Maintal

Maintal is the second largest town of the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Main, between Frankfurt am Main and Hanau.GeographyNeighbouring placesThe neighbouring countries of Maintal are Niederdorfelden and Schöneck in the north, the city of Hanau in the East, Mühlheim am Main and Offenbach am Main on the other bank of the river Main as well as Frankfurt am Main in the west.Division of the townMaintal consists of the four districts Dörnigheim, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt (seat of city-administration) and Wachenbuchen.HistoryThe city was artificially created in 1974 in the course of the Hessian administration reform by merging the city of Dörnigheim with the nearby towns of Bischofsheim, Hochstadt and Wachenbuchen.EconomySyngenta Agro GmbHAltec LansingRasmussen GmbHTransportationMaintal is connected with Hanau and Frankfurt by the so-called nordmainische Eisenbahn (northern Main railway) and has two stations (Maintal-West in Bischofsheim near the Main river and Maintal-East in Dörnigheim)