenta Agro GmbH
• Altec Lansing
• 1 & 1 Drillisch AG
• DHL Freight GmbH
• Honeywell Regelsysteme GmbH
• Norma Group

traffic

See also : Stadtverkehr Maintal

Rail transport

Maintal is connected to Frankfurt am Main and Hanau via the Frankfurt – Hanau railway (also known as the “Hanauer Bahn”) . The Maintal West stop (until June 1997 Bischofsheim-Rumpenheim) and the Maintal Ost train station (until June 1997 Hochstadt-Dörnigheim) are located in the city.

Road traffic

Maintal is connected to Frankfurt am Main via the A 66 motorway and to the A 45 (Dortmund – Aschaffenburg) via the Hanauer Kreuz .

Ferry traffic

The Mühlheim Main ferry, which was discontinued in 2020

A car ferry across the Main connects Maintal with Rumpenheim , a district of Offenbach am Main . Until 2017 there was also a ferry connection to Mühlheim am Main , which was temporarily shut down in 2017 and permanently in 2020.

→ Main article : Main ferry Rumpenheim

→ Main article : Main ferry Mühlheim

Bus transport

Maintal also has a city bus network, which connects the Maintal districts with each other and Maintal with the Frankfurt underground station Enkheim . From there, however, there is no longer any bus connection to Maintal during the last three hours of Frankfurt underground traffic (on weekdays). Of the total of 8 bus routes that run in Maintal, 5 are operated by Stadtverkehr Maintal .

The night bus service, which used to be well developed for a city of this size, has been discontinued in recent years without replacement. This initially affected line n64 from Frankfurt am Main through Maintal to Wachenbuchen and then lines MKK-28 and MKK-29, which ran exactly the same route as lines MKK-22 and MKK-23.

Air traffic

The closest airport is Frankfurt Airport .
The closest airfield is Gelnhausen airfield . A glider airfield is the Langenselbold airfield in Langenselbold .

education

Werner von Siemens School in Dörnigheim

In the district of Bischofsheim there is the federal technical school for refrigeration and air conditioning , two elementary schools (Villa Kunterbunt school and forest school) as well as a comprehensive school (Erich Kästner school) and a grammar school (Albert Einstein school). In addition, the European Study Academy for Cold-Air-Conditioning-Ventilation (ESaK) is located in this district , as well as several independent childcare facilities for preschool and elementary school children. The parents' association Bischofsheim e. V. runs a private Montessori kindergarten that works according to the principles of the Italian doctor Maria Montessori .

In the Dörnigheim district there is a primary school (Wilhelm-Busch-Schule), a combined primary , secondary and secondary school (Werner-von-Siemens-Schule) and a special needs school (Friedrich-Fröbel-Schule).

The districts of Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen each have a primary school (Fritz Schubert School and Büchertal School). The MainTaler Foundation for the development of democracy from below is also based in Hochstadt with educational projects in the field of politics and economics.

literature

• Literature about Maintal in the Hessian Bibliography
• Literature by and about Maintal in the catalog of the German National Library

Web links

Commons : Maintal  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Maintal  - Travel Guide

• Website of the city of Maintal
• Maintal, Main-Kinzig-Kreis. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
• Link catalog on Maintal at curlie.org (formerly DMOZ )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hessian State Statistical Office: Population status on December 31, 2019 (districts and urban districts as well as municipalities, population figures based on the 2011 census) ( help ).
2. ↑ Law on the reorganization of the districts of Gelnhausen, Hanau and Schlüchtern and the city of Hanau as well as the recirculation of the cities of Fulda, Hanau and Marburg (Lahn) concerning questions (GVBl. 330-26) of March 12, 1974 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1974 No. 9 , p. 149 , § 2 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
3. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 367 .
4. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 . 
5. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 27, 2011
6. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Result of the municipal elections on March 26, 2006
7. ^ Maintal - Mayoress. Retrieved November 17, 2019 . 
8. ^ Maintal - Magistrate. Retrieved November 17, 2019 . 
9. ^ Maintal - city administration organization chart. Retrieved November 17, 2019 . 
10. ^ Approval of a coat of arms of the city of Maintal, Main-Kinzig-Kreis dated February 10, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 9 , p. 384 , point 284 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7.1 MB ]).
11. ^ Approval of a flag of the city of Minatal, Main-Kinzig-Kreis from August 17, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 36 , p. 1574 , point 1151 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 4.7 MB ]).