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Kelkheim | |
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| View from mountain Staufen over Kelkheim View from mountain Staufen over Kelkheim | |
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Coat of arms of Kelkheim Coat of arms | |
Location of Kelkheim within Main-Taunus-Kreis district | |
Kelkheim is located in Germany Show map of GermanyKelkheim Kelkheim Kelkheim is located in Hesse Show map of HesseKelkheim Kelkheim | |
| Coordinates: 50°8′16′′N 08°26′59′′E / 50.13778°N 8.44972°E / 50.13778; 8.44972 | |
| 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年12月31日)[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 |
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Kelkheim (German: [ˈkɛlkhaɪm] i ), officially "Kelkheim (Taunus)", is a town in the Main-Taunus district in Hesse, Germany, close to Germany's financial center Frankfurt/Main.
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Geography
[edit ]Location
[edit ]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
[edit ]Kelkheim is subdivided into six boroughs Kelkheim-Mitte, Münster, Hornau, Fischbach, Ruppertshain and Eppenhain.
Twin towns – sister cities
[edit ]- England High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom (1985)
- France Saint-Fons, France (1971)
Public transportation
[edit ]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
[edit ]- ^ "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年02月28日.
External links
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- Official website Edit this at Wikidata (in German)
- There is literature about Kelkheim in the Hessian Bibliography
- Literature by and about Kelkheim in the German National Library catalogue
