Wiesbaden-Klarenthal
| Klarenthal | |
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| Borough of Wiesbaden | |
 Klarenthal
Location of Klarenthal in Wiesbaden
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| Coordinates: 50°5′15″N 8°11′55″E / 50.08750°N 8.19861°ECoordinates: 50°5′15″N 8°11′55″E / 50.08750°N 8.19861°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| District | Urban district |
| City | Wiesbaden |
| Government | |
| • Director of Borough | Gunther Ludwig (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | between 160 and 415 m above sea level (NN) m (Bad rounding hereFormatting error: invalid input when rounding ft) |
| Population (30.11.2008) | |
| • Total | 10,098 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Postal codes | 65197 |
| Dialling codes | 0611 |
| Vehicle registration | WI |
| Website | http://www.wiesbaden.de/klarenthal |
Klarenthal is a borough of Wiesbaden, capital of the federal state of Hesse, Germany. The community, situated on the slopes of the Taunus Mountains, was planned by architect and urban planner Ernst May in the style of a commuter town in the early 1960s. It was built on free arable land between the railway line to Bad Schwalbach and Klarenthaler Straße, overlooking the city center of Wiesbaden proper. Klarenthal consists mainly of large multi-family homes and residential high-rise buildings, surrounded with lots of green space, as well as many townhouses. The ground-breaking ceremony was held on September 11, 1964 and the first residents moved in in late February 1966. Today, over 10,000 people live there.
The name comes from the medieval Kloster Klarenthal (Klarenthal Monastery), which was located nearby on the edge of today's settlement, in Wellritztal. The monastery was established by Count Adolf of Nassau (born before 1250; died July 2, 1298), who was elected King of Germany on May 5, 1292. The monastery was to serve as a tomb for the House of Nassau, and his wife Queen Imagina and many of his descendants were buried here. Kloster Klarenthal was the only monastery of the city of Wiesbaden. Its nuns belonged to the Order of Poor Ladies (also known as the Order of Saint Clare or the Poor Clares), which was founded by Clare of Assisi, hence the name Klarenthal. The monastery was secularized in 1559, after the Protestant Reformation. Only a few buildings are still preserved today.
Klarenthal’s coat of arms is the youngest in Wiesbaden. It could not be based on any historical seal because the settlement of Klarenthal was only built in the 1960s by plans of Ernst May. When the desire for a unique crest for the borough came in the mid-1980s, a heraldic proposed that it should picture St. Clare, together with a lamp as a symbol of the history of the settlement. The borough council, however, also wanted to add the silhouette of a newly built house. This design was eventually discarded as far too complicated.
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