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27-585: Egelsbach is one of 13 communities in the Offenbach district. The community lies in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region south of the Main between Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt at an elevation of 117 m above sea level . Egelsbach’s municipal area stretches over 14.82 km², some 10 km² of which is woodland, open land and farmland. Egelsbach borders in the north and east on

54-842: A central location in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region and good transport connections. It is linked to the Rhine-Main S-Bahn by the Frankfurt-Darmstadt line. Lying right on the A ;661 and the A 5 (Hattenbach– Basel ), the community is within easy reach of Frankfurt Airport by way of the Frankfurter Kreuz . Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport has the heaviest traffic of any minor airport ( Verkehrslandeplatz ) in Germany. With its roughly 77,000 flights (2007), it relieves and complements Frankfurt Airport in

81-420: A charitable club whose goal, through active work and collecting donations, is to keep the outdoor swimming pool on Freiherr-vom-Stein-Straße (Egelsbach) running for its users. In 2003, the pool’s threatened closure brought about a great stir among the local people. Thanks to some active citizens’ initiative, 4,000 signatures were gathered within a few weeks from those favouring maintaining the pool. From this came

108-954: A meeting in July 2003, with the mayor’s involvement, of 50 citizens. A board was formed whose job was to prepare the founding of a promotional club for the maintenance of the swimming pool. On 2 September 2003, the Förderverein Freibad Egelsbach e.V. was founded. The Egelsbach Kermis Association is a club that takes upon itself to cultivate the 400-year tradition of the Egelsbacher Kerb . Frankfurt Rhine Main Region The Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region , often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main , Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Rhein-Main-Gebiet or Frankfurt/Rhein-Main , abbreviated FRM ),

135-531: A rise of about 600 persons each year. In mid-March 2008, the population figure broke the 10,000 mark. Accounting for this is, above all, the expansion of the “Im Brühl” new development area. The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results: After community council chairwoman Claudia Berck left the CDU in late July 2008, the party has since then only had eight councillors, as Berck has been sitting as an independent. The community benefits from

162-597: Is a global network of telecommunications sites that is charged with providing a global, reliable, and cost-effective communications network for the U.S. foreign affairs community. Relay locations [ edit ] Beltsville Messaging Center , Beltsville , Maryland ( 39°02′45″N 76°51′50″W  /  39.0457°N 76.8640°W  / 39.0457; -76.8640 ) Brandy Station , Warrenton Training Center , Virginia ( 38°27′33″N 77°50′55″W  /  38.4591°N 77.8487°W  / 38.4591; -77.8487 ) Network Access Point (NAP) of

189-602: Is accessible via a one-hour trip on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line , and the air route Frankfurt–Berlin is the busiest in German domestic air travel. Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany and one of the three busiest airports in Europe. Thereby, along with a strong railway connection, the area also serves as a major transportation hub. The Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region

216-738: Is an American military transmission facility, the European Communications Research Center, with various antenna setups. The facility is a relay location for the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Telecommunications Service . The Ernst-Reuter-Schule ( Hauptschule and Realschule ) was dissolved at the end of the 2003/2004 school year and the remaining classes were merged into the Albert-Einstein-Schule in Langen. The Egelsbach Swimming Pool Promotional Club (FVFE) is, with its more than 400 members,

243-508: Is considered to be a polycentric metropolitan region, the economic size and political weight of the city of Frankfurt sets it into a very monocentric relation with her commuter belt. Since the early 1970s, the Frankfurt am Main metropolitan area (German: Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main) is defined as the area encompassing the cities of Frankfurt and Offenbach and their directly neighboring districts. The Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt of

270-676: Is home to five universities and over 20 partly postgraduate colleges , with a total of over 200,000 students. The region's three public research universities , the make up the Rhine Main Universities alliance. Private universities in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region are Notable colleges and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) include: 50°06′N 8°42′E  /  50.1°N 8.7°E  / 50.1; 8.7 Diplomatic Telecommunications Service From Misplaced Pages,

297-548: Is named after its core city, Frankfurt, and the two rivers Rhine and Main . The Frankfurt Rhine-Main area is officially designated as a European Metropolitan region by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and covers an area of roughly 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 sq mi). The region is the 4th biggest by GDP in the European Union. Although Rhine-Main

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324-489: Is the third-largest metropolitan region in Germany after Rhine-Ruhr and Berlin-Brandenburg , with a total population exceeding 5.8 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central-western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three German states : Hesse , Rhineland-Palatinate , and Bavaria . The largest cities in the region are Frankfurt am Main , Wiesbaden , Mainz , Darmstadt , Offenbach , Worms , Hanau , and Aschaffenburg . The polycentric region

351-563: Is “right at the doorstep”. This is quite simply untrue. Egelsbach’s budget – as with most public budgets – is running a deficit, but Egelsbach as always is moving towards fiscal fitness. The policymakers gave the concept of budget consolidation some thought early on, and then implemented and updated it. The budgets were approved throughout by the municipal supervisors. Near the Baggersee (lake) at 50°0′13″N 8°36′39″E  /  50.00361°N 8.61083°E  / 50.00361; 8.61083

378-545: The European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In 2018, about 7.9% of Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) was generated in the region, as well as over three-fourths of the state of Hesse's GDP. In addition to banking and finance, the chemical industry has had a long established presence in the metropolitan region, with the Industriepark Höchst (Höchst Industrial Park) in

405-473: The Frankfurt am Main - Darmstadt line, and in 1955 the airport was built. Since 1834, when Egelsbach counted 1,291 inhabitants, the population figure has been rising steadily. As early as 1939, there were 3,695 inhabitants. In 1987, Egelsbach had 9,089 inhabitants. The community counted 9,689 inhabitants on 31 December 2003, making the rate of population increase over the years from 1987 to 2003 some 6.7%, or

432-1171: The Americas , Miami , Florida ( 25°46′57″N 80°11′35″W  /  25.7824°N 80.1931°W  / 25.7824; -80.1931 ) United States Embassy , Annex A, RAF Croughton , United Kingdom ( 51°59′17″N 1°10′48″W  /  51.9880°N 1.1800°W  / 51.9880; -1.1800 ) European Communication Research Center , Egelsbach , Germany ( 50°00′13″N 8°36′39″E  /  50.0036°N 8.6108°E  / 50.0036; 8.6108 ) Opana Radar Site , Hawaii ( 21°41′08″N 158°00′35″W  /  21.6856°N 158.0097°W  / 21.6856; -158.0097 ) Naval Air Station Sigonella , Italy ( 37°24′06″N 14°55′20″E  /  37.4018°N 14.9222°E  / 37.4018; 14.9222 ) References [ edit ] ^ "5-FAH 2 H-510: DTS Network" . U.S. Department of State Foreign Affairs Manual Volume 5 Handbook 2: Telecommunications Handbook . U.S. Department of State . June 6, 2012 . Retrieved 13 Dec 2015 . ^ "CSC Awarded $ 107.5 Million Contract to Support

459-551: The Department of State's Diplomatic Telecommunications Service". PR Newswire . October 3, 2001. External links [ edit ] Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diplomatic_Telecommunications_Service&oldid=1067178972 " Categories : United States Department of State Secret broadcasting Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

486-747: The Falkensteins’ male line died out in 1486, the Counts of Isenburg inherited Egelsbach. In 1526, the Reformation was introduced into the village. In 1600, the Count of Isenburg sold the Amt of Kelsterbach along with Egelsbach and Langen to the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt , whereupon Egelsbach became Hessian. In 1705 Egelsbach became a parish, after which it was split from the parish of Langen. With

513-478: The Frankfurt Rhine-Main region into four Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). These zones do exclude a number of districts in the metropolitan area. With its central location in southwestern Germany, the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region has been an important industrial and transport center since industrialization began in the mid-19th century. The region is a major financial center of both Germany and Europe, with

540-506: The area is chiefly to be traced to the favorable communications that promoted an early industrialization. Today, however, the importance of industrial concerns has to a great extent been replaced by banking, trade and logistics. Frankfurt lies within the populous Blue Banana region of Europe, which here runs along the Rhine valley, and the city is also a stepping stone from and to various parts of Switzerland and Southern Germany . The Rhine-Ruhr

567-548: The field of general aviation . Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport is run by the Hessische Flugplatz GmbH Egelsbach . There are both domestic and international flights from here. Purchasing power in Egelsbach in 2003 found itself at €19,564 for each inhabitant, which worked out to 117.8% of the countrywide average. There are some proponents of the view that an amalgamation of Egelsbach with Langen

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594-589: The 💕 System of integrated telecommunications networks that supports U.S. diplomatic missions abroad The Diplomatic Telecommunications Service ( DTS ) is a system of integrated telecommunications networks that supports foreign affairs agencies in Washington, D.C. , and U.S. diplomatic missions abroad. It is administered by the United States Department of State Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTSPO). DTS

621-607: The middle of the European continent, Frankfurt Rhine-Main is one of the largest logistics hubs in the world, with major connections provided by Frankfurt Airport , Germany's and one of the world's busiest air hubs, and an extensive road and rail system. The Frankfurter Kreuz and Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof are among the busiest road and rail interchanges in Europe respectively. Other major rail stations include Mainz , Frankfurt Süd , and Frankfurt Airport . The growth of

648-581: The partition of the Länger Mark (a communally owned cadastral area) in 1732, to which Egelsbach had belonged over the ages, Egelsbach got one third of the land. In 1821, the Amt of Kelsterbach was abolished and Egelsbach then belonged until 1832 to the Landratsbezirk of Langen. Since then, however, Egelsbach has been part of the Offenbach district. In 1873, the village got its own railway station on

675-496: The southwestern outskirts of Frankfurt am Main being one of the largest industrial parks in Germany and host to over 90 chemical and pharmaceutical firms. The automobile, construction, and real estate sectors also contribute to a significant sector of the regional economy, with the latter two accounting for 18% of the GDP. Darmstadt and Wiesbaden are the site of headquarters and major offices for insurance firms. Geographically situated in

702-458: The state of Hesse could be seen as the next administrative division, for it lies entirely within the metropolitan region and further includes the cities of Darmstadt and Wiesbaden along with a number of larger districts. Only on a level further, the metropolitan region also includes the cities and districts of Mainz and Aschaffenburg in the two adjoining federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria . Eurostat's 'Urban Audit' splits

729-505: The town of Langen , in the south on the district-free city of Darmstadt and the community of Erzhausen ( Darmstadt-Dieburg ), and in the west on the town of Mörfelden-Walldorf ( Groß-Gerau district ). In 1275, Egelsbach had its first documentary mention. The village then belonged to the Lords of Falkenstein , who likely inherited the place in 1255 from the Lords of Hagen-Münzenberg. After

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