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Hanau

city in Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany
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Summary

Hanau is a city with special status[1]. Hanau draws 5,534 Wikipedia views per month (city with special status category, ranking #1 of 4).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Georg-August-Zinn-Preis[3]
  • Member of: Climate Alliance[4], Mayors for Peace[5], Hessischer Städtetag[6]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Main-Kinzig-Kreis[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Main[9]
  • Head of government: Claus Kaminsky[10]
  • Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[11], independent city of Germany[12]
  • Twinned administrative body: Waltershausen[13], Dartford[14], Tottori[15], Yaroslavl[16], Conflans-Sainte-Honorine[17], Nilüfer district[18]
  • Postal code: 63450[19], 63452[20], 63454[21], 63456[22], 63457[23]
  • Commons category: Hanau[24]
  • Licence plate code: HU[25]
  • Local dialing code: 06181[26]
  • Coordinate location: 50.132777777777775, 8.916944444444445[27]
  • Official website: https://www.hanau.de/[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Hanau[29]
  • Commons gallery: Hanau[30]
  • Described at URL: https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/2/sn/ol?q=Hanau[31]
  • Population: 92,643[32], 96,130[33], 96,023[34], 98,502[35], 101,364[36], 103,184[37], 97,956[38], 98,582[39]
  • Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[40], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Otto's encyclopedia[43], Regesta Imperii[44], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[45], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[46], Topographia Hassiae[47], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[48], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[49]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Hanau[50]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Hanau[51]
  • Category for people buried here: Q29030076[52]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Hanau[53]
  • Owner of: Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund[54]

Why It Matters

Hanau has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Hanau is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

FAQs

What awards did Hanau receive?

Honors received include Georg-August-Zinn-Preis[3].

Related Entities

Andreas Zeller Burhanpur Conflans-Sainte-Honorine Dennis Jonda Dorothea Koert Dunlop Tyres Electorate of Hesse German Empire Germany Hannah Bast Helmut Krcmar Jacob Grimm Kingdom of Prussia Main Mërgim Mavraj Nazi Germany Neuilly-sur-Seine Paul Hindemith Rudi Völler Thomas Berthold Wilhelm Grimm Wolfgang König

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+92643'}, {'amount': '+96130'}, {'amount': '+96023'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  2. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 7191
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 7191, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167479332|HANAU (#167479332)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mi"
  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 78039
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14586: 78039, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  4. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+92643'}, {'amount': '+96130'}, {'amount': '+96023'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  5. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
  6. 18w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Latin place names id → h/hanoviae
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Latin place names id: h/hanoviae, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/293215390|Hanouiae (#293215390)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7983|Latin Place Names]"
  7. 20w ago · InternetArchiveBot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dewey decimal classification → 2--4341665
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+104'}
    Nomisma id → hanau
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Hanau
    + 33 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Member of: Climate Alliance, Rescuing 1 sources and submitting 0 for archiving. #IABot (v2.0.9.5)"
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