Alzenau

Alzenau (German: [ˈaltsənaʊ] (listen); until 31 December 2006 officially Alzenau i.UFr.) is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany. Until 1 July 1972, Alzenau was the district seat of the now ended district of the same name and has a population of around 19,000.^[3]

Alzenau
Town
Town hall
Coat of arms
Location of Alzenau within Aschaffenburg district
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Coordinates: 50°04′N 09°04′E
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
Admin. region	Lower Franconia
District	Aschaffenburg
Subdivisions	6 Stadtteile
Government
• Mayor (2020–26)	Stephan Noll[1] (CSU)
Area
• Total	59.33 km2 (22.91 sq mi)
Elevation	126 m (413 ft)
Population  (2024-12-31)[2]
• Total	18,034
• Density	300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	63755
Dialling codes	06023
Vehicle registration	AB, ALZ
Website	www.alzenau.de

Neighbouring communities

Alzenau borders in the north on the communities of Rodenbach and Freigericht, in the east and southeast on the communities of Mömbris and Johannesberg, in the southwest on the community of Karlstein and in the west on the community of Kahl am Main.

Constituent communities

Constituent communities

Alzenau's quarters are Albstadt, Hörstein, Kälberau, Michelbach and Wasserlos.^[4]

Politics

Landräte (“Chief District Administrators”) of the former Alzenau district

• 1946–1949 Friedrich Huth
• 1950–1970 Heinrich Degen
• 1970–1972 Karl Lautenschläger

Town council

Alzenau's town council has 24 seats.

Alzenau town council elections
Date	Voter turnout	CSU	SPD	FDP	Grüne	FW/PWG	KL	JU
3 March 2002	58.4%	12 seats	6 seats	2 seats	2 seats	2 seats	–	–
2 March 2008	58.8%	11 seats	5 seats	2 seats	3 seats	2 seats	1 seat	–
30 August 2021		10 seats	3 seats	2 seats	5 seats	3 seats	–	1 seat

Town partnerships

• Sint-Oedenrode, North Brabant, Netherlands^[5]
• Pfaffstätten, Lower Austria, Austria^[5]
• Thaon-les-Vosges, Vosges, France^[5]

Established businesses

• Alexander Shorokhoff GmbH, luxury mechanical watches
• ABB Automation Products
• Applied Materials GmbH
• Biotest Medizintechnik
• Buhler Leybold Optics
• Hyundai Motorsport GmbH, World Rally Championship team
• Mahle GmbH
• MSC Software
• Nukem
• Schott Solar AG
• Xella
• Nikon Metrology Europe NV

Educational institutions

In 1999, the following institutions existed:

• Kindergartens: 9 places with 705 children^[6]
• Elementary schools: 4 with 81 teachers and 1432 students
• Realschulen: 1 with 45 teachers and 1000 students
• Hahnenkammschule zur Lernförderung (special education)
• Spessart-Gymnasium Alzenau with roughly 1500 students
• Städtische Musikschule Alzenau (municipal music school)
• Städtische Bibliothek Alzenau (municipal library)
• VHS Kahl-Alzenau-Karlstein (folk high school), Alzenau branch
• “Grünes Klassenzimmer” (“Green Classroom”) in the town forest

Health

• Alzenau-Wasserlos district hospital^[7]

Notable people

Sons and daughters of the town

• Johann Peter Cornelius d’Alquen [de] (1800–1863), composer and physician^[8]
• Paul (Pablo) Michel, (1905–1977), chessmaster^[9]
• Arno Borst [de] (1925–2007), historian (mediaevalist)^[10]
• Franz A. Stein (1928–1999), musicologist^[11]
• Franz Adolf Gräbner [de] (1944–2004), artist^[12]
• Alexander Leipold (born 1969), freestyle wrestler stripped of an Olympic gold medal in 2000, Federal new-blood trainer for freestyle wrestling^[13]
• Anna Bergmann [de] (born 1953), cultural scientist
• Jochen Bendel (born 1967), German radio speaker and television moderator
• Johannes Scherer [de] (born 1973), radio and television host and comedian^[14]
• Heiko Westermann (born 1983), footballer
• Björn Ziegenbein (born 1986), footballer
• Pascal Thomas (born 1987), actor, musical singer^[15]
• Max Wissel (born 1989), racing driver^[16]
• Svenja Huth (born 1991), footballer^[17]
• Lorenz Pick (born 2000), wine grower and sommelier
• Lilli Lang (born 2001), public figure
• Emil Lang (born 2004), public figure

Ludovica des Bordes

People linked with Alzenau

• Ludovica des Bordes [de] (1787–1854), lady of Schloss Wasserlos^[18]
• Claus Mehs [de] (1866–1946), architect, built the Villa Meßmer in 1902–1904^[19]

Other websites

• Town’s official webpage (in German)