Hanau, flanked on the west side by Frankfurt, the south side by Offenbach and the river Main, on the east side from the Spessart and the river Kinzig, to the north the Wetterau, has played an important role in the region during its 850 year history. Since receiving the Town Rights in 1303, Hanau' s industry has developed dynamically. Within its walls, in 1686 the first German Manufacture of Fayence was founded, whose product was well appreciated throughout Europe. Not only were the Grimm brothers born here, but also the composer Paul Hindemith. Thousands of amateur acters flock to the annual "Hanauer Amateur Theatre Days" and the "Grimms Fairy Tales Festival". The "Cultural Summer" livens the Town Centre in many ways. The highlights of the year in Hanau since 1636 are the "Lamboyfest" in June and the "Bürgerfest".

Discover the beauty between the rivers Main and Kinzig, for example the Barock Castle Philippsruhe, the German "Goldschmiedhaus", the famous Marketplace of the city, or visit a play at the "Comoedienhaus" in Wilhelmsbad. From our centrally located hotel you are only a few minutes away from the "Freiheitsplatz", from which buses depart every 15 minutes to the main station or to the "Hanauer Stadthalle". The Hanauer West Station, from which you have suburban trains to Frankfurt/Main, is only 3 minutes away by foot. Our Staff will only be too glad to inform you about all the sightseeing possibilities.

Hanau is in the centre of the German "Fachwerkstraße" which winds its way from the Black Forest in the South northwards via Fulda, Alsfeld and Lauterbach, Fritzlar, Holzminden and Stadt Hagen to Stade near Hamburg.

Hanau is also the start of the "German Fairytale Trail" to Bremen via Marburg, Kassel, Göttingen and Hameln. Not to be forgotten is the "Hessen Applewine Road" which starts in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen and ends in Hanau-Steinheim.

The Scottish inventor of pneumatic tyres Dr. John Boyd Dunlop, veterinary surgeon in Belfast, sent his partner, Harvey du Cros in 1893 to found the German Dunlop Rubber Tyre Company in Hanau. The Industrial family Heraeus, recognised throughout the world since the 1850's for its treating of precious metals and alloys, also originates from Hanau.