Königstein im Taunus
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View from Königstein castle ruins over the town
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 Königstein im Taunus
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Location of Königstein im Taunus within Hochtaunuskreis district
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| Coordinates: 50°11′N 8°28′E / 50.183°N 8.467°ECoordinates: 50°11′N 8°28′E / 50.183°N 8.467°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| District | Hochtaunuskreis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Leonhard Helm (independent, but CDU member) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 25.1 km2 (9.7 sq mi) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 16,393 | |
| • Density | 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 61462 | |
| Dialling codes | 06174 06173 Mammolshain | |
| Vehicle registration | HG | |
| Website | www.koenigstein.de | |
Königstein im Taunus is a health spa and lies on the thickly wooded slopes of the Taunus in Hesse, Germany. The town is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Owing to its advantageous location for both scenery and transport on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, Königstein is a favourite residential town. Neighbouring places are Kronberg im Taunus, Glashütten, Schwalbach am Taunus, Bad Soden am Taunus and Kelkheim.
Königstein borders - from northwest to east - on the communities of Glashütten, Schmitten, Oberursel, and Kronberg (all four in the Hochtaunuskreis), and from southeast to southwest on Schwalbach, Bad Soden and Kelkheim (all three in the Main-Taunus-Kreis).
Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, Königstein has three outlying centres: Falkenstein, Mammolshain and Schneidhain. Since 2001, Falkenstein has borne the designation Heilklimatischer Kurort – health spa – independently of the town's status as such.
Shrouded in legend, the town's founding date is unknown. The name 'Königstein' means 'King stone'. The best known legend says that it was the Merovingian King Chlodwig (466-511), who had a castle built on a mountain and a chapel in a neighbouring dale and also founded the town in thanks for a prophecy that came his way there from a maiden who promised him victory over the Alemanni – which did indeed come true.
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