Kelkheim

Town in Hesse, Germany

Kelkheim

Town

View from mountain Staufen over Kelkheim

Coat of arms

Location of Kelkheim within Main-Taunus-Kreis district

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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

(2022-12-31)[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.

Former Franciscan abbey upon Klosterberg (abbey hill), landmark of Kelkheim

## Geography

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### Location

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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

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Kelkheim is subdivided into six boroughs Kelkheim-Mitte, Münster, Hornau, Fischbach, Ruppertshain and Eppenhain.

## Twin towns – sister cities

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See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Germany

Kelkheim is twinned with:[3]

* High Wycombe, England, United Kingdom (1985)
* Saint-Fons, France (1971)

## Public transportation

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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

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1. ^ "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
2. ^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
3. ^ "Partnerstädte". kelkheim.de (in German). Kelkheim. Retrieved 2021-02-28.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kelkheim (Taunus).

Look up Kelkheim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

* Official website (in German)
* There is literature about Kelkheim in the Hessian Bibliography
* Literature by and about Kelkheim in the German National Library catalogue

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Towns and municipalities in Main-Taunus-Kreis district

* Bad Soden
* Eppstein
* Eschborn
* Flörsheim am Main
* Hattersheim am Main
* Hochheim am Main
* Hofheim am Taunus
* Kelkheim
* Kriftel
* Liederbach am Taunus
* Schwalbach am Taunus
* Sulzbach

Wappen des Landkreises Main-Taunus-Kreis

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