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Hanau () is a city 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. With more than 96,756 residents, it was the largest city in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis before

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Hanau is a city in western Germany near Frankfurt that serves as an important transportation hub with a railway junction and river port on the Main River. It is historically significant as the birthplace of the Brothers Grimm and has long been known for its goldsmith tradition and precious metal working industries.

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German location.type: City
German location.name: Hanau
German location.image_coa: Wappen Hanau.svg
German location.image_flag: Flagge Hanau.svg
German location.image_plan: Hanau in HU.svg
German location.state: Hessen
German location.region: Darmstadt
German location.district: urban
German location.elevation: 104
German location.area: 76.47
German location.postal_code: 63450, 63452, 63454 63456, 63457
German location.area_code: 06181
German location.licence: HU
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 06415000
German location.website: www.hanau.de
German location.mayor: Claus Kaminsky
German location.leader_term: 2021–27
German location.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister

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Instance of: independent city of Germany
Country: County of Hanau
Located in: Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Population: 103184
Area: 76.47
Elevation: 104
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Main
Official website: www.hanau.de
Image: Hanau Bruder Grimm.jpg
Dialing code: 06181
Licence plate code: HU

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topic's main category: Category:Hanau
twinned administrative body: Nilüfer district
Commons category: Hanau
category for people born here: Category:Births in Hanau
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hanau
category of associated people: Category:People from Hanau
postal code: 63457
described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons gallery: Hanau
hashtag: Hanau
P12749: Fritz Machlup
social media followers: 915
owner of: Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
different from: Hanoi
P8168: Majalengka
described at URL: www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/2/sn/ol?q=Hanau

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