Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Sign in to saveMain-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.