Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Geography Districts City center Lamboy Kesselstadt Großauheim Klein-Auheim Mittelbuchen Steinheim Wolfgang Hohe Tanne Wilhelmsbad History Hanau was first mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303. 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 t… (More on Hanau)