Hanau

Hanau is a town in Hesse, Germany with 91,000 inhabitants. It is located 10 km west of Frankfurt-am-Main.

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Hanau was first mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303.

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At the end of the 16th century Count Philipp Ludwig II allowed Protestant refugees from the Netherlands to found their own settlement near Hanau, to which these Walloons brought their knowledge of jewellery production. For this reason goldsmiths are still educated there. In the 19th century the Neustadt (New Town), as it was called, was merged with Hanau.

Hesse: Hesse is also the name of the German writer Hermann Hesse, as well as the German mathematician Otto Hesse. See also Hesse (disambiguation)...

Frankfurt: :For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation)...

16th century: As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600....

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At the Battle of Hanau the French Under Napoleon Defeat the Bavarians Under Wrede