Hessloch is a borough

Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

 of Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...

, the capital of the state of Hessen, 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 the smallest and least-populated of Wiesbaden's boroughs with 721 residents. The formerly independent village was incorporated into Wiesbaden on April 1, 1928.

The village is situated in the foothills of the Taunus

Taunus

The Taunus is a low mountain range in Hesse, Germany that composes part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains. It is bounded by the river valleys of Rhine, Main and Lahn. On the opposite side of the Rhine, the mountains are continued by the Hunsrück...

 and surrounded by orchards. It is near Federal Highway 455, about 5 km from Autobahn 3. Adjacent boroughs are Bierstadt, Rambach, Naurod, and Kloppenheim

Wiesbaden-Kloppenheim

Kloppenheim is a borough of Wiesbaden, capital of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. Kloppenheim was incorporated into Wiesbaden in 1928. The adjacent boroughs are Naurod, Auringen, Medenbach, Igstadt, Bierstadt, and Heßloch.-History:Frankish graves in the area of present-day Bierhausweg...

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