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Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen in Hesse and Main-Spessart and Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. The district-free cities of Offenbach, Frankfurt, and Hanau (since 2026) also border the district.

Key facts

German district.name
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
German district.state
Hesse
German district.image_flag
Flagge Main-Kinzig-Kreis.svg
German district.image_coa
DEU Main-Kinzig-Kreis COA.svg
German district.capital
Gelnhausen
German district.regierungsbezirk
Darmstadt
German district.area
1,397.57
German district.Kreisschlüssel
06435
German district.district_admin
Thorsten Stolz
German district.admin_party
SPD
German district.carsign
MKK, GN, SLÜ, HU

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Wikidata facts

Country
Germany
Contains
Spessart
Capital
Gelnhausen
Population
419055
Area
1397.52
Elevation
202
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Offenbach
Official website
www.main-kinzig-kreis.de
Licence plate code
SLÜ
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Commons category
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
topic's main category
Category:Main-Kinzig-Kreis
twinned administrative body
Ramat Gan
inception
1974-00-00
category of associated people
Category:People from Main-Kinzig-Kreis
male population
206555
female population
212395
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • See also
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Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen in Hesse and Main-Spessart and Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. The district-free cities of Offenbach, Frankfurt, and Hanau (since 2026) also border the district.

==History== The district was created in 1974 by merging the former districts of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Gelnhausen and the former urban district of Hanau. It is basically the former territory of the county of Hesse-Hanau.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Main-Kinzig-Kreis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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