Kelkheim
Kelkheim | |
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Location of Kelkheim within Main-Taunus-Kreis district | |
Coordinates: 50°8′16″N 08°26′59″E / 50.13778°N 8.44972°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Hesse |
Admin. region | Darmstadt |
District | Main-Taunus-Kreis |
Subdivisions | 6 Stadtteile |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–27) | Albrecht Kündiger[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 30.65 km2 (11.83 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 515 m (1,690 ft) |
Lowest elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 29,112 |
• Density | 950/km2 (2,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 65779 |
Dialling codes | 06195, 06198 (Eppenhain), 06174 (Ruppertshain) |
Vehicle registration | MTK |
Website | www.kelkheim.de |
Kelkheim (German: [ˈkɛlkhaɪm] ), officially "Kelkheim (Taunus)", is a town in the Main-Taunus district in Hesse, Germany, close to Germany's financial center Frankfurt/Main.
Geography
Location
Located on the southwestern slopes of the Taunus mountains, Kelkheim is noted for its attractive scenery. Kelkheim is located approximately 10 km to the west of Frankfurt. Wiesbaden, the state capital of Hesse, is about 25 km away, while Mainz, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, is about 30 km away.
Town districts
Kelkheim is subdivided into six boroughs Kelkheim-Mitte, Münster, Hornau, Fischbach, Ruppertshain and Eppenhain.
Twin towns – sister cities
- High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom (1985)
- Saint-Fons, France (1971)
Public transportation
Kelkheim station is connected to both Frankfurt and Königstein by rail, while bus connections exist to Eppstein, Königstein, Liederbach and Sulzbach. Frankfurt Airport serves as the city's main international airport and is located near to Kelkheim.
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.
- ^ "Partnerstädte". kelkheim.de (in German). Kelkheim. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
External links
- Official website (in German)
- There is literature about Kelkheim in the Hessian Bibliography
- Literature by and about Kelkheim in the German National Library catalogue
- Pages using the Phonos extension
- CS1 German-language sources (de)
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Towns in Hesse
- Pages using infobox German place with an elevation range
- Pages with German IPA
- Pages including recorded pronunciations
- Commons category link is on Wikidata
- Articles with German-language sources (de)
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- Articles with J9U identifiers
- Articles with LCCN identifiers
- Articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers
- Main-Taunus-Kreis
- All stub articles
- Hesse geography stubs