Dietzenbach
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Dietzenbach is the seat of Offenbach district
in the Regierungsbezirk
of Darmstadt
in Hesse
, Germany
and lies roughly 12 km southeast of Frankfurt am Main on the river Bieber. Before the Second World War, the current town was a farming village with not quite 4,000 inhabitants. However, after the war, there was a considerable upswing in the population due to refugees settling in the community. From the 1970s onwards, Dietzenbach’s population rose rapidly, reaching some 33,000 by 2006. Just under a third of the inhabitants have roots in more than a hundred nations outside Germany. Agricultural buildings are nowadays seldom seen in Dietzenbach.
In 2001, Dietzenbach hosted the yearly Hessentag state festival.
, in the east on the town of Rodgau
, in the south on the town of Rödermark
and in the west on the town of Dreieich
.
with Gymnasium
upper level). Furthermore, there is a sporting ground on Limesstraße. In the centre is the Steinberg Shopping Centre. Just under 12,000 people live in Steinberg.
Before this, the most prominent feature was a shopping centre with a big supermarket
, filling station and carpark, which the locals over time came to see as an eyesore
for its rather unappealing 1970s architecture and the company’s neglect of the building.
Sales dealings kept delaying any new development. Finally, in late 2005, agreements between the town and the Dutch
Ten Brinke Group were signed.
After the old toom Markt closed in mid 2005, the whole building complex was torn down in autumn 2006 to make way for a new shopping centre. The foundation stone was laid on 4 December 2006, and on 29 November 2007, the shopping centre opened, and was given the name Rathaus-Center.
The Ten Brinke Group, the €37,500,000 project’s investor, built a 230 m-long and 101 m broad building in which are found, on 8 000 m² a toom Markt, and on 4 000 m² a Media-Markt
. The rest of the 21 000 m² is shared among C&A
(1 600 m²), Deichmann
(two units of 500 m² each), the clothing chain Ernsting's Family (200 m²), other shops and various catering businesses.
for “Witches’ Mountain”, is a constituent community. It is named after the highest elevation in Offenbach district. The buildings are mostly relatively low one-family and multiple-family dwellings as well as a few smaller shops in the middle of the community.
houses have been preserved. Besides these, the Old Town is where the local history museum, the town library and the police station are to be found.
.
In 1545, the Counts of Hanau
, who had been Dietzenbach’s lords for a few centuries, introduced Protestantism
. When the Counts of Hanau died out in 1736, the Landgraves Hesse-Darmstadt
and of Hesse-Kassel
fought over who had the right to be Dietzenbach’s lords.
The Amt of Schaafheim
, with Dietzenbach, which lay within it, passed in 1773 to Hesse-Darmstadt. With the partition of the Rödermark
in 1818, the community acquired its forest. In 1821, the Amt of Schaafheim was dissolved and Dietzenbach passed to the Landratsbezirk of Langen
. However, by 1832 Dietzenbach had already been assigned to the district of Offenbach.
In 1898, the railway through Offenbach, Bieber and Heusenstamm to Dietzenbach was dedicated and the railway station was built, which is now once again in use, after many years of seeing no passenger service at all, by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn
. The line underwent an extensive modernization for S-Bahn operation.
A British air raid in 1941 caused great damage in the community.
Dietzenbach was granted town rights in 1971. Since 2002, Dietzenbach has also been administrative seat of the district of Offenbach. However, it was only officially allowed to use the designation Kreisstadt (“District Seat”) beginning in March 2003 as the result of a dispute with the neighbouring town of Rodgau, which had demanded this status on the grounds that it had a greater population.
In 1834, Dietzenbach had 3,695 inhabitants. One hundred and five years later, in 1939, it was 3,695. After the Second World War ended, 4,711 people lived in the community in 1950. In 1961, this had risen to 6,303. After extensive new development had been undertaken in the 1960s, the town’s population in 1970 was 12,449. In 1983 it was 25,500 and in 1997 33,015, 30% of whom held citizenship other than German.
Dietzenbach has one of the highest birthrates in the state (1990: ~380, 2006: 420 births).
The current chairman is Nikola Pengacevic.
might be described thus: Gules a bend argent surmounted by a bend wavy azure, the whole between two bunches of grapes Or, each with two leaves vert.
The grapes refer to the town’s winegrowing tradition, which came to an end in the 18th century but was revived in the 1960s on the Wingertsberg. The blue wavy fess refers to the town’s name, interpreted as being from the Old High German
for “babbling brook” or “Brook of Dietz” (compare here 775 Jahre Dietzenbach, published by Dietzenbach town executive). The town’s current arms were determined by Dietzenbach’s community councillors in 1957 and approved by the then Hessian Interior Minister Schneider.
Dietzenbach’s flag consists of two narrower blue bands framing the broader yellow band in the middle, upon which appear the town’s arms.
’s Line 2 (S2), whose route is Niedernhausen
– Hofheim
– Frankfurt – Offenbach – Dietzenbach. Dietzenbach moreover has at its disposal its own town bus network with a central bus station at the Dietzenbach Mitte S-Bahn station. Over Bundesstraße
459, the Autobahnen A 3 and A 661
can be reached in a few minutes through the Offenbach interchange
.
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Offenbach (district)
Offenbach is a Kreis in the south of Hesse, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbourhood districts are Main-Kinzig, Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Groß-Gerau and the cities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt and Offenbach.-History:The district Offenbach was first...
in the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
of Darmstadt
Darmstadt (region)
Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the state.- External links :*...
in Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and lies roughly 12 km southeast of Frankfurt am Main on the river Bieber. Before the Second World War, the current town was a farming village with not quite 4,000 inhabitants. However, after the war, there was a considerable upswing in the population due to refugees settling in the community. From the 1970s onwards, Dietzenbach’s population rose rapidly, reaching some 33,000 by 2006. Just under a third of the inhabitants have roots in more than a hundred nations outside Germany. Agricultural buildings are nowadays seldom seen in Dietzenbach.
In 2001, Dietzenbach hosted the yearly Hessentag state festival.
Neighbouring communities
Dietzenbach borders in the north on the town of HeusenstammHeusenstamm
Heusenstamm is a town of over 18,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Geography :- Location :The town lies on the river Bieber. Heusenstamm is one of 13 towns and communities in the Offenbach district...
, in the east on the town of Rodgau
Rodgau
Rodgau is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany. It lies southeast of Frankfurt am Main in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region and has the greatest population of any municipality in the Offenbach district...
, in the south on the town of Rödermark
Rödermark
Rödermark is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany, southeast of Frankfurt am Main and northeast of Darmstadt.-Location:...
and in the west on the town of Dreieich
Dreieich
Dreieich is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies roughly 10 km south of Frankfurt am Main and with more than 40,000 inhabitants is the district’s second biggest town.- Location :...
.
Constituent communities
The town of Dietzenbach is made up of a number of Stadtteile, although not all places listed here have this official designation.Steinberg
Steinberg is a constituent community. Parts of the north industrial area are found here, as well as daycare centres (Kindertagesstätten) 3,5 and 11, the Siedlerstraße Seniors’ Centre and four schools: Astrid-Lindgren-Schule (primary school), Regenbogenschule (primary school), Helen-Keller-Schule (special school) and Heinrich-Mann-Schule (coöperative comprehensive schoolComprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
with Gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
upper level). Furthermore, there is a sporting ground on Limesstraße. In the centre is the Steinberg Shopping Centre. Just under 12,000 people live in Steinberg.
Neue Stadtmitte
Between Steinberg and the old town centre, a new building area has sprung up over the years, in whose centre the town administration and Dietzenbach’s community centre have settled. It is known as the Neue Stadtmitte – the New Town Centre.Before this, the most prominent feature was a shopping centre with a big supermarket
Supermarket
A supermarket, a form of grocery store, is a self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise, organized into departments...
, filling station and carpark, which the locals over time came to see as an eyesore
Eyesore
An eyesore is an unpleasant view. Its technical usage is as an alternative perspective to the notion of landmark. Common examples include dilapidated buildings, graffiti, litter, polluted areas and excessive commercial signage such as billboards. Some eyesores may be a matter of opinion such as...
for its rather unappealing 1970s architecture and the company’s neglect of the building.
Sales dealings kept delaying any new development. Finally, in late 2005, agreements between the town and the Dutch
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Ten Brinke Group were signed.
After the old toom Markt closed in mid 2005, the whole building complex was torn down in autumn 2006 to make way for a new shopping centre. The foundation stone was laid on 4 December 2006, and on 29 November 2007, the shopping centre opened, and was given the name Rathaus-Center.
The Ten Brinke Group, the €37,500,000 project’s investor, built a 230 m-long and 101 m broad building in which are found, on 8 000 m² a toom Markt, and on 4 000 m² a Media-Markt
Media Markt
Media Markt is a German chain of stores selling consumer electronics with numerous branches throughout Europe. It is Europe's largest retailer of consumer electronics.-History:...
. The rest of the 21 000 m² is shared among C&A
C&A
C&A is an international chain of fashion retail clothing stores, with its European head offices in Vilvoorde , Belgium and Düsseldorf, Germany...
(1 600 m²), Deichmann
Heinrich Deichmann-Schuhe GmbH
-About The Company:Deichmann Shoes is a shoe store which is the largest monger of shoes and sportswear in Europe. Established in 1913 by Heinrich Deichmann. The company is headquartered in Essen, Germany...
(two units of 500 m² each), the clothing chain Ernsting's Family (200 m²), other shops and various catering businesses.
Hexenberg
Hexenberg, whose name is GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
for “Witches’ Mountain”, is a constituent community. It is named after the highest elevation in Offenbach district. The buildings are mostly relatively low one-family and multiple-family dwellings as well as a few smaller shops in the middle of the community.
Wingertsberg
Wingertsberg (called der Wingertsberg in German) is not a constituent community as such, but rather a residential neighbourhood lying on a slope across from the Old Town. At the upper end of the neighbourhood are found, besides a sporting ground, a restaurant with a viewing terrace and the lookout tower built for the Hessentag state festival, from which it is possible to see Frankfurt.Altstadt
In Dietzenbach’s Old Town, many timber-frameTimber framing
Timber framing , or half-timbering, also called in North America "post-and-beam" construction, is the method of creating structures using heavy squared off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs . It is commonplace in large barns...
houses have been preserved. Besides these, the Old Town is where the local history museum, the town library and the police station are to be found.
Spessartviertel (formerly Starkenburgring)
This constituent community, which borders right on the Old Town, is a neighbourhood built up with nothing but highrises. Originally planned as an upscale neighbourhood, social problems and the crime arising therefrom have brought the town and the surrounding area greater challenges than ever. Today, roughly 90% of the inhabitants have an immigration background. Most come from Turkey, Morocco, Afghanistan, Pakistan or various African countries.History
Dietzenbach had its first documentary mention about 1210 in a donation document to the Patershausen monastery as Dicenbah. The later forsaken settlements of Ippingshausen and Richolshausen lay within what are now Dietzenbach’s limits in the Early Middle AgesMiddle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
.
In 1545, the Counts of Hanau
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
, who had been Dietzenbach’s lords for a few centuries, introduced Protestantism
Protestantism
Protestantism is one of the three major groupings within Christianity. It is a movement that began in Germany in the early 16th century as a reaction against medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices, especially in regards to salvation, justification, and ecclesiology.The doctrines of the...
. When the Counts of Hanau died out in 1736, the Landgraves Hesse-Darmstadt
Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. It was formed in 1567 following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse between the four sons of Philip I, the last Landgrave of Hesse....
and of Hesse-Kassel
Hesse-Kassel
The Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel or Hesse-Cassel was a state in the Holy Roman Empire under Imperial immediacy that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse. His eldest son William IV inherited the northern half and the...
fought over who had the right to be Dietzenbach’s lords.
The Amt of Schaafheim
Schaafheim
Schaafheim is a municipality in the Darmstadt-Dieburg district, in Hesse, Germany....
, with Dietzenbach, which lay within it, passed in 1773 to Hesse-Darmstadt. With the partition of the Rödermark
Rödermark
Rödermark is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany, southeast of Frankfurt am Main and northeast of Darmstadt.-Location:...
in 1818, the community acquired its forest. In 1821, the Amt of Schaafheim was dissolved and Dietzenbach passed to the Landratsbezirk of Langen
Langen, Hesse
Langen is a town of roughly 36,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany, between Darmstadt and Frankfurt am Main...
. However, by 1832 Dietzenbach had already been assigned to the district of Offenbach.
In 1898, the railway through Offenbach, Bieber and Heusenstamm to Dietzenbach was dedicated and the railway station was built, which is now once again in use, after many years of seeing no passenger service at all, by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn
Rhine-Main S-Bahn
The Rhine-Main S-Bahn system is an integrated rapid transit and commuter transport system for the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, which includes the cities Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach am Main, Hanau and Darmstadt...
. The line underwent an extensive modernization for S-Bahn operation.
A British air raid in 1941 caused great damage in the community.
Dietzenbach was granted town rights in 1971. Since 2002, Dietzenbach has also been administrative seat of the district of Offenbach. However, it was only officially allowed to use the designation Kreisstadt (“District Seat”) beginning in March 2003 as the result of a dispute with the neighbouring town of Rodgau, which had demanded this status on the grounds that it had a greater population.
Population development
| Year | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 33,224 |
| 2007 | 34,773 |
| 2005 | 34,794 |
| 1997 | 33,015 |
| 1983 | 25,500 |
| 1970 | 12,449 |
| 1961 | 6,303 |
| 1950 | 4,711 |
| 1939 | 3,695 |
| 1834 | 3,695 |
In 1834, Dietzenbach had 3,695 inhabitants. One hundred and five years later, in 1939, it was 3,695. After the Second World War ended, 4,711 people lived in the community in 1950. In 1961, this had risen to 6,303. After extensive new development had been undertaken in the 1960s, the town’s population in 1970 was 12,449. In 1983 it was 25,500 and in 1997 33,015, 30% of whom held citizenship other than German.
Dietzenbach has one of the highest birthrates in the state (1990: ~380, 2006: 420 births).
Town council
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:| Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
|
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 42.6 | 19 | 30.7 | 14 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
24.7 | 11 | 33.9 | 15 |
| GREENS | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 9.1 | 4 | 10.1 | 5 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
5.3 | 2 | 4.6 | 2 |
| BfD-FWG | Bürger für Dietzenbach - Freie Wählergemeinschaft | 10.5 | 5 | 10.1 | 5 |
| REP | The Republicans | 2.8 | 1 | 5.3 | 2 |
| DL | Dietzenbacher Liste | 4.0 | 2 | 2.7 | 1 |
| ödp | Ecological Democratic Party Ecological Democratic Party The Ecological Democratic Party is an environmentalist political party in Germany. It was founded in 1982 by former members of the German Green Party. The ÖDP combines issues which are not often found together: a focus on state financial support for families and childrearing, and a belief in the... |
1.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 1 |
| Total | 100.0 | 45 | 100.0 | 45 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 43.2 | 51.6 | |||
Foreigners’ advisory council
Dietzenbach has an Ausländerbeirat – a foreigners’ advisory council – made up of 19 persons representing various nationalities with people from Turkey, Morocco, Italy, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Chile and Croatia. As with town council itself, there is a foreigners’ advisory council session, which takes place a fortnight before the town council session.The current chairman is Nikola Pengacevic.
Coat of arms and flag
The town’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Gules a bend argent surmounted by a bend wavy azure, the whole between two bunches of grapes Or, each with two leaves vert.
The grapes refer to the town’s winegrowing tradition, which came to an end in the 18th century but was revived in the 1960s on the Wingertsberg. The blue wavy fess refers to the town’s name, interpreted as being from the Old High German
Old High German
The term Old High German refers to the earliest stage of the German language and it conventionally covers the period from around 500 to 1050. Coherent written texts do not appear until the second half of the 8th century, and some treat the period before 750 as 'prehistoric' and date the start of...
for “babbling brook” or “Brook of Dietz” (compare here 775 Jahre Dietzenbach, published by Dietzenbach town executive). The town’s current arms were determined by Dietzenbach’s community councillors in 1957 and approved by the then Hessian Interior Minister Schneider.
Dietzenbach’s flag consists of two narrower blue bands framing the broader yellow band in the middle, upon which appear the town’s arms.
Transport
Since late 2003, Dietzenbach has been linked to the Rhine-Main S-BahnRhine-Main S-Bahn
The Rhine-Main S-Bahn system is an integrated rapid transit and commuter transport system for the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, which includes the cities Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach am Main, Hanau and Darmstadt...
’s Line 2 (S2), whose route is Niedernhausen
Niedernhausen
Niedernhausen im Taunus is a municipality in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany, with almost 15,000 inhabitants.-Location:...
– Hofheim
Hofheim, Hesse
Hofheim is a Frankfurt suburb and the administrative center of the Main-Taunus district, in the south of the state of Hesse. The population of the town at the end of 2006 was 41,737; its geographical position is...
– Frankfurt – Offenbach – Dietzenbach. Dietzenbach moreover has at its disposal its own town bus network with a central bus station at the Dietzenbach Mitte S-Bahn station. Over Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
459, the Autobahnen A 3 and A 661
Bundesautobahn 661
- also called Osttangente Frankfurt or Taunusschnellweg - is a 40 km long Autobahn in Germany. It starts in Oberursel and goes along Bad Homburg, Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main and Neu-Isenburg until it is ending in Egelsbach.The today's A 661 were opened with section Bad Homburg ...
can be reached in a few minutes through the Offenbach interchange
Interchange (road)
In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...
.
Festival
Each year in Dietzenbach, the following festivals offer a chance to pursue social contacts:- Apfelblütenfest is being held in April.
- Fest ohne Grenzen (“Festival Without Borders”), held at the Hessentagspark
- Fest der Biere (“Festival of Beers”), held at the Harmonieplatz, lasts five days
- Weinfest in the New Town Centre, runs ten days
- Nacht der Lichter(“Night of the Lights”)with "Museumsnacht" and "Heimatfest" held in the Old Town Centre
- Trinkbornfest in the Old Town on the first weekend in September
- Dietzenbacher Kelterfest about the "Äbbelwoi" and the makinng of it
- Kerb or Kirchweih (kermis), always held on the last weekend in October. It stretches along Landwehrstraße from Harmonieplatz to the Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Schule (school). The revived tradition of the Kerbborsche – a group of young men who perform part of the ceremony – is an important part of the kermis.
Markets
So do the markets of the Town- Altstadtmarkt (Old City Centre Market) where the old, traditionell Art is shown together with the modern, young Artists
- Kreativmarkt (creative Market) is a market for Creatives and Hobby Artists of the whole Rhein-Main-Area
- Weihnachtsmarkt (Christmas Market) on the first weekend in Advent
Church parishes
- Catholic parish of “Sankt Martin”
- Catholic church of “Hildegardis-Haus”
- EvangelicalEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
parish of “Martin-Luther” - Evangelical Free Church (Pentecostal parish) of “Jesus-Gemeinde”
- Evangelical parish of “Rut”
- Evangelical “Christuskirchengemeinde”
Faith groups
- Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany, K.d.ö.R.
- DitiB Fatih Moschee e. V. (Turkish mosque)
- Tawhid Mosche e.V. (Moroccan mosque)
- Baitul Hadi (House of Leading to the Right Way, Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Deutschland e.V.)
Sport clubs
- SG Dietzenbach (longtime team handballTeam handballHandball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...
Bundesliga participant) - TG Dietzenbach (on the Wingertsberg: gymnastics, dancing, fitness, tennis, association football, team handball)
- SC Steinberg
- FC Dietzenbach 1971 e.V
Town partnerships
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, France
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