What is Dreieich?
{{Infobox German Location |Name = Dreieich |German_name = |Art = City |image_photo = |imagesize = |image_caption = |Wappen = Wappen Dreieich.png |coordinates = {{coord|50|00|N|8|42|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Lageplan = Dreieich_in_OF.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Hesse |Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt |Landkreis = Offenbach|Kreis = |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 140 |Fläche = 53.33 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 40432 |pop_metro = |Stand = 31.12.2008 |pop_ref = |PLZ = 63303 |Vorwahl = 06103, 06074 |Kfz = OF |Gemeindeschlüssel= 06438002 |Gliederung = |Website = {{url|http://www.dreieich.de/}} |Bürgermeister = Dieter Zimmer |Bürgermeistertitel = |Partei = SPD |ruling_party1 = |ruling_party2 = ruling_party3 = |year = 1977 |_noautocat = }} '''Dreieich''' is a city in the [[Offenbach Rural District]] in the state of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. == Geography == Dreieich is in the ''Rhine Main area''. Its northern urban district Sprendlingen is {{convert|10|km|abbr=off}} south of [[Frankfurt]]. In the south it touches the City of [[Darmstadt]]. The whole area of the town is {{convert|53.33|km2|abbr=off}}. It is {{convert|140|m|abbr=off}} above sea level.<ref>[http://www.dreieich.de/ Homepage of the City of Dreieich], looked up on 17 January 2010, German.</ref> It is a plain area with no hills. About 35 to 20 million years ago in the Age of [[Tertiary]] the whole region was lying under sea level. At that time it was covered by an ocean which was warm and not very deep. Lots of [[sediment]]s sank to its bottom. Then the region rose again and the water left, leaving soil which is mostly sandy and poor. The city consists out of the towns Dreieichenhain and Sprendlin