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Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen in Hesse and Main-Spessart and Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. The district-free cities of Offenbach, Frankfurt, and Hanau (since 2026) also border the district.

Key facts

German district.name
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
German district.state
Hesse
German district.image_flag
Flagge Main-Kinzig-Kreis.svg
German district.image_coa
DEU Main-Kinzig-Kreis COA.svg
German district.capital
Gelnhausen
German district.regierungsbezirk
Darmstadt
German district.area
1,397.57
German district.Kreisschlüssel
06435
German district.district_admin
Thorsten Stolz
German district.admin_party
SPD
German district.carsign
MKK, GN, SLÜ, HU

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Main-Kinzig-Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen in Hesse and Main-Spessart and Aschaffenburg in Bavaria. The district-free cities of Offenbach, Frankfurt, and Hanau (since 2026) also border the district.

==History== The district was created in 1974 by merging the former districts of Hanau, Schlüchtern, Gelnhausen and the former urban district of Hanau. It is basically the former territory of the county of Hesse-Hanau.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Main-Kinzig-Kreis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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