Dörnigheim is the biggest district of the town of Maintal

Maintal

Maintal is the second largest town of the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the river Main, between Frankfurt am Main and Hanau.-Neighbouring places:...

 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...

. It is situated on the right, or northern, bank of the Main river.

History

Dörnigheim's existence was first documented in the year 793. According to a document Wolfbodo donated the Maingau including "Turinchheim" (old name of the city) to the Abbot

Abbot

The word abbot, meaning father, is a title given to the head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not actually the head of a monastery...

 of Lorsch

Lorsch

Lorsch is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, 60 km south of Frankfurt. Lorsch is well known for the Lorsch Abbey, which has been named a World Heritage Site.-Location:...

. The proprietorship was shared between 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 :...

 and the bishops of Mainz

Mainz

Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...

.

Because of its well situated location between Hanau in the east and Frankfurt am Main in the west Dörnigheim was favoured as a last stop for travelling salesman on their way to Frankfurt. The Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry

Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry

The Maintal-Dörnigheim Ferry, also known as the Mühlheim am Main to Dörnigheim Ferry, is a vehicular cable ferry across the Main river in Hesse, Germany. The ferry crosses between the Dörnigheim district of the town of Maintal, on the right bank of the river, and Mühlheim am Main opposite....

, a cable ferry

Cable ferry

A cable ferry is guided and in many cases propelled across a river or other larger body of water by cables connected to both shores. They are also called chain ferries, floating bridges, or punts....

 across the Main, links Dörnigheim with Mühlheim am Main

Mühlheim am Main

Mühlheim am Main is a town of roughly 26,600 on the Main’s left bank in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Its municipal area measures 20.67 km² .-Location:...

 on the opposite bank.

In 1964 Dörnigheim received city rights because it grew and became more than 10000 inhabitants. In 1974 the city lost its independence and became together with three other towns, Bischofsheim, Hochstadt

Maintal-Hochstadt

Hochstadt is a district of the city of Maintal.- History :Hochstadt's existence was first documented in the year 846.In 1974 Hochstadt lost its independence and became together with three other towns, Bischofsheim, Dörnigheim and Wachenbuchen, a district of the newly formed city of Maintal....

 and Wachenbuchen

Maintal-Wachenbuchen

Wachenbuchen is the smallest district in the city of Maintal....

, a district of the newly formed city of Maintal.

Further reading

• Lapp, Heinrich: Dörnigheim am Main, Die Geschichte eines Dorfes, (1952)
• Salzmann, Bernd; Voigt, Wilfried: Keiner will es gewesen sein: Dörnigheim im Nationalsozialismus, (1991)
• 793-1993. 1200 Jahre Dörnigheim, Zeltgemeinschaft 1200 Jahre Dörnigheim, Dörnigheim (1993)