Florstadt
Florstadt is a town in the district of Wetterau in the Region of Darmstadt (Hessen).
- 2.1 Amalgamations
- 3.1 City Council
- 3.2 Mayor
- 3.3 Town twinning
- 4.1 traffic
- 5.1 educational institutions
- 5.2 -care facilities
- 5.3 Leisure and sports facilities
Geography
The city is located about 28 km north- east of Frankfurt am Main in the Wetterau. Through the urban area and Nidda Horloff flow.
Neighboring communities
Florstadt borders in the north on the town Reichel home, in the north- east on the community Ranstadt, in the east on the community Glauburg, in the south on the community of Old Town and the city Niddatal and in the west on the town of Friedberg.
Boroughs
The city Florstadt consists of the districts suffering hedges, low - Florstadt, low - Mockstadt, top Florstadt, Staden, and master home.
History
- 90 AD, the fort top Florstadt is applied during the chat wars of the Roman Emperor Domitian in the district of Upper Florstadt.
- Low - Mockstadt 930 first mentioned.
- 1150 Today the district Staden is first mentioned in a charter for the city of Goslar and receives city rights in 1304.
- 1244, today the district master home is first mentioned.
- Leydthecken ( Leidhecken ) is first mentioned in the 12th century.
- 1365 receives low - Florstadt of Emperor Charles IV, the city rights.
- Since March 27, 2007 Florstadt again has city rights.
Incorporations
On 1 July 1970, the formerly independent communities low - Florstadt and upper Florstadt be incorporated into the new municipality Florstadt. Staden was added on 31 December 1971. Leidhecken followed on 1 February 1972. With the incorporation of low - Mockstadt and master home the series of incorporations on August 1, 1972 completed.
Policy
City Council
The municipal election held 27 March 2011 yielded the following results:
Mayor
The last mayor elections gave the following results:
Mayor Herbert Unger ( SPD) was re-elected on 26 March 2006 with 90.8 % of votes. He had no rival candidates.
Twinning
Economy
Florstadt is predominantly a residential area for commuters who find work, especially in the Rhine -Main area. Local farms there are in agriculture, crafts, trade and service sectors.
Traffic
Traffic Technically, the city area is supplied by the federal highway 275 and Federal Highway 45 to the junction Florstadt ( on the B 275 between the districts of Lower Mockstadt and Staden ).
Public institutions
Educational institutions
- Karl Weigand School in Lower Florstadt
- Primary school master home
- Community College Friedberg branch Florstadt
Care facilities
- Municipal Daycare Staden
- Toddler group " Small castle ghosts " Staden
- Daycare "sunshine" master home
- Crèche master home
- Kindergarten Lummerland low - Florstadt
- Kindergarten at the Nachtweide low - Florstadt
- School care at the Karl Weigand School NFL
- Students master home care
- Childcare index Florstädter children groups eV / citizens help Florstadt.
Leisure and sports facilities
- Hessischer Radfernweg R4
- Limes Cycle Path
- Nidda bike path
- Jogging path NFL
- Ecological trail
Personalities
- Karl Weigand, specialist in German ( born November 18, 1804 in Lower Florstadt )
- Anton Lux, mayor from 1945 to 1953 and Member of Parliament
Trivia
Florstadt is the site of action in the novel Wäldchestag by Andreas Maier.