Hattersheim am Main

Town in Hesse, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Hattersheim am Main within Main-Taunus-Kreis district

(2022–28) Klaus Schindling^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total15.82 km² (6.11 sq mi)Elevation

100 m (300 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total28,528 • Density1,800/km² (4,700/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

65795

Dialling codes06190, 06145Vehicle registrationMTKWebsitewww.hattersheim.de

Hattersheim am Main (German pronunciation: [ˈhatɐsˌhaɪ̯m] ^ⓘ) is a town in the Main-Taunus district, Hesse (Germany) and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area.

Geography

Neighbouring towns

Hattersheim borders the city of Frankfurt in the northeast, in the southeast with Kelsterbach, in the southwest with Raunheim (both are in the district of Groß-Gerau). The western neighboring towns are Flörsheim, Hofheim and Kriftel.

Town districts

In 1972 the villages of Okriftel und Eddersheim, both situated next to the river Main, were incorporated into Hattersheim. Since then the town has been called Hattersheim am Main. Hattersheim consists of three districts: Eddersheim, Hattersheim und Okriftel.

Eddersheim

4944 people lived here in 2004. There is a lock on the river Main near the village's center. The engineer and inventor Anton Flettner was born in Eddersheim.

Okriftel

7561 people lived here in 2007. You can cross the river Main by ferry. The town on the other side of the river is Kelsterbach. The ferry boat operates in summer time on Sundays.

History

A former industrial chocolate production of Sarotti chocolate and the Sarotti-Moor (Mohr) took place in Hattersheim am Main. With the change of the majority stockholding, in 1929, the factory merged to Nestlé. The factory in Hattersheim was in the 1960s one of the biggest companies in Hattersheim and Main-Taunus district with a workforce up to 2,000 workers. The factory was closed down in 1994 and currently it was designated a historic site in Hesse.^[3]

Population

(as of 31 December)

1998 – 24,687
1999 – 24,756
2000 – 24,752
2001 – 24,858
2002 – 25,093
2003 – 25,059
2004 – 25,161
2019 – 27,674

Twin towns – sister cities

Hattersheim am Main is twinned with:^[4]

Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary
Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
Sarcelles, France

Notable people

Anton Flettner (1885–1961), inventor

References

^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
^ Website Historic Site in Hesse (in German)
^ "Haushalt 2017" (PDF) (in German). Hattersheim am Main. p. 103. Retrieved 2021-12-09.