Brachttal

Brachttal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Frankfurt Rhine-Main in Hesse, Germany.

Brachttal
Coat of arms
Location of Brachttal within Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
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Brachttal
Brachttal
Coordinates: 50°18′12″N 9°17′52″E
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictMain-Kinzig-Kreis
Subdivisions6 districts
Government
 • MayorWolfram Zimmer (CDU)
Area
 • Total30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi)
Highest elevation
315 m (1,033 ft)
Lowest elevation
157 m (515 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total5,156
 • Density170/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
63636
Dialling codes06053 and 06054
Vehicle registrationMKK
Websitewww.gemeinde-brachttal.de

Districts

The Bracht, a tributary of the Kinzig, flows through the Tal (valley) so the municipality got the name Brachttal.

Brachttal consists of six parts:

  • Schlierbach
  • Neuenschmidten
  • Hellstein
  • Spielberg
  • Udenhain
  • Streitberg

Schlierbach is the biggest part of Brachttal and also the most people live there. The administration and the tourist information of Brachttal (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal) are located in Schlierbach.

Schlierbach is well known for its ceramic manufacture, the Waechtersbach ceramics. Next to the manufacture there is a tegut-market, the only supermarket in Brachttal.

In Spielberg and Streitberg there are ceramic museums. In Neuenschmidten is Schloss Eisenhammer and an old big oak with a scope of 7.88 meters (25.853 ft) in 2014.[2] Today the Schloss is empty and it is offered for sale.

The famous Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg leads through Schlierbach and Hellstein. This cycle track is built on a closed railway, the Vogelsberger Südbahn which was a rail connection between Wächtersbach and Hartmannshain.

There is a buslinie to Schlierbach which starts at Wächtersbach station. The busstop Schlierbach Rathaus is in front of the administration (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal). More information is available by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund.

Politics

Sister cities
  • Rybachy, Russia – since March 2015

Coordinates/Maps of POI


  • Waechtersbach ceramics - ceramic manufacture
  • Waechtersbach ceramics - administration buildings
  • Schloss Eisenhammer in Neuenschmidten
  • The Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg
  • The old locomotive in Birstein next to the cycle track


References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand am 31.12.2018". Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt (in German). July 2019.
  2. "Neuenschmidten - Eine Auflistung der Monumentalsten Eichen in Deutschland. Mit Messwerten zu den einzelnen Eichen und weiteren Informationen". www.monumentale-eichen.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-23.
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