Flörsheim am Main

Flörsheim am Main
Flörsheim am Main
Town
	Aerial view
	Coat of arms
	Location of Flörsheim am Main within Main-Taunus-Kreis district
	Flörsheim am Main Flörsheim am Main
	Coordinates: 50°01′N 08°26′E / 50.017°N 8.433°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Main-Taunus-Kreis
Government
• Mayor (2018–24)	Bernd Blisch
Area
• Total	22.95 km2 (8.86 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	21,851
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	65439
Dialling codes	06145
Vehicle registration	MTK
Website	www.floersheim-main.de

Flörsheim am Main (German pronunciation: [ˈfløːɐ̯sˌhaɪ̯m] ^ⓘ) 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 and 21 km west of Frankfurt.

Geography

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

Town partnerships

Flörsheim has partnerships with:^[3]

Pyskowice, Poland since 2005
Pérols, France since 1992
Güzelbahçe, Turkey since 2011

People from Flörsheim

Abdelaziz Ahanfouf (born 14 January 1978), former German-Moroccan football player, eight international matches for Morocco.
Georg Badeck, former Member of Landtag, CDU, died 2004
Dr Hugo Noerdlinger, Jewish chemical factory owner and inventor, died 1917.^[4] Nazis seized the factory from his two sons who died in Nazi concentration camps and are commemorated on the Holocaust Memorial wall in Wiesbaden. A mall has been built over the factory site.
Dr. Max Schohl (died 1943, in Auschwitz), Jewish chemical factory owner and patron.
Deniz Yücel (born 10 September 1973), journalist and publisher, best known for his works in Die Tageszeitung and Die Welt

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"

History

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.^{[citation needed]}

Economy

The Fraport subsidiary Fraport Immobilienservice und -entwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG has its head office in Flörsheim am Main.^[5]

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.
Regionalpark Rhein-Main
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^[6]