What is Babenhausen?
{{Infobox German Location |Name = Babenhausen |German_name = |Art = City |image_photo = |imagesize = |image_caption = |Wappen =Wappen Babenhausen (Hessen).svg |Wappengröße = |image_flag = Flagge Babenhausen (Hessen).svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|58|0|N|8|57|0|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |Karte = |Lageplan = Babenhausen_in_DA.svg |Lageplanbeschreibung = |Bundesland = Hesse |Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt |Landkreis = Darmstadt-Dieburg Rural District|Kreis = |Amt = |Gemeindeverwaltungsverband = |Samtgemeinde = |Verbandsgemeinde = |Verwaltungsgemeinschaft = |Verwaltungsverband = |Höhe = 127 |elevationmax = |Fläche = 66.87 |area_metro = |Einwohner = 16066 |pop_metro = |Stand = 31.12.2008 |pop_ref = |PLZ = 64832 |PLZ-alt = |Vorwahl = 06073 |Kfz = DA |Gemeindeschlüssel= 06432002 |NUTS = |LOCODE = |Gliederung = 6 Urban Districts |Website = [http://www.babenhausen.de/ www.babenhausen.de] |Bürgermeister = Gabriele Coutandin |Bürgermeistertitel = |Partei = SPD |ruling_party1 = |ruling_party2 = ruling_party3 = |year = 1295 |_noautocat = }} '''Babenhausen''' is a town in the [[Darmstadt-Dieburg Rural District]] in the state of [[Hesse]], [[Germany]]. == Geography == Babenhausen is in the ''[[Rhine-Main area]]'' 35&nbsp;km south east of [[Frankfurt am Main|Frankfurt]]. The whole area of the town is 66,87&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> large and it is 127 m above sea level.<ref>[http://www.babenhausen.de/ Homepage of the city of Babenhausen], looked up on 18 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 i