Mertonviertel
The Mertonviertel is an office and residential area that extends over the districts of Frankfurt-Heddernheim and Frankfurt-Niederursel . Since 2001, the large Frankfurt-Riedberg development area has been located north of the hillside . It got its name in memory of Wilhelm Merton , the founder of the Metallgesellschaft and the Institute for Common Welfare , one of the forerunners of the Foundation University Frankfurt am Main .
The Mertonviertel emerged from the mid-1980s on an area of around 60 hectares, which until 1982 was largely occupied by the industrial facilities of the former United German Metalworks (VDM). However, the soil was polluted by hydrocarbons and heavy metals and had to be excavated, replaced or cleaned up to a depth of ten meters in a complex process. The renovation work continued parallel to the construction work with a specially built detoxification system until the early 2000s. Today only the seven hectare large and up to ten meters high landfill hill with an integrated parking lot to the east of the Riedwiesen nature reserve reminds of this measure.
Development
One of the first buildings showed the highly visible dome of the Hundertwasser day care center , the foundation stone was laid on December 20, 1988. Due to the construction delays caused by the floor renovation, this showcase project could not be opened until 1995 in the presence of the idea provider.
The first large office building was in 1987 the seven-wing Lurgihaus of the plant manufacturer Lurgi , today u. a. also the seat of the German Finance Agency and the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). Other solitary office buildings were erected for several insurance companies and financial service providers, the federal board of IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (IG BAU), the German travel agency (DER) , the joint venture of Evangelical Publishing (GEP), Deutsche Telekom and the auditing companies KPMG ( since mid-2011 in The Squaire ) and PricewaterhouseCoopers Germany (since the end of 2011 in Tower 185 ). In addition to a hotel, there is also a shopping center and another grocery discounter in the neighborhood. The number of jobs in the Mertonviertel is around 5000 today.
Around half of the area is occupied by residential buildings, for the most part row houses, plus a few larger owner-occupied and rented houses in multi-storey buildings. The quarter is traversed by a green and natural-looking small stream that branches off the Urselbach . In the final expansion of the Mertonviertel at the end of 2012, around 1,800 new residential units will offer space for around 4,500 people.
Transport links
The Mertonviertel, which is about eight kilometers from the center of Frankfurt, can be reached via the underground stations "Sandelmühle" and "Riedwiese / Mertonviertel" (both U2), "Zeilweg" (U1, U3, U8) and "Heddernheimer Landstraße" (U1, U9); The BAB 661 junction "Heddernheim / Mertonviertel" is located to the north-east as an expressway connection towards the city center or north to the Bad Homburg intersection . In the northwest, the motorway-like Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse is directly connected as a fast connection to the western parts of Frankfurt. The in neighboring Nordweststadt only 1-1.5 kilometers away NordWestZentrum be reached by bike. The Frankfurt airport is accessible via highway and motorway in 15-20 minutes.
Web links
- Website of the Mertonviertel location initiative
- Buildings in the Mertonviertel
- Frankfurt Inside-City: The Mertonviertel
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ N , 8 ° 38 ′ E