Brachttal

Brachttal is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Frankfurt Rhine-Main in Hesse, Germany.

Districts
The Bracht, a tributary of the Kinzig, flows through the Tal (valley) so the municipality got the name Brachttal.

Brachttal consists of six parts: Schlierbach is the biggest part of Brachttal and also the most people live there. The administration and the tourist information of Brachttal (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal) are located in Schlierbach.
 * Schlierbach
 * Neuenschmidten
 * Hellstein
 * Spielberg
 * Udenhain
 * Streitberg

Schlierbach is well known for its ceramic manufacture, the Waechtersbach ceramics. Next to the manufacture there is a tegut-market, the only supermarket in Brachttal.

In Spielberg and Streitberg there are ceramic museums. In Neuenschmidten is Schloss Eisenhammer and an old big oak with a scope of 7.88 meters (25.853 ft) in 2014. Today the Schloss is empty.

The famous Vogelsberger Südbahnradweg leads through Schlierbach and Hellstein. This cycle track is built on a closed railway, the Vogelsberger Südbahn which was a rail connection between Wächtersbach and Hartmannshain.

There is a buslinie to Schlierbach which starts at Wächtersbach station. The bus stop Schlierbach Rathaus is in front of the administration (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal). More information is available by the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund.

Sister cities

 * 🇷🇺 Rybachy, Russia – since March 2015

Coordinates/Maps of POI

 * Administration/Tourist Information of Brachttal (Gemeindeverwaltung Brachttal): 50.303°N, 9.29807°W
 * Ceramics museum Spielberg: 50.30833°N, 9.27044°W
 * Ceramics museum Streitberg: 50.32313°N, 9.25752°W
 * Waechtersbach ceramics factory outlet: 50.3031°N, 9.30111°W
 * Schloss Eisenhammer: 50.32149°N, 9.28379°W
 * Big old oak: 50.31942°N, 9.28474°W
 * Public kneipp basin: 50.32058°N, 9.28145°W