and forestry have lost importance for the community. Transport Alzenau currently has three interchanges on the A 45 (Dortmund–Aschaffenburg), the newest being the Alzenau-Mitte interchange opened on 23 November 2007, after many years in planning, joining the linking road between Alzenau and Kahl to the Autobahn, thereby providing a better link to the industrial areas in Alzenau and Kahl. The Kahlgrundbahn railway links the town with Kahl am Main and Hanau railway stations, where there are direct connections with the S-Bahn to Frankfurt am Main and long-distance trains. The individual centres in the town are served by the City-Bus lines. One route runs hourly from Alzenau by way of Wasserlos and Hörstein as a regional bus on to Karlstein and to Dettingen railway station, where travellers can transfer to regional trains to Aschaffenburg and Würzburg. Frankfurt Airport can be reached by car within 30 to 40 minutes. Established businesses What follows is a selection of businesses resident in Alzenau: Alexander Shorokhoff GmbH, luxury mechanical watches ABB Automation Products Applied Materials GmbH Biotest Medizintechnik Buhler Leybold Optics Hyundai Motorsport GmbH, World Rally Championship team Mahle GmbH MSC Software Nukem Schott Solar AG Xella Nikon Metrology Europe NV Sport and leisure facilities In each constituent community are found halls and sporting grounds for the many sport clubs. Available in each constituent community are playgrounds, and in some also football pitches, basketball hoops and skating facilities. In summer, the Waldschwimmbad (“Forest Swimming Pool”) and the Meerhofsee (lake) are open. Furthermore, the pool at the Edith-Stein-Realschule is open to the public a few evenings each week. The bodies of water that arose from the former brown coal works on the Kahler Seenplatte (“Kahl Lake Plateau”) lie nearby, from 5 to 10 km away. The football club, FC Bayern Alzenau, is based in Alzenau. Institutions Administrative institutions and authorities Aschaffenburg Amtsgericht, Alzenau branch court Alzenau town administration Alzenau police force Aschaffenburg district administration office, Alzenau branch location and registration office Federal Agency for Technical Relief, Alzenau chapter Educational institutions In 1999, the following institutions existed: Kindergartens: 9 places with 705 children Elementary schools: 4 with 81 teachers and 1432 students Realschulen: 1 with 45 teachers and 1000 students Hahnenkammschule zur Lernförderung (special education) Spessart-Gymnasium Alzenau with roughly 1500 students Städtische Musikschule Alzenau (municipal music school) Städtische Bibliothek Alzenau (municipal library) VHS Kahl-Alzenau-Karlstein (folk high school), Alzenau branch “Grünes Klassenzimmer” (“Green Classroom”) in the town forest