Sulzbach, Hesse

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Sulzbach within Main-Taunus-Kreis district

(2021–27) Elmar Bociek^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total7.85 km² (3.03 sq mi)Elevation

135 m (443 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,298 • Density1,200/km² (3,100/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

65843

Dialling codes06196Vehicle registrationMTKWebsitewww.sulzbach-taunus.de

Sulzbach is a municipality in the Main-Taunus district, in Hesse, Germany and part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area.

History

Sulzbach is first referred to in 1035. It was one of only a few Holy Roman Empire Imperial Villages and one of the five final ones when the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved in 1806.

Physician Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845) was born in Sulzbach.

Twin towns – sister cities

Sulzbach is twinned with:

Pont-Sainte-Maxence, France, since 1982
Jablonec nad Jizerou, Czech Republic, since 1987
Schönheide, Germany, since 1990

Points of interest

Arboretum Main-Taunus

References

^ Bürgermeisterwahl am 7. November 2021 in Sulzbach (Main-Taunus)., hessenschau.de, accessed 12 November 2022.
^ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.