Königstein is located 20 km north-west away from Frankfurt and is one of the best residential area in the Rhine-Main metropolitan region. The fortress of Königstein is considered as one of the most impressive castles of Germany. Königstein is as well as a spa town offered different ways to relax and to spand a leisure time.
There is a school, three gymnasiums and two private schools.
Numerous fashionable neighborhoods with villas of prominent figures make this spa town famous far beyond of the Taunus. In recent decades, many well-to-do townspeople have moved from the bustling Frankfurt to this picturesque town.