Kahl am Main

Infobox German Location
Name = Kahl a.Main
Wappen = Wappen Kahl.pnglat_deg = 50 |lat_min = 4 |lat_sec = 5
lon_deg = 9 |lon_min = 0 |lon_sec = 24
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Bayern
Regierungsbezirk = Unterfranken
Landkreis = Aschaffenburg
Höhe = 110
Fläche = 10.63
Einwohner = 7103
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 63796
Vorwahl = 06188
Kfz = AB
Gemeindeschlüssel = 09 6 71 134
Straße = Aschaffenburger Straße 1
Website = [http://www.kahl-main.de/ www.kahl-main.de]
Bürgermeister = Jürgen Seitz
Partei = SPD

Kahl am Main is a municipality in Bavaria in Germany, and is located at the border to Hesse and the river Main.

Despite the name, the first nuclear reactor in Germany, the "Versuchsatomkraftwerk Kahl" (Test reactor Kahl) was not built in Kahl am Main but in the neighbouring municipality of Großwelzheim. There were three reasons the plant was not named after Großwelzheim:
*Kahl was easier to pronounce for the US personnel
*Kahl has a railway station; Großwelzheim did not.
*the plant got its mail from the Kahl Post Office.

The power plant was shut down in 1985 and the reactors have been demolished.

Twin cities

* Villefontaine, France
* Budakalász, Hungary
* Leutasch, Austria

External links

* [http://www.kahl-main.de Official website]
* [http://www.kath-kirche-kahl.de/ Catholic church in Kahl]