Egelsbach

Egelsbach
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Egelsbach
Location of Egelsbach within Offenbach district
Coordinates: 49°58′N 8°40′E / 49.967°N 8.667°E / 49.967; 8.667Coordinates: 49°58′N 8°40′E / 49.967°N 8.667°E / 49.967; 8.667
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Offenbach
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Sieling (SPD)
Area
• Total	14.82 km2 (5.72 sq mi)
Elevation	117 m (384 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	11,494
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	63329
Dialling codes	06103
Vehicle registration	OF
Website	egelsbach.de

Egelsbach is a community of 10,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.

Egelsbach is one of 13 communities in the Offenbach district. The community lies in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region south of the Main between Frankfurt am Main and Darmstadt at an elevation of 117 m above sea level.

Egelsbach’s municipal area stretches over 14.82 km², some 10 km² of which is woodland, open land and farmland.

Egelsbach borders in the north and east on the town of Langen, in the south on the district-free city of Darmstadt and the community of Erzhausen (Darmstadt-Dieburg), and in the west on the town of Mörfelden-Walldorf (Groß-Gerau district).

In 1275, Egelsbach had its first documentary mention. The village then belonged to the Lords of Falkenstein, who likely inherited the place in 1255 from the Lords of Hagen-Münzenberg. After the Falkensteins’ male line died out in 1486, the Counts of Isenburg inherited Egelsbach.

In 1526, the Reformation was introduced into the village. In 1600, the Count of Isenburg sold the Amt of Kelsterbach along with Egelsbach and Langen to the Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt, whereupon Egelsbach became Hessian. In 1705 Egelsbach became a parish, after which it was split from the parish of Langen. With the partition of the Länger Mark (a communally owned cadastral area) in 1732, to which Egelsbach had belonged over the ages, Egelsbach got one third of the land. In 1821, the Amt of Kelsterbach was abolished and Egelsbach then belonged until 1832 to the Landratsbezirk of Langen. Since then, however, Egelsbach has been part of the Offenbach district. In 1873, the village got its own railway station on the Frankfurt am Main-Darmstadt line, and in 1955 the airport was built.