Schöneck,_Hesse

Schöneck, Hesse

Schöneck, Hesse

Municipality in Hesse, Germany

Schöneck is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 9 km northwest of Hanau, and 15 km northeast of Frankfurt and has 12,576 inhabitants (as of 2016-12-31).[3]

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Notable people

  • Johannes Meffert (1732-1795), born in Schöneck (then part of the Holy Roman Empire), immigrated to the United States and settled in Kentucky, changing his last name to Mefford. Children's entertainer Fred Rogers and Hollywood actor Tom Hanks are among his descendants.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ergebnisse der letzten Direktwahl aller hessischen Landkreise und Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. 5 September 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
  3. [3]
    Website Schöneck (in German)
  4. [4]
    Maddie Capron and Christina Zdanowicz. "Tom Hanks just found out he's related to Mister Rogers". CNN. Retrieved 2019-11-24.


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