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Changed By: magma1447
Change Date: January 18, 2026 08:42PM
Germany, new county
Germany has a new county since 2026-01-01, it enters Project-GC today.
The new county is Hanau (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/535895). If I understand it correctly it has been broken out of "Main-Kinzig-Kreis". It's a city that's not it's own "county".
They are both in "region" [b]Hessen[/b].
I'll quote one of the users who has reported this:
[quote]
as of today the city of Hanau (Hesse, Germany) is a “kreisfreie Stadt” and therefore should no longer be assigned to the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in county-based views/statistics but listed as separate county.
[/quote]
And another.
[quote]
Since the beginning of 2026 there's a new County in the Hessen State of Germany.
The city of Hanau has split from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis and is now a separate county.
[/quote]
Updating data might take up to 24 hours or so. It's a lot of geocaches in Germany.
Original Message
Author: magma1447
Date: January 18, 2026 08:42PM
Germany, new county
Germany has a new county since 2026-01-01, it enters Project-GC today.
The new county is Hanau (https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/535895). If I understand it correctly it has been broken out of "Main-Kinzig-Kreis". It's a city that's not it's own "county".
I'll quote one of the users who has reported this:
[quote]
as of today the city of Hanau (Hesse, Germany) is a “kreisfreie Stadt” and therefore should no longer be assigned to the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in county-based views/statistics but listed as separate county.
[/quote]
And another.
[quote]
Since the beginning of 2026 there's a new County in the Hessen State of Germany.
The city of Hanau has split from the Main-Kinzig-Kreis and is now a separate county.
[/quote]
Updating data might take up to 24 hours or so. It's a lot of geocaches in Germany.