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Groß-Gerau

seat of Kreis Groß-Gerau and town in Hesse, Germany
Place District Capital Q251689

Facts

22 properties

Identity

Instance of
district capital, town, urban municipality in Germany[8][9]
Official website
www.gross-gerau.de

Location

Country
Germany[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 49.921°, 8.482°
Located in or next to body of water
Mühlbach[6]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Groß-Gerau[4]
Shares border with
Mörfelden-Walldorf, Büttelborn, Nauheim[10][11][12]

Population and size

Area
+54.47
Elevation above sea level
+88
Population
25k (25k–27k, n=7)
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 24,839 · 25,302 · 26,068 · 26,418 · 26,614 GeoNames 23,641 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
06152[24]
Postal code
64521[22]
More facts +10
Capital of
Groß-Gerau
Contains the administrative territorial entity
Berkach, Dornberg, Dornheim, Wallerstädten, Groß-Gerau[13][14][15][16][17]
Described by source
Topographia Hassiae
Different from
Groß-Gerau
Hashtag
GroßGerau
Head of government
Jörg Rüddenklau[7]
Member of
Climate Alliance, Hessischer Städte- und Gemeindebund[2][3]
Owner of
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Twinned administrative body
Brignoles, Tielt, Szamotuły, Bruneck[18][19][20][21]
Vehicle registration plate code
GG[23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Groß-Gerau ar غروس-غيراو el Γκρος-Γκέραου fa گروس-گراو he גרוס-גראו ja グロース＝ゲーラウ nl Gross-Gerau ru Грос-Герау zh 大盖劳 zh-hant 大蓋勞
🔖 Identifiers · 28
VIAF cluster ID
150111429
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81133732
GND ID
4022194-5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gross Gerau Rathaus 01.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
11445
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13740042j
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
gross-gerau
Dewey Decimal Classification
2--4341692
FAST ID
1216602
FactGrid item ID
Helmut Eder
Freebase ID
/m/04ypjx
GeoNames ID
2915613, 6557727
Show all 28 identifiers +16
German municipality key
06433006
German regional key
064330006006
J9U entity ID
987007564570805171
KSW place ID
91519
Klimadashboard.de region ID
5c4226f1-b435-4610-988b-5bb449156796
Kulturenvanteri taxonomy ID
8091
Museum-digital place ID
13105
MusicBrainz area ID
905b1c94-4cc9-4c56-9893-78753bdb1695
NL CR AUT ID
ge1198011
OpenStreetMap relation ID
444535
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
pcrtMQoDyUIzSb
Topic's main category
Category:Groß-Gerau
WOEID
654778
Who's on First ID
101813485, 1125337301
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJyRBjpGvrwVq3VjXyqJDq
Yale LUX ID
place/c8a5d89a-5d18-4256-b686-b0f71e68461c
📚 Sources · 1
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Located in time zoneP421
Europe/Berlin 2026-09-26 P/PPLA3 · DE GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) as of 2026-09-26
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Source
GeoNames
Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
Licence
CC BY 4.0
Credit
CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
Bronze
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CC BY 4.0 — attribution: GeoNames (www.geonames.org), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Values as shipped.
🔗 Connections
People born here 6
Fabio De Masi, Laura Sánchez, Andreas Heinz, Indira Weis, Sascha Herröder, Thorsten Schulz
People who died here 4
Rudolf Stahl, Heinz Kloss, Theo Fitzau, Hans Richter
Twinned administrative body 4
Bruneck, Brignoles, Tielt, Szamotuły
← Shares border with 4
Griesheim, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Büttelborn, Nauheim
← Twinned administrative body 4
Bruneck, Brignoles, Tielt, Szamotuły
Shares border with 3
Mörfelden-Walldorf, Büttelborn, Nauheim
Instance of 2
town, district capital
Located in time zone 2
UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00
Capital of 1
Groß-Gerau
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Groß-Gerau
Country 1
Germany
FactGrid item ID 1
Helmut Eder
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Groß-Gerau
Member of 1
Climate Alliance
Named after 1
Groß-Gerau
Owned entities 1
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Owner of 1
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
Topic's main category 1
Category:Groß-Gerau
← Capital 1
Groß-Gerau
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Groß-Gerau
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Groß-Gerau
← Contains the administrative territorial entity 1
Groß-Gerau
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Summary

Groß-Gerau is a district capital[1].

Body

Physical Characteristics

Groß-Gerau covers an area of {'amount': '+54.47'}[25]. Groß-Gerau sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+88'}[26]. Population counts include {'amount': '+24839'}[27], {'amount': '+25302'}[28], {'amount': '+26068'}[29], {'amount': '+26418'}[30], {'amount': '+26614'}[31], and {'amount': '+25388'}[32].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Groß-Gerau include Groß-Gerau[33], a rural district of Hesse[34], in Germany[35], headquartered in Landratsamt Groß-Gerau[36].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Groß-Gerau include Groß-Gerau[33], a rural district of Hesse[34], in Germany[35], headquartered in Landratsamt Groß-Gerau[36].

Related Entities

Brignoles Bruneck Germany

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 24,839, 25,302, 26,068 +4
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #51891: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  2. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    KSW place ID → 91519
    "Created claim: KSW place ID: 91519, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  3. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → 24,839, 25,302, 26,068 +4
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39115: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  4. 21w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #36128"
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