Raunheim

Geschichte

Raunheim is a town in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany and a part of the Frankfurt Urban Region as well as the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.GeographyLocationRaunheim lies in the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region between Frankfurt am Main (24 km southwest of downtown) and Mainz on the south bank of the Main, 3 km northeast of Rüsselsheim.Neighbouring communitiesRaunheim borders in the north on the towns of Hattersheim am Main (Main-Taunus-Kreis) and Kelsterbach, in the east on the district-free city of Frankfurt am Main, in the south on the town of Rüsselsheim, and in the west on the town of Flörsheim am Main (Main-Taunus-Kreis).Constituent communitiesRaunheim consists of only one constituent community.HistoryIn 1425 Count John IV. of Katzenelnbogen bought the villages Seilfurt und Raunheim for 5000 florin from the Lords of Eppstein.Population development 1852: 644 1875: 700 1895: 1.005 1910: 1.931 1939: 3.151 1946: 3.688 1961: 6.140 1967: 12.388 2015: 15.636 In 2011 more than half of Raunheim´s inhabitants were migrants. According to census data from that year Raunheim and Dietzenbach also had the highest shares of muslim migrants in Hesse and Germany.