Gelnhausen

Gelnhausen, a town of Prussia, stands on the Kinzig and on the slopes of a vine-clad hill, 26 miles NE. of Frankfort-on-the-Main. Here, on an island in the Kinzig, Frederick Barbarossa built an imperial residence (the 'Pfalz'); and in 1169 he conferred upon the village the freedom of the empire. After being transferred to the counts of Hanau in 1435, Gelnhausen began to decay. It has several old buildings, as the town-house, some towers, the Catholic church, 'princes' house,' &c. Pop. (1895) 4496.