Main-Kinzig-Kreis

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Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district

District

Districts are a type of administrative division, in some countries managed by a local government. They vary greatly in size, spanning entire regions or counties, several municipality, or subdivisions of municipalities....
) in the east of 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....
. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis

Wetteraukreis

The Wetteraukreis is a Kreis in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Gie?en , Vogelsbergkreis, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, district-free Frankfurt, Hochtaunuskreis, Lahn-Dill-Kreis....
, Vogelsbergkreis

Vogelsbergkreis

The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Neighbouring districts are Schwalm-Eder, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Fulda , Main-Kinzig, Wetteraukreis, Gie?en and Marburg-Biedenkopf....
, Fulda

Fulda (district)

Fulda is a Kreis in the north-east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Wartburgkreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen, Rh?n-Grabfeld, Bad Kissingen , Main-Kinzig, Vogelsbergkreis....
, Bad Kissingen

Bad Kissingen (district)

Bad Kissingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the district Main-Kinzig and Fulda in Hesse, and the districts of Rh?n-Grabfeld, Schweinfurt and Main-Spessart....
, Main-Spessart

Main-Spessart

Main-Spessart is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Bad Kissingen , Schweinfurt and W?rzburg , the state of Baden-W?rttemberg , the districts of Miltenberg and Aschaffenburg , and the state of Hesse ....
, Aschaffenburg

Aschaffenburg (district)

Aschaffenburg is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Darmstadt-Dieburg, Offenbach , Main-Kinzig , the districts Main-Spessart and Miltenberg , and the town of Aschaffenburg....
, Offenbach

Offenbach (district)

Offenbach is a Kreis in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighbourhood districts are Main-Kinzig, Aschaffenburg , Darmstadt-Dieburg and the cities of Darmstadt, Gro?-Gerau, Frankfurt and Offenbach, Hesse....
and the district-free cities of Offenbach

Offenbach, Hesse

Offenbach am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, located on southside of the river Main. In 2006 it had a population of 116,923. The city is part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area....
and Frankfurt

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....
.

district was created in 1974 by merging the former districts of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Gelnhausen and the former urban district

Urban district

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, an urban district was a type of local government district that covered an urbanised area. Urban districts had an elected Urban District Council , which shared local government responsibilities with a county council....
of Hanau

Hanau

Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt....
.

oldest partnership was inherited from the previous district Hanau, and was formed in 1972 with the Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
n municipality of Kutina

Kutina

Kutina is a small city in central Croatia, the largest settlement in the hilly region of Moslavina, in the Sisak-Moslavina county. The town proper has a population of 14,814 , while the total municipality population is 24,597....
- however it took till the 20th anniversary in 1992 that this partnership was officially signed.

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Main-Kinzig is a Kreis (district

District

Hesse

Germany

Wetteraukreis

Vogelsbergkreis

Fulda (district)

Bad Kissingen (district)

Main-Spessart

Aschaffenburg (district)

Offenbach (district)

Offenbach, Hesse

Offenbach am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, located on southside of the river Main. In 2006 it had a population of 116,923. The city is part of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Area....
and Frankfurt

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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History

The district was created in 1974 by merging the former districts of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Gelnhausen and the former urban district

Urban district

Hanau

Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt....
.

Partnerships

The oldest partnership was inherited from the previous district Hanau, and was formed in 1972 with the Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a Central European country at the crossroads of Pannonian Plain, Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea....
n municipality of Kutina

Kutina

Diriamba

Diriamba is a municipality in the Carazo Departments of Nicaragua of Nicaragua, with a population of 31,200 . It is located to the west of Jinotepe....
region in Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua , is a representative democracy republic. It is the largest state in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, about the size of the state of New York....
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Since 1990 the district has a partnership with the Thuringian

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 ....
district Gotha

Gotha (district)

Gotha is a Kreis in the middle of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Unstrut-Hainich, S?mmerda , the district-free city Erfurt, Ilm-Kreis, Schmalkalden-Meiningen and the Wartburgkreis....
. Also in 1990 first contacts with the Russia

Russia

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n Rayon Istra were started, which resulted in an official partnership in 1992. In 1993 the partnership with the Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially in English the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia....
Komitat Komárom-Esztergom was signed, with the first contacts also dating back to 1990.

A friendship was signed in 1997 with the Russian city Troitsk

Troitsk

Troitsk may refer to:*Troitsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia*Troitsk, Moscow Oblast, a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia...
, together with the partnership of the city Wächtersbach with Troitsk. In 2000 a treaty of friendship was signed with the Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
province Belluno

Belluno

Belluno is a town in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about 80 kilometers north of Venice, Belluno is the Capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Dolomiti's region....
, as well as a partnership with the Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i city Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan

Ramat Gan is a city in the Tel Aviv District of Israel, which borders Tel Aviv to its west. It houses Israel's Ramat Gan Stadium, Bar-Ilan University, an advanced medical center , and The National Park ....
.

Geography

The district got its name from the two main rivers. The Main

Main

The Main is a river in Germany, 524 km long , and it is one of the more significant tributaries of the Rhine. The Main flows through the States of Germany of Bavaria, Baden-W?rttemberg and Hesse....
in the south-west corner of the district. The Kinzig, a tributary of the Main, flows all through the district.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms is a combination of the coat of arms of the previous districts which were merged in 1974. The swan in top comes from the Hanau district, and is the old crest of the Counts of Hanau. The eagle in the left is taken from the city of 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 ....
. The bars in the right are taken from the coat of arms of the Lords of Hütten, who owned the area around Bad Soden and Salmünster, formerly part of the Schlüchtern district.

Towns and municipalities

Towns	Municipalities
Bad Orb Bad Orb Bad Orb is a spa town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 32 east km of Hanau. Bad Orb is between forested hills in the Nature Park Spessart, one of the largest forested areas in Germany.... Bad Soden-Salmünster Bad Soden-Salmünster Bad Soden-Salm?nster is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig , between Fulda and Hanau.... Bruchköbel Bruchköbel Bruchk?bel is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km north of Hanau.... 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 .... Hanau Hanau Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt.... Langenselbold Langenselbold Langenselbold is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig , 10 km east of Hanau.... Maintal Maintal Maintal is the second largest town of the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Main, between Frankfurt am Main and Hanau.... Nidderau Nidderau Nidderau is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated approximately 12 km north of Hanau, and 20 km northeast of Frankfurt.... Schlüchtern Schlüchtern Schl?chtern 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 Landr?cken, approx.... Steinau an der Straße Steinau an der Straße Steinau an der Stra?e is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig , 32 km southwest of Fulda.... Wächtersbach Wächtersbach The city of W?chtersbach lies in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse, Germany....	Biebergemünd Biebergemünd Biebergem?nd is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Birstein Birstein Birstein is a municipality on the northeastern edge of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany with approximately 6,600 inhabitants. It was the home of the former principality of Isenburg-Birstein.... Brachttal Brachttal Brachttal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Erlensee Erlensee Erlensee is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig , 5 km northeast of Hanau. It was formed in 1970 by the merger, in 1970, of the towns of Langendiebach and R?ckingen.... Flörsbachtal Flörsbachtal Fl?rsbachtal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Freigericht Freigericht Freigericht is a town in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 15 km east of Hanau, close to the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region at the foothills of the Spessart, directly at the Hesse-Bavaria border.... Großkrotzenburg Großkrotzenburg Gro?krotzenburg is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Gründau Gründau Gr?ndau is a municipality in the district Main-Kinzig, in Hessen, Germany.... Hammersbach Hammersbach Hammersbach is a municipality in the district of Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany.It is located near Frankfurt am Main. It consists of two districts: Mark?bel and Langen-Bergheim....	Hasselroth Hasselroth Hasselroth is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Jossgrund Jossgrund Jossgrund is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Linsengericht Linsengericht Linsengericht is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Neuberg Neuberg, Hesse Neuberg is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Niederdorfelden Niederdorfelden Niederdorfelden is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany.... Rodenbach Rodenbach, Hesse Rodenbach is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Kinzig , 8 km east of Hanau.... Ronneburg Ronneburg, Hesse Ronneburg is both a castle and a municipality in the district of Main-Kinzig, in Hesse, Germany. The town is most notable for being the site of Ronneburg castle.... Schöneck Schöneck, Hesse Sch?neck is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 9 km northwest of Hanau, and 15 km northeast of Frankfurt.... Sinntal Sinntal Sinntal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany....

Main-Kinzig-Kreis

History

Partnerships

Geography

Coat of arms

Towns and municipalities

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