Hanau (deu)

Hanau

Hanau ranks 553rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Aleppo, Coimbra, and Le Mans. Memorable people born in Hanau include Jacob Grimm, Paul Hindemith, and Wilhelm Grimm. Memorable people who died in Hanau include Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau, and Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. Hanau has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many noblemen, and military personnels. Hanau is located in Germany.

Hanau is a city in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway station is a major junction and it has a port on the river Main, making it an important transport centre. The city is known for being the birthplace of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm and Franciscus Sylvius. Since the 16th century it was a centre of precious metal working, with many goldsmiths. It is home to Heraeus, one of Germany's largest family-owned companies. Read more on Wikipedia