Hanau
Hanau is a city in Hesse, Germany. It is 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway station is a major junction and it has a port on the river Main, making it an important transport centre.Places of Interest
Highlights include Philippsruhe Castle and Hanau Hauptbahnhof.
Hanau Hauptbahnhof
Railway station
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Hanau Hauptbahnhof is a railway station in Hanau in the German state of Hesse, and is a major railway junction east of Frankfurt am Main. It was opened in 1867, but the current building was built in the late 1960s.
Hanau West
Railway station
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Hanau West station is the oldest station in the city of Hanau in the German state of Hesse. It was opened in 1848 and is located on the 17.9 kilometre mark of the Frankfurt Süd–Aschaffenburg railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dietesheim and Wachenbuchen.
Dietesheim
Village
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Dietesheim is a village, which is situated 4½ km west of Hanau.
Wachenbuchen
Village
Wachenbuchen is the smallest district in the city of Maintal, Hesse, Germany. It is about 17 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Wachenbuchen is situated 6 km northwest of Hanau.
Hanau
- Type: Locality with 98,000 residents
- Also known as: “06435014” and “Stadt Hanau”
- Location: Gelnhausen, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.1316° or 50° 7′ 54″ northLongitude
8.9208° or 8° 55′ 15″ eastPopulation
98,000Elevation
108 metres (354 feet)Open location code
9F2C4WJC+J8GeoNames ID
6557738
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to South Azerbaijani—“Hanau” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة هانو”
- Arabic: “هانو”
- Arabic: “هَانَو”
- Persian: “هانو”
- South Azerbaijani: “هانو”
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