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Gelnhausen sits on the route: 10 minutes from Rothenbergen, 44km from Messel Pit.
Gelnhausen is in Hesse, Germany, with about 22,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rothenbergen, about 5 km away.
Gelnhausen (German pronunciation: [ɡɛlnˈhaʊzn̩] ) is a town, and the capital of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located approximately 40 kilometers east of Frankfurt am Main, between the Vogelsberg mountains and the Spessart range at the river Kinzig. It is one of the eleven towns (urbanRead more
municipalities) in the district. Gelnhausen has around 22,000 inhabitants.
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Within an hour or so of Gelnhausen: Schottenring (33 km), Römer Frankfurt (37 km), Messel Pit (44 km), Saalburg Roman Fort (45 km).
The nearest famous roads are Schottenring, Deutsche Weinstraße and Mosel Valley Wine Route.
Gelnhausen is in Hesse, Germany, about 5 km from Rothenbergen.
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Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
Full driving guide for Germany5 notable places within an hour's drive.
historic highway
A German road circuit in the Vogelsberg hills that hosted motorcycle Grands Prix in the 1950s, notorious for its narrow, tree-lined public roads. Still used for historic events and drivable in between.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Frankfurt's medieval town hall and its gabled Römerberg square form a postcard-perfect old-town heart amid the skyscrapers.
37 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
A UNESCO fossil quarry near Darmstadt that yields exquisitely preserved 47-million-year-old Eocene plants and animals.
44 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
A fully reconstructed Roman fort on the Limes frontier in the Taunus hills brings legionary life vividly back to view.
45 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A UNESCO Jugendstil artists' colony crowned by the golden 'Wedding Tower' and Art Nouveau villas above Darmstadt.
52 km · about 60 min drive
4 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
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