Brachttal

Brachttal
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Brachttal within Main-Kinzig-Kreis district
Brachttal Show map of Germany Brachttal Show map of Hesse
Coordinates: 50°18′12″N9°17′52″E / 50.30333°N 9.29778°E / 50.30333; 9.29778
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Subdivisions	6 districts
Government
•  Mayor (2022–28)	Wolfram Zimmer [1]
Area
• Total	30.85 km2 (11.91 sq mi)
Highest elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Lowest elevation	157 m (515 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	5,089
• Density	160/km2 (430/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	63636
Dialling codes	06053 and 06054
Vehicle registration	MKK
Website	www.gemeinde-brachttal.de

Brachttal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Frankfurt Rhine-Main in Hesse, Germany.

Districts

The Bracht, a tributary of the Kinzig, flows through the Tal (valley) so the municipality got the name Brachttal.

Brachttal consists of six parts:

• Schlierbach
• Neuenschmidten
• Hellstein
• Spielberg
• Udenhain
• Streitberg

Schlierbach is the biggest part of Brachttal and also the most populous. The administration and the tourist information of Brachttal (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal) are located in Schlierbach.

Schlierbach is well known for its ceramic manufacture, the Waechtersbach ceramics . Next to the manufacture there is a tegut-market, the only supermarket in Brachttal.

In Spielberg and Streitberg there are ceramic museums. In Neuenschmidten is Schloss Eisenhammer and an old big oak with a scope of 7.88 meters (25.853 ft) in 2014. ^[3] Today the Schloss is empty.

The famous Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg leads through Schlierbach and Hellstein. This cycle track is built on a closed railway, the Vogelsberger Südbahn which was a rail connection between Wächtersbach and Hartmannshain.

There is a buslinie to Schlierbach which starts at Wächtersbach station. The bus stop Schlierbach Rathaus is in front of the administration (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal). More information is available by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund.

Politics

Sister cities

• Rybachy, Russia – since March 2015

Coordinates/Maps of POI

• Administration/Tourist Information of Brachttal (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal): 50°18′11″N9°17′53″E / 50.303001°N 9.298066°E / 50.303001; 9.298066
• Ceramics museum Spielberg: 50°18′30″N9°16′14″E / 50.308334°N 9.270442°E / 50.308334; 9.270442
• Ceramics museum Streitberg: 50°19′23″N9°15′27″E / 50.323126°N 9.257525°E / 50.323126; 9.257525
• Waechtersbach ceramics factory outlet: 50°18′11″N9°18′04″E / 50.303104°N 9.301107°E / 50.303104; 9.301107
• Schloss Eisenhammer: 50°19′17″N9°17′02″E / 50.321491°N 9.283791°E / 50.321491; 9.283791
• Big old oak: 50°19′10″N9°17′05″E / 50.31942°N 9.28474°E / 50.31942; 9.28474
• Public kneipp basin: 50°19′14″N9°16′53″E / 50.320582°N 9.281455°E / 50.320582; 9.281455

• 
  Waechtersbach ceramics - ceramic manufacture
• 
  Waechtersbach ceramics - administration buildings
• 
  Schloss Eisenhammer in Neuenschmidten
• 
  The Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg
• 
  The old locomotive in Birstein next to the cycle track

References

1. "Ergebnisse der jeweils letzten Direktwahl von Landrätinnen und Landräte sowie (Ober-)Bürgermeisterinnen und (Ober-)Bürgermeister in Hessen, Stand 13.04.2023" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt.
2. "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
3. "Neuenschmidten - Eine Auflistung der Monumentalsten Eichen in Deutschland. Mit Messwerten zu den einzelnen Eichen und weiteren Informationen". www.monumentale-eichen.de (in German). Retrieved 2017-01-23.