City West (Frankfurt am Main)
The City West is a settlement in Frankfurt - Bockenheim , partly directly opposite the fairground area. The area is in the south by the Theodor-Heuss-Allee, in the west and north by the route of the S-Bahn - lines 3, 4, 5 and 6 , bounded on the east by the Kreuznacher road and forms roughly a triangle with area of 0.52 square kilometers.
structure
City West has a resident population of around 5,000 and offers around 18,000 jobs (as of 2007). It is a location with a mix of mostly new residential and office buildings as well as hotels, brought about by the planning. Most of the office buildings are used by insurance companies and financial service providers, the residential and commercial buildings are of a higher quality. Green zones were systematically created between the buildings, which in the marketing of the real estate companies run according to the latest fashion under the name "Pocket Parks". Along the south-bound Theodor-Heuss-Allee there are high-rise buildings with a height of around 70 meters and on this side form a characteristic skyline and the visual border of City West.
The mixed use has attracted a relatively high number of restaurants with international cuisine (Italian, Thai, Vietnamese, Japanese) as well as several cafes and a cocktail bar, which offer both a lunch menu for employees and evening catering for the residents. A city supermarket with a high proportion of organic products has been open since 2010, and several bakeries, a flower shop and a kiosk offer additional shopping opportunities. City-West's service providers include a fitness studio, hairdresser, nail salon, massage parlor and car rental company.
Transport links
The Theodor-Heuss-Allee , which runs south between Messeviertel and City West, connects the district with the main train station and the city center as well as in a westerly direction with the federal motorway 648 .
Tram line 17 runs right through City West and takes twelve minutes to get to the main train station via Hamburger Allee . The Frankfurt (Main) West train station is on the northern edge . From there, the main station and city center can be reached by S-Bahn in five or ten minutes, the cities of the Wetterau north of Frankfurt in ten ( Bad Vilbel ) or 25 ( Friedberg ) minutes. In addition, regional trains run here to Central Hesse (e.g. Gießen , Wetzlar ).
Streets
Main streets of this district
Today there are essentially five almost parallel streets that take up the flow of traffic in this quarter
- Theodor-Heuss-Allee (southernmost, district boundary, urban arterial road)
- Franklinstrasse (mostly office buildings)
- Voltastraße (main artery of the quarter with tram)
- Ohmstrasse (mostly residential areas)
- Solmsstrasse (northernmost)
Green spaces
Celsius place
The Celsiusplatz is a green area in the former industrial area of Bockenheim, the current City-West in Voltastraße. It got its name from the Swedish astronomer, mathematician and physicist Anders Celsius, based on the names of the neighboring streets such as Ohm- or Voltastraße . A weekly market has been held every Wednesday since September 2005 to liven up this square on Voltastrasse. The cultural events initially organized by the neighboring Athlon Place Foundation (APS) should also contribute to a revitalization. Here, on this historic plot of land, the Moenus AG machine factory used to produce for over 100 years and a. Shoe machines, before a beverage wholesaler and then later the Music Hall (1983–1994) operated a large disco in the former production hall.
Former old cemetery of Bockenheim in Solmsstrasse
(Main article → Old Bockenheim Cemetery )
This cemetery between Solmsstrasse and Ohmstrasse was laid out in 1825, expanded in 1871 and used until 1898. It was the replacement location for the cemetery at the St. Jakobskirche on the church square. There were long disputes about the location, as it was built next to the Schindanger (dead animals were buried there) and in the newly created industrial area of Bockenheim. Only when family members of the wealthy Rohmer family were buried there did the population accept the cemetery. A weathered war memorial commemorates three Bockenheim soldiers who died in the war of 1870/1871 in Woerth in Alsace. Some tombstones are still preserved. The current remaining plot size is only part of the size. During the construction and expansion of Solmsstrasse, the area was already reduced considerably, as was the construction or expansion of the buildings of the Greek Orthodox community that settled here after the war. In 2012 a horticultural renovation of the existing stock took place.
history
Today's City West was an important commercial and industrial area of the former city of Bockenheim, which was incorporated into Frankfurt am Main in 1895. A gas works was operated here as early as 1869, and a short time later a large number of highly specialized small and medium-sized companies settled. During the air raids on Frankfurt in World War II , the area was badly damaged and then partially rebuilt. Since the middle of the 20th century, more and more businesses and factories have been abandoned because the area did not offer enough space for large factories to expand.
Historical buildings
Former power station with chimney
The yellow clinker building with red pilaster strips and offset blind arches was built in 1892 as the Bockenheim electricity station on Kuhwaldstraße to meet the rapidly growing energy needs of the rapidly growing industry in Bockenheim, especially on Solmsstraße. The power station is located behind a symmetrical gable facade on Kuhwaldstraße, while the former administration building and the condensation plant with its tower-like design are located on Ohmstraße. The chimney was built on an artistically bricked base. The property has been empty for a long time. The owner has been a real estate entrepreneur since 1989, who commissioned the architect Christoph Mäckler with drafts.
Former Böhler glasses factory, now Arthur von Weinberg-Haus
The Arthur von Weinberg House, Kuhwaldstr. 55, on the corner of Voltastraße, belonged to the former Böhler glasses factory. In 1982 this property was prepared by the Senckenberg Research Institute for its geological, paleontological and botanical collection. The move took place in 1984. After the collections were again moved to the now expanded research institute, the former eyewear factory was demolished in 2019.
Former location of Pokorny & Wittekind / Demag
The machine factory was founded in 1872 as an open trading company (OHG) under the company Gendebien & Naumann . After the takeover by Messrs Pokorny & Wittekind, the company was renamed Pokorny & Wittekind AG on January 1, 1900 . The focus was on the manufacture of compressors and compressed air tools. In 1913 the company changes to Frankfurter Maschinenbau AG vorm. Pokorny & Wittekind . The company rose to become the world market leader. In 1955, Demag , which was already involved, acquired the majority of the shares. In 1973 the Mannesmann Group took over Demag. In 1982 he relocated production with 630 jobs from Frankfurt to Simmern / Hunsrück.
The former company premises opposite the Westbahnhof, which in Bockenheim is partly still known as Pokorny & Wittekind or Demag premises, has been revitalized and is now owned by a real estate company that rents commercial space to various service providers. Kreuznacher Straße was continued on the site, the striking tower for the former administration was torn down and replaced by a new high-rise building with an adjacent parking garage. Both buildings received a uniform glass / metal facade. The former production rooms were completely removed or converted into offices.
Development since the 1990s
City West was the name of an urban development project that was intended to revitalize the former Bockenheim industrial site south of the Westbahnhof. The guiding principle was the current credo of modern western European urban planning: the combination of work, living, green islands and relaxation combined with a high degree of mobility.
The basis was initially an idea sketch by the architect Oswald Mathias Ungers from 1986, which was replaced in 1993 by the design planning of the architecture office Albert Speer . In 1998 the city issued the development plan 550 Solmsstraße / Voltastraße . On this basis, old industrial buildings were consequently dismantled in favor of numerous high-rise buildings for administration and services. A new residential area was built and connected by tram . Numerous new commercial tenants such as American Express, Deloitte, Deutsche Bank, Finanz Informatik , ING-DiBa , Gerling Versicherung, Zürich-Versicherung, Novotel, Hotel Mercure or Hotel Radisson SAS moved into the newly built office buildings such as B. the THEO 106 in the Theodor-Heuss-Allee . The new headquarters of the municipal energy supplier Mainova is located on Solmsstrasse.
Since January 1, 2019, City West has formed its own urban district 34 2 within the Bockenheimer district.
schools
- GBS Georg Büchner School, integrated comprehensive school with elementary level music
- Private elementary school and grammar school in the former Nixdorf-Siemenszentrum in Voltastraße 1
Churches
- Church of the Greek Orthodox Community at Solmsstrasse 1, Archimandrite Athenagoras Ziliaskopoulos and priest Martin Petzolt. The community is subordinate to the Greek Orthodox Metropolis in Bonn of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Constantinople and is consecrated to the Holy Prophet Elias.
Art in the City West district
Morse by Horse . 6 m high equestrian statue without horse with two 9.60 m high corresponding signal masts, 2005, Dellbrügge & de Moll, Berlin
Multi-colored group of figures by Düsseldorf artist Klaus Richter in front of the ABC West high-rise group
Fantasy figures in the school yard of the GBS Ffm-Bockenheim
Playing group of bears made of concrete, 1954, in the schoolyard of GBS Ffm-Bockenheim
Colored concrete slab, Voltastraße 84, Ffm-Bockenheim
Colored concrete slab, Voltastraße 84, Ffm-Bockenheim
Colored balls, Voltastraße 84, Ffm-Bockenheim
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Magistrate's draft M 11 , passed by the city council on March 22, 2018.
Coordinates: 50 ° 7 ′ 1 ″ N , 8 ° 38 ′ 10 ″ E