Karben | |
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 Teutonic Order castle in Kloppenheim | |
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Location of Karben within Wetteraukreis district  | |
  Karben  Karben | |
| Coordinates:50°13′56″N8°46′5″E / 50.23222°N 8.76806°E /50.23222; 8.76806 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Wetteraukreis |
| Subdivisions | 7 districts |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2021–27) | Guido Rahn[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 43.94 km2 (16.97 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 110 m (360 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 23,172 |
| • Density | 530/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 61184 |
| Dialling codes | 06039 06034 (Burg-Gräfenrode) |
| Vehicle registration | FB, BÜD |
| Website | www.karben.de |
Karben is a town in theWetteraukreis, inHessen,Germany. It is situated on the banks of the riverNidda in the Rhein-Main-Gebiet (Rhine-Main area), approximately 18 kilometres (11 miles) north ofFrankfurt.
Karben as a unified town was founded in 1970, comprising some smaller villages (Klein-Karben, Gross-Karben, Okarben, Kloppenheim, Rendel, Burg-Gräfenrode, and Petterweil).
Karben has two railway stations (Groß Karben and Okarben) on theMain–Weser Railway and is served byline S6 of theRhine-Main S-Bahn. It has access to theA 661 autobahn andfederal highway B3. The town hall is located in a newer district of Gross-Karben, as is a public swimming pool. The industrial district west of Gross- and Klein-Karben hosts several companies of national and international stature.
The village of Okarben was once location of a Romanmilitary castellum, forming a part of the limes, the Roman imperial border defence network and Karben’s mineral springs have been used by the Romans some 2000 years ago. Rendel, Karben’s oldest borough, was mentioned first in 774 in a deed of donation to themonastery of Lorch. Kloppenheim once belonged to an installation of the “Deutschen Orden” (Teutonic Knights Order), who maintained a small palace there. Gross-Karben hosts two more manors which were inhabited by local landlords. The “Degenfeld’sche Schloss” contains today Karben’s Museum on agriculture and local history. Gross-Karben, Klein-Karben, Okarben, Burg-Graefenrode and Rendel still have churches dating back from the Baroque period.Okarben experienced a face-change in the 19th century, when it started hosting workers for the newly establishedMain-Weser Railroad between Frankfurt and Kassel. The city has transformed itself from a bundle of independent villages living mostly of farming the rich soils of theWetterau to a slowly integrating city providing housing for a growing population of commuters and space for several small and mid-sized enterprises, while maintaining much of its original rural charm.
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