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Flörsheim am Main

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Country
  
Germany

Admin. region
  
Darmstadt

Elevation
  
90 m (300 ft)

Area
  
22.95 km²

Postal code
  
65439

Dialling code
  
06145

State
  
Hesse

District
  
Main-Taunus-Kreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Population
  
20,242 (30 Jun 2009)

Local time
  
Monday 10:35 PM

Administrative region
  
Darmstadt

Flörsheim am Main

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SW at 3 km/h, 69% Humidity

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Flörsheim am Main is a town in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the River Main, opposite Rüsselsheim, 12 km east of Mainz.

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Population

  • Flörsheim (11,950 Residents)
  • Weilbach (3,831 Residents) (independent district)
  • Wicker (3,472 Residents) (independent district)
  • Bad Weilbach
  • Keramag/Falkenberg (706 Residents)

    • As of 31 July 2005

    International relations

    Flörsheim is twinned with:

  • Pérols, France
  • Pyskowice, Poland
  • Güzelbahçe, Turkey

    • People from Flörsheim

  • Georg Badeck, former Member of Landtag, CDU, died 2004
  • Dr. Max Schohl (died 1943, in Auschwitz), Jewish chemical factory owner and patron.
  • Abdelaziz Ahanfouf (born 14 January 1978), former German-Moroccan football player, eight international matches for Morocco.

    • Honorary citizen

  • 1949: Georg von Opel (1912–1971), car operator and sportsman
  • 1955: Jakob Altmaier (1889–1963), German politician ( SPD), MdB, journalist , local columnist under the pseudonym "Gänsekippelschorsch"

    • Events

    In the fall the Flörsheimer Kerb is celebrated along the Main River. It was created in relation to the Kirchweihfest in the St. Gallus Church in Flörsheim. It is a small fair with a few rides and booths to eat.

    Furthermore, there is a weekend-long open-air concert once a year called Flörsheim Open Air. It is a little festival underneath the Main river's bridge that leads to Rüsselsheim. In 2007 it will be the 32nd festival.

    There is also Flörsheims Carnival parade that goes through Flörsheim on Carnival Sunday. It attracts many thousands of spectators. In 2007 it attracted over 80,000 people.

    Economy

    The Fraport subsidiary Fraport Immobilienservice und -entwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG has its head office in Flörsheim am Main.

    Culture and sport clubs

  • Ball-Sport-Club 1985 Flörsheim e.V.
  • ESV Blaugold Flörsheim e.V.; seit 1953, Sportarten Kegeln und Darts
  • FC Germania 1908 Weilbach e.V.
  • Flörsheimer Carneval Verein 1928 e.V.
  • Flörsheimer Narren Club 1962
  • Flörsheimer Ruderverein 08 e.V.
  • Flörsheimer Sammlerverein Untermain e.V.; Briefmarken, Briefe, Postkarten, Münzen, Euromünzen
  • Kerbeborsch 6091 Weilbach e.V.
  • Reitsportverein Flörsheim 1927 e.V.
  • Schützengesellschaft 1906 e.V. Flörsheim am Main
  • SV 09 Flörsheim
  • SV Edelweiß 1899 e.V. (Schützenverein)
  • TV Wicker e.V.
  • Ata Moschee, an Ahmadiyya mosque

    • References

    Flörsheim am Main Wikipedia
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