Taunusstein

Taunusstein is the most important metropolis within the Rheingau Taunus district of southern Hesse, with approximately 30,000 inhabitants, 9 kilometers northwest of the state capital Wiesbaden. The seat of the metropolis administration is located within the district of Hahn. The town of Taunusstein changed into created inside the path of the territorial reform in Hesse on October 1, 1971 by way of the voluntary merger of the formerly impartial communities Bleidenstadt, Hahn, Neuhof, Seitzenhahn, Watzhahn and contractions.

The merger gave Taunusstein metropolis rights. On 1 July 1972, the municipalities Hambach, Niederlibbach, Orlen and Wingsbach were integrated into the town of Taunusstein on a voluntary basis. For all parts of the town local districts have been formed with Ortsbeirat and Ortsvorsteher. In 1991, the Dr. Peter Nikolaus Square, named after the long-time mayor of Taunusstein, become inaugurated inside the district of Hahn. It is surrounded through the network middle Taunus, the catholic church middle St. John Nepomuk in addition to the brand new metropolis hall and paperwork with the bundling of these public capabilities the new town center.