Frankenforst

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Frankenforst
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 22 ″  N , 7 ° 8 ′ 19 ″  E
Height : 91 m above sea level NN
Area : 2.83 km²
Residents : 5397  (December 31, 2017)
Population density : 1,907 inhabitants / km²
Postal code : 51427
Area code : 02204
Frankenforst (Bergisch Gladbach)
Frankenforst

Location of Frankenforst in Bergisch Gladbach
Listed building in Frankenforst
Listed building in Frankenforst

Frankenforst is a district of Bergisch Gladbach and belongs to the statistics district 6 of the city under No. 64.

Brief description

Frankenforst is traditionally the preferred place to live. A distinction is made between old Franconian forest and new Franconian forest. In the "old" Franconian Forest, a park settlement with some larger villas was built around 1900. Since the 1920s, the "new" Franconian Forest has developed to the west of the original, in which one can also find buildings with row houses. After the Second World War , a larger industrial area was created between Kölner Strasse and Brüderstrasse . The Federal Highway Research Institute is also located here. In the extreme south-western tip of the district, a settlement with high-rise buildings and apartment buildings has formed since the 1960s.

Those looking for relaxation are drawn to the Königsforst nature reserve bordering to the south and the facilities of the Saaler Mühle recreation park to the north .

Monument protection

In 2010 the city of Bergisch Gladbach issued a memorial area statute for the Alt-Frankenforst settlement . There are also individual listed buildings within the settlement. The parish church of St. Maria Königin Frankenforst is also registered as architectural monument no. 178 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Mining

South of the A 4 in the Königsforst on Bergmannspfad was the Galilei mine with the other Bensberg and Pencil fields. It was in operation from 1855 to 1889. The mine was loaned on lead , zinc and copper ores .

population

According to the population register, on June 30, 2017, Frankenforst had 5,366 residents (491 of them foreigners). The age group over 65 years with 1,266 inhabitants (including 57 foreigners) was stronger than the age group under 18 years with only 887 inhabitants (including 72 foreigners).

Infrastructure

With junction 19 - Bensberg, Frankenforst has a direct connection to the A 4. With the tram line 1 , the neighboring center of Bensberg can be reached in four minutes and the Neumarkt in the neighboring city of Cologne in 27 minutes .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Bergisch Gladbach, The Mayor, Statistics Service (ed.): Selected population structure data . December 31, 2017, p. 7 ( population data including households [PDF; 82 kB ; accessed on December 5, 2018] A compact overview (as of December 31, 2017) contains the current population structure data by individual districts (previously: residential places)).
  2. ^ Andree Schulte Bergisch Gladbach, City history in street names , Bergisch Gladbach 1995, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5 , p. 276ff.
  3. ^ Statistics - City of Bergisch Gladbach. Retrieved July 27, 2017 .

literature

  • Gerd Müller: Refrath, history of the districts of Bensberg-Refrath and -Frankenforst . Cultural Office, Neustadt an der Aisch 1974.

Web links

Commons : Bergisch Gladbach-Frankenforst  - Collection of images, videos and audio files