Alzenau

Alzenau (; until 31 December 2006 officially Alzenau i.UFr.) is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972, Alzenau was the district seat of the now ended district of the same name and has a population of around 19,000.

 Neighbouring communities 
Alzenau borders in the north on the communities of Rodenbach and Freigericht, in the east and southeast on the communities of Mömbris and Johannesberg, in the southwest on the community of Karlstein and in the west on the community of Kahl am Main.

 Constituent communities 
Alzenau's quarters are Albstadt, Hörstein, Kälberau, Michelbach and Wasserlos.

 Politics 

 Landräte (“Chief District Administrators”) of the former Alzenau district 
 1946–1949 Friedrich Huth
 1950–1970 Heinrich Degen
 1970–1972 Karl Lautenschläger

 Town council 
Alzenau's town council has 24 seats.

Alzenau town council electionsDateVoter turnoutCSUSPDFDPGrüneFW/PWGKLJU3 March 200258.4%12 seats6 seats2 seats2 seats2 seats ––2 March 200858.8%11 seats5 seats2 seats3 seats2 seats1 seat– 30 August 2021 10 seats3 seats2 seats5 seats3 seats–1 seat

 Town partnerships 
 Sint-Oedenrode, North Brabant, Netherlands
 Pfaffstätten, Lower Austria, Austria
 Thaon-les-Vosges, Vosges, France

 Established businesses 
 Alexander Shorokhoff GmbH, luxury mechanical watches
 ABB Automation Products
 Applied Materials GmbH
 Biotest Medizintechnik
 Buhler Leybold Optics
 Hyundai Motorsport GmbH, World Rally Championship team
 Mahle GmbH
 MSC Software
 Nukem
 Schott Solar AG
 Xella
 Nikon Metrology Europe NV

 Educational institutions 
In 1999, the following institutions existed:
 Kindergartens: 9 places with 705 children
 Elementary schools: 4 with 81 teachers and 1432 students
 Realschulen: 1 with 45 teachers and 1000 students
 Hahnenkammschule zur Lernförderung (special education)
 Spessart-Gymnasium Alzenau with roughly 1500 students
 Städtische Musikschule Alzenau (municipal music school)
 Städtische Bibliothek Alzenau (municipal library)
 VHS Kahl-Alzenau-Karlstein (folk high school), Alzenau branch
 “Grünes Klassenzimmer” (“Green Classroom”) in the town forest

 Health 
 Alzenau-Wasserlos district hospital

 Notable people 

 Sons and daughters of the town 
  (1800–1863), composer and physician
 Paul (Pablo) Michel, (1905–1977), chessmaster
  (1925–2007), historian (mediaevalist)
 Franz A. Stein (1928–1999), musicologist
  (1944–2004), artist
 Alexander Leipold (born 1969), freestyle wrestler stripped of an Olympic gold medal in 2000, Federal new-blood trainer for freestyle wrestling
  (born 1953), cultural scientist
 Jochen Bendel (born 1967), German radio speaker and television moderator
  (born 1973), radio and television host and comedian
 Heiko Westermann (born 1983), footballer
 Björn Ziegenbein (born 1986), footballer
 Pascal Thomas (born 1987), actor, musical singer
 Max Wissel (born 1989), racing driver
 Svenja Huth (born 1991), footballer
Lorenz Pick (born 2000), wine grower and sommelier
Lilli Lang (born 2001), public figure
Emil Lang (born 2004), public figure


 People linked with Alzenau 
  (1787–1854), lady of Schloss Wasserlos
  (1866–1946), architect, built the Villa Meßmer in 1902–1904

 Other websites 

 Town’s official webpage 

References

Category:Aschaffenburg (district)