Hanau

Country

Hanau-Münzenberg

Coordinates

50.1328, 8.9169

History

• Hanau (–1458), Lordship of Hanau
• Hanau (1458–1785), Hanau-Münzenberg
• Hanau (1785–1803), Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel
• Hanau (1803–1807), Electorate of Hesse
• Hanau (1807–1814), Kingdom of Westphalia
• Hanau (1814–1866), Electorate of Hesse
• Hanau (1866–1871), Kingdom of Prussia
• Hanau (1871–1919), German Empire
• Hanau (1919–1933), Weimar Republic
• Hanau (1933–1945), Nazi Germany
• Hanau (1945–), Germany

Composers

• Johannes Jeep (1581–1644), died in Hanau
• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963), was born in Hanau