Flörsheim am Main
Flörsheim am Main 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 '
- Weilbach '
- Wicker '
- Bad Weilbach
- Keramag/Falkenberg '
Town partnerships
Flörsheim has partnerships with:- Pyskowice, Poland since 2005
- Pérols, France since 1992
- Güzelbahçe, Turkey since 2011
People from Flörsheim
- Abdelaziz Ahanfouf, 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. 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, Jewish chemical factory owner and patron.
- Deniz Yücel, journalist and publisher, best known for his works in Die Tageszeitung and ''Die Welt''
Honorary citizen
- 1949: Georg von Opel, car operator and sportsman
- 1955: Jakob Altmaier, German politician, 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.
Economy
The Fraport subsidiary Fraport Immobilienservice und -entwicklungs GmbH & Co. KG has its head office in Flörsheim am Main.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.
- TV Wicker e.V.
- Ata Moschee, an Ahmadiyya mosque