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Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Main-Kinzig is a Kreis in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda , Bad Kissingen , Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg , Offenbach and the district-free cities of Offenbach, Hesse and Frankfurt....
, in Hesse
Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt

is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
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u was first 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
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 to found their own settlement near Hanau, to which these Walloon
Walloons

Walloons are a Romance-speaking people partly from Germanic origin and Celtic origin; in any case a melting-pot speaking French language, living in Belgium principally in Wallonia, more generally the inhabitants of Wallonia....
s brought their knowledge of jewellery production.






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Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Main-Kinzig is a Kreis in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda , Bad Kissingen , Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg , Offenbach and the district-free cities of Offenbach, Hesse and Frankfurt....
, in Hesse
Hesse

Hesse is a States of Germany of Germany with an area of 21,110 km? and just over six million inhabitants. The state capital is Wiesbaden. Hesse's largest city is nearby Frankfurt am Main....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt

is the largest city in the German States of Germany of Hesse and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000....
.

Geography


Districts

  • City center
  • Lamboy
  • Kesselstadt
  • Großauheim
    Großauheim

    Gro?auheim is the biggest district of Hanau, Hesse, Germany, on the north bank of the Main River. It was first mentioned in 806 under the name "Ewichheim"....
  • Klein-Auheim
  • Mittelbuchen
  • Steinheim
  • Wolfgang
  • Hohe Tanne
  • Wilhelmsbad


    • History

    Hanau was first 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
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
     to found their own settlement near Hanau, to which these Walloon
    Walloons

    Walloons are a Romance-speaking people partly from Germanic origin and Celtic origin; in any case a melting-pot speaking French language, living in Belgium principally in Wallonia, more generally the inhabitants of Wallonia....
    s 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
    Revolutions of 1848 in the German states

    "Germany" at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 had been a collection of 39 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation. As nationalist sentiment crystallized into resistance to the traditional political structure, repeated calls for freedom, democracy and national unity came to threaten the status quo....
    . Also in 1848 the German Gymnastic League (Turnerbund) was founded here.

    During World War II
    World War II

    World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
     Hanau was for the most part destroyed by British airstrikes in March 1945 a few days before it was taken by the US Army. It remained a large US Army garrison until 2008.

    Nowadays many inhabitants work in the technological industry (VAC
    VAC

    VAC may stand for:* VAC, the radio call sign for a radio station on the west coast of Canada at Comox, British Columbia, operated by the Canadian Coast Guard...
    , Heraeus
    Heraeus

    Heraeus, the precious metals and technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, Germany, is a global, private company active in the businesses of precious metals, sensors, dental health, quartz glass, and specialty lighting sources....
    ) or commute to Frankfurt. Frankfurt International Airport
    Frankfurt International Airport

    Frankfurt am Main Airport , known in German language as Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, southwest of the city centre....
     is only 30km away.

    Population

    • Hanau is the 6th largest town in Hesse. Having recently lost its status as administrative centre of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis (Main-Kinzig district) to Gelnhausen
      Gelnhausen

      File:Gelnhausen - Obermarkt.jpgGelnhausen is a town and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approx. 40 kilometers east of Frankfurt am Main, between the Vogelsberg mountains and the Spessart range at the river Kinzig ....
      , proposals have been made, that Hanau should form its own administrative district.
    • More than 20% of the inhabitants are foreign nationals.


    Twin towns

    Hanau is twinned
    Twin Town

    Twin Town is a 1997 in film black comedy film made and set in Swansea, south Wales, although some parts were filmed in Port Talbot. It was directed by Kevin Allen and was originally intended to be called Snakes and Ladders, then Pritty Shitty Citty....
     with 5 other towns: Dartford, United Kingdom
    United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
     Tottori
    Tottori, Tottori

    is the capital cities of Japan of Tottori Prefecture in the Chugoku region of Japan.As of 2006, the city has an estimated population of 200,974 and a population density of 262.48 persons per km?....
    , Japan
    Japan

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
     Yaroslavl
    Yaroslavl

    Yaroslavl is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located north-east of Moscow....
    , Russia
    Russia

    Russia , or the Russian Federation , is a list of countries spanning more than one continent country extending over much of northern Eurasia....
     Conflans-Sainte-Honorine
    Conflans-Sainte-Honorine

    Conflans-Sainte-Honorine is a commune in France in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France in the d?partement of Yvelines. It is located . from the Kilometre Zero....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     Francheville, Rhône
    Francheville, Rhône

    Francheville is a commune in France of the Rh?ne d?partement in France in central-eastern France....
    , France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
     (Doorn
    Doorn

    Doorn is a town in the municipality of Utrechtse Heuvelrug in the central Netherlands, in the province of Utrecht .The last emperor of Germany, Wilhelm II of Germany, lived at castle Doorn , in the center of the village, after he was deposed in 1918....
    , Netherlands
    Netherlands

    The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
     terminated in January 2009.)

    In addition it is associated with two other towns: Waltershausen
    Waltershausen

    Waltershausen is a town in the Gotha , Thuringia, Germany.The town has a population of 11475 ....
    , Thuringia
    Thuringia

    The Free State of Thuringia is located in central Germany. It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen States of Germany ....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
     Pays de Hanau, France
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....


    Sights

    • The German House of Goldsmiths (Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus)
    • Philippsruhe Castle
    • Health Establishment at Hanau-Wilhelmsbad
    • St Mary's Church (Marienkirche)
    • Walloon-Dutch Church (Wallonisch-Niederländische Kirche)


    Famous residents


    • The Brothers Grimm
      Brothers Grimm

      The Brothers Grimm , Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm , were Germans academics who were best known for publishing collections of folk tales and fairy tales and for their work in linguistics, relating to how the sounds in words shift over time ....
       (Brüder Grimm) collected many German fairy tales and started work on the German Glossary.
    • Ludwig Emil Grimm
      Ludwig Emil Grimm

      Ludwig Emil Grimm was a Painting and engraver. He was the younger brother of Brothers Grimm: Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, who had taken care of him after their parents died in 1798 and supported his education....
      , painter, younger brother of Jacob
      Jacob Grimm

      Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm , German Confederation philologist, jurist and mythology, was born at Hanau, in Hesse-Kassel . He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental German Dictionary, his Deutsche Mythologie and more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales....
       and Wilhelm
      Wilhelm Grimm

      Wilhelm Carl Grimm was a German Confederation author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm.He was born in Hanau, Germany and in 1803 he started studying law at the University of Marburg, one year after his brother Jacob Grimm started there....
    • Tayfur Havutçu
      Tayfur Havutçu

      Tayfur Havut?u was born in Hanau in 23 April, 1970. He is a Turkish people retired football .The son of ethnic abkhazians from Turkey, he started his career in Germany and played for German club SV Darmstadt 98 before he left for Turkey....
      , Turkish footballer
    • Paul Hindemith
      Paul Hindemith

      Paul Hindemith was a German composer, violist, violinist, teacher, music theorist and Conducting....
      , composer
    • Rudi Völler
      Rudi Völler

      Rudolf 'Rudi' V?ller is a Germany former international Football striker, and a former manager of the Germany national football team. He won the FIFA World Cup in 1990 FIFA World Cup as a player and coached the national team to second place at the 2002 FIFA World Cup....
      , football/soccer world champion 1990 and coach of the German national team, when it was runner-up in 2002.
    • Wilhelm Wagenfeld
      Wilhelm Wagenfeld

      Wilhelm Wagenfeld was an important German industrial designer of the 20th Century, disciple and teacher of Bauhaus. He designed glass and metal works for the Jenaer Glaswerk Schott & Gen., the Vereinigte Lausitzer Glaswerke in Wei?wasser, Rosenthal, Braun GmbH and WMF....
      , Designer (1900-1990)
    • Mike Minnix, USAF & Aviation (1962 - )
    • J. C. C. Devaranne was born in Hanau on March 8, 1784.
    • Karl Storck
      Karl Storck

      Karl Storck was a Grand Duchy of Hesse-born Romanian sculptor and art theorist....
      , Romanian sculptor, born in Hanau on March 30, 1887.
    • Louis Appia
      Louis Appia

      Louis Paul Am?d?e Appia was a surgeon with special merit in the area of military medicine. In 1863 he became a member of the Geneva "Committee of Five", which was the precursor to the International Committee of the Red Cross....
      , surgeon, member of the Geneva "Committee of Five" (precursor to the International Committee of the Red Cross
      International Committee of the Red Cross

      The International Committee of the Red Cross is a private Humanitarianism institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. The community of states has given the ICRC a unique role , based on international humanitarian law of the Geneva Conventions as well as customary international law, to protect the victims of international and internal war....
      )
    • Moritz Daniel Oppenheim
      Moritz Daniel Oppenheim

      File:Heimkehr .jpgMoritz Daniel Oppenheim was a Germany painter who is often regarded as the first Jewish painter of the modern era. His work was informed by his cultural and religious roots at a time when many of his German Jewish contemporaries chose to convert....
      , painter, often regarded as the first Jewish painter of the modern era.


    Sports

    • Turngemeinde 1837 Hanau a.V. (TGH), one of the oldest of Germany's sports clubs
    • Hanauer Rudergesellschaft 1879 e.V. (HRG), one of Germany's oldest rowing clubs
    • 1.Hanauer FC 1893 e.V. (Hanau '93), Hesse's oldest football/soccer club


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