Flörsheim

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Flörsheim
Flörsheim
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Main-Taunus-Kreis
Mayor	Michael Antenbrink (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	22.95 km2 (8.86 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m  (295 ft)
Population	20,015  (31 December 2006)
- Density	872 /km2 (2,259 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MTK
Postal code	65439
Area code	06145
Website	www.floersheim.de Coordinates: 50°01′0″N 08°26′0″E / 50.01667°N 8.43333°E / 50.01667; 8.43333

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.

Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Neighbouring communities and counties 1.2 Population 2 Sister cities 3 People from Flörsheim 3.1 Honorary Citizen 4 History 5 Events 6 Culture and Sport clubs

[edit] Geography

[edit] Neighbouring communities and counties

Flörsheim has the city Hofheim in the north, in the east the city of Hattersheim, in the south the cities Raunheim & Rüsselsheim and in the west the city of Hochheim.

[edit] Population

• Flörsheim (11.950 Residents)
• Weilbach (3831 Residents) (independent district)
• Wicker (3472 Residents) (independent district)
• Bad Weilbach
• Keramag/Falkenberg (706 Residents)

As of 31. July 2005

[edit] Sister cities

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

[edit] People from Flörsheim

• Georg Badeck, MdL a.D., CDU, † 2004
• Dr. Max Schohl († 1943, in Auschwitz), Jewish chemical factory owner and patron.
• Abdelaziz Ahanfouf (* 14. Januar 1978), German-Moroccan football player for Arminia Bielefeld, eight international matches for Morocco.

[edit] Honorary Citizen

• Jakob Altmaier, * 23. November 1889 in Flörsheim; † 8. Februar 1963 in Bonn, German politician. (SPD), MdB

[edit] History

[edit] 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 the year 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^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] 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.

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