Frankfurt-Griesheim

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Griesheim coat of arms
Coat of arms of Frankfurt am Main
Griesheim
19th district of Frankfurt am Main
Altstadt Bahnhofsviertel Bergen-Enkheim Berkersheim Bockenheim Bockenheim Bonames Bornheim Dornbusch Eckenheim Eschersheim Fechenheim Flughafen Frankfurter Berg Gallus Ginnheim Griesheim Gutleutviertel Harheim Hausen Heddernheim Höchst Innenstadt Kalbach-Riedberg Nied Nieder-Erlenbach Nieder-Eschbach Niederrad Niederursel Nordend-Ost Nordend-West Oberrad Ostend Praunheim Praunheim Preungesheim Riederwald Rödelheim Sachsenhausen-Nord Sachsenhausen-Süd Schwanheim Schwanheim Seckbach Sindlingen Sossenheim Unterliederbach Westend-Nord Westend-Süd Zeilsheimmap
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Coordinates 50 ° 5 '32 "  N , 8 ° 36' 25"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 5 '32 "  N , 8 ° 36' 25"  E
surface 5.100 km²
Residents 23,825 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 4672 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 65933
prefix 069
Website www.frankfurt.de
structure
District 6 - West
Townships
  • 54 1 - Griesheim-Ost
  • 54 2 - Griesheim-Ost
  • 55 1 - Griesheim-West
  • 55 2 - Griesheim-West
Transport links
Federal road B40
Train S1 S2
tram 11 21
bus 52 54 59 n8
Source: Statistics currently 03/2020. Residents with main residence in Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .
View from the Griesheim barrage over the district in the winter evening sun

Griesheim has been a western district of Frankfurt am Main north of the Main since April 1, 1928 . The population is 000000000023825.000000000023,825.

Geography and infrastructure

Griesheim borders in the west on Nied , in the north on Sossenheim , Rödelheim and Bockenheim , in the east on Gallus and the Gutleutviertel and in the south, separated by the Main, on Schwanheim .

Through the Frankfurt-Griesheim train station, Griesheim is well connected to downtown Frankfurt ( lines S1 and S2 of the Rhein-Main S-Bahn ) as well as the western surrounding area and Wiesbaden . The railway line and Mainzer Landstrasse in the north divide the town into three parts: south, middle and north.

In the south is the town center with a wide range of shops, medical practices and restaurants. Griesheim-Mitte, located between the railway line and Mainzer Landstrasse, is characterized by the settlement construction of the 1960s and 1970s. Griesheim-Nord was largely created in the early 1950s through the construction of apartments, which at the beginning were mainly inhabited by displaced persons. These buildings are currently being modernized through extensive renovation work.

Transportation (PT): In addition to the train operate in Griesheim the bus lines 52 (except on Sundays and holidays), 54 and 59 and the northern part of the tram lines 11 and 21st

history

"The villages of Nied and Griesheim" (Hoffmann's sheet 4 as sheet 2 of the map volume border and ground plans of the office of Bergen ) - map from 1583 by the sworn surveyor and cartographer Elias Hoffmann (d. 1592) from Frankfurt

Already in pre-Roman times two old streets ran through the Griesheim area coming from Mainz , the Antsanvia , over the Nidda bridge near Nied through the Griesheimer Gemeindewald ( Rödelheimer Straße, today Oeserstraße ), as well as a street that runs along the banks of the Main to the Frankfurt Cathedral Hill (today about Nieder Kirchweg / Stroofstraße or Alt-Griesheim ). The Romans used these roads, expanded them further and built another military road from the administrative seat of Nida of the Civitas Taunensium to the Roman fort "Auf Esch" and the adjacent civilian settlement near Groß-Gerau , where there was a cross-regional road crossing. This connecting road has now completely disappeared, but the route is secured by finds at Ebelfeld ( Praunheim ), in Rödelheim (Nidda-Durchstich), in the Griesheimer Wald and in Schwanheim on the opposite side of the Main.

For the urban development of Griesheim, however, only the Mainuferstraße coming from Nied was decisive, on the axis of which craftsmen and fishermen settled in the Middle Ages, this connecting road to Frankfurt (via Gutleuthof ) was the nucleus of the village expansion of Griesheim.

Griesheim was first mentioned in post-Roman times around 850 under the name Groezesheim , the imperial abbey Lorsch owned a farm, fields and meadows here. Another mention as Griegesheim from the year 965 can be found in the Nassau documents. In 1684 Griesheim came into the hands of Kurmainzer after it had been under a Hanau- Mainz dual rule since 1474 . Since then, the district has had the Mainz wheel in its coat of arms. In 1845 Griesheim was given an elementary school. The Boehleschule , one of the Griesheim elementary schools, is located at the same location today . The chemical factory Griesheim was founded as early as 1856 on the western edge of what was then the settlement area . The chemical site in Griesheim is therefore older than the chemical plant in Höchst . With the construction of the Protestant church in 1866 (tower not until 1890), only the Catholic population of Nied received pastoral care. The street Nieder Kirchweg still reminds of this time. The interior decoration of the church was done in 1926 by Otto Linnemann from Frankfurt.

The entrance building of the Griesheim train station from 1971

In 1871 Griesheim was connected to the German railway network via the Hessian Ludwig Railway. In that year the Catholic parish was founded in Griesheim. In 1897 the Catholic Church of the Assumption of Mary is consecrated. The entrance portal of the Griesheimer Friedhof in Waldschulstraße still reminds of a major explosion in 1901 with 26 dead and over 200 injured. On April 1, 1928, Griesheim was incorporated into the city of Frankfurt am Main together with the other western suburbs. In 1932 the Griesheim barrage with a hydroelectric power station and a lock system was put into operation. In 1963 Griesheim lost its passenger ferry across the Main.

In June 2010 Benno Schubert, the last mayor of the formerly independent Griesheim (1922–1928), was honored by naming a small park in Benno-Schubert-Park . A memorial plaque and a sequoia tree in the green area at the southern end of Schöffenstrasse, directly on the Mainufer in Griesheim, commemorate the pioneer of incorporation into Frankfurt in 1928.

Industry

In addition to the industrial park Griesheim on the western outskirts, near Mainzer Landstrasse, there is a large industrial area in which several car dealerships, hypermarkets, a cinema and a disco can be found. The Messer Griesheim plant , which is also located there, designed the torch for the Olympic Games in Sydney . On the grounds of the Griesheim industrial park, VIAS GmbH has been operating a newly built depot for the railcars of the new lines on the right-hand Rhine route and the Main-Sieg-Express of the Hessian State Railway, which were added at the 2010 timetable change, since December 2010 .

The DB Fernverkehr AG operates further in Frankfurt-Griesheim (Griesheim Stadtweg 8) their operation work for the maintenance of ICE -Baureihen 406 and 415 . For DB Fernverkehr AG, the plant comprises two tracks and two tracks in the former S-Bahn hall. The stationing of the 407 series in the Griesheim depot is planned. Another maintenance hall with three tracks is being built for this purpose. Furthermore, DB Regio AG maintains the maintenance of electric and diesel locomotives on the other tracks of the former S-Bahn workshop . Also double-deck coaches are held in Frankfurt-Griesheim repaired.

Social

In Griesheim there are day-care centers run by church, municipal and private sponsors, as well as three primary schools and an integrated comprehensive school . In order to improve the care situation for young children in Griesheim-Süd, a nursery of the Diakonisches Werk opened in early October 2006 in Alte Falterstraße 6 , in addition to the long-running toddler group and the mini-club of the Catholic parish Mariä Himmelfahrt.

In the community center near the train station, completed in 1987, there is a branch of the city library.

For a long time, Griesheim was considered one of the largest social hot spots in the city. Due to the sometimes highly problematic housing situation in some settlements (for example western Ahornstrasse), incidents occurred in the 1990s that gave Griesheim the name Frankfurter Bronx . However, through aid measures involving the residents, the emergence of an American-style ghetto was prevented in the following years . Stigmatization of Griesheim in this regard, which is sometimes cited by outsiders to this day, is not applicable.

However, there are still areas that require the continuation of integrative measures. In order to meet, since the beginning of 2005, the Eberhard Wildermuth settlement in Griesheim-Nord part of the project Social City , under which means Quartiersmanagement greater integration is to be achieved within the district.

There are several open youth facilities:

  • Youth Club of the International Federation
  • Youth club of the Evangelical Association for Youth Social Work
  • Children's and youth office of the Protestant parish
  • IB fema for girls and women aged 10 to 27.

Recreational areas can be found on the banks of the Main with playgrounds and leisure activities as well as in the Niedwald in the northern part.

Furthermore, there is a diverse club life, numerous sports and cultural clubs ensure different activities. Regular musical events take place in the Protestant parish, with the historic Sauer organ in the Blessed Church at the center .

Parishes

  • Evangelical: Ev. Ffm-Griesheim parish, Am Gemeindegarten 6a / Jägerallee 28 (merged since January 2005), Segenskirche , built in 1863
  • Catholic: Pastoral area Griesheim-Nied with the Catholic parish Mariä Himmelfahrt, Linkstraße 45, church consecrated in 1897 and the branch church St. Hedwig, Elsterstraße 18. The pastoral area also includes the Catholic parish in Frankfurt-Nied and the Eritrean Catholics as well as the French and Italian communities in Frankfurt.
  • New Apostolic: New Apostolic Church Congregation Frankfurt-Griesheim, Lärchenstrasse 60

Mosque communities

Events

The Mainuferfest, which takes place every summer, is very popular.

In addition, there are numerous festivals and events organized by associations or parishes throughout the year.

Musically, the accordion music association Heiterkeit from 1890 Frankfurt am Main-Griesheim e. V. mentioned. The annual autumn concert of the oldest German accordion association traditionally takes place on the first Sunday in November.

Buildings

Griesheim barrage

Griesheim barrage

The Griesheim barrage consists of two lock chambers, each 12 and 15 meters wide, as well as a run-of-river power plant with 3 Kaplan turbines. The average electrical work generated annually is around 35,000 megawatt hours (MWh). This corresponds to the supply of around 10,000 households. It is operated as a power station by the Aschaffenburg Waterways and Shipping Office and was built from 1929 to 1932 as a roller weir with a power station in the cubic forms of the Bauhaus style. At the time, it was considered to be the most modern and efficient inland navigation facility in Europe.

Griesheim motorway bridge

Today's Europabrücke to Schwanheim is the oldest motorway bridge in Germany . After the groundbreaking on September 23, 1933 for the Frankfurt am Main – Darmstadt section of the planned north-south axis ( HaFraBa ), the first bridge over the Main was built in 1934/1935. The Frankfurt – Darmstadt motorway was opened on May 19, 1935. Today's federal motorway 5 was originally planned as "HaFraBa" from Hamburg via Frankfurt am Main to Basel as a uniform route.

In the last days of the war the bridge was blown up, then rebuilt in 1945/1946 and re-inaugurated in April 1946. Between 1974 and 1978 the motorway bridge near Griesheim was replaced by the current Europe bridge.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Frankfurt-Griesheim

Personalities

literature

  • Johannes Ickstadt: Griesheim in old and new times. Published by Frankfurter Sparkasse from 1822, Frankfurt 1982.

Web links

Commons : Frankfurt-Griesheim  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carsten Wenzel: Groß-Gerau I. The Roman vicus of Groß-Gerau, "Auf Esch". The building findings of the fort vicus and the settlement from the 2nd - 3rd centuries. Habelt, Bonn 2009 ISBN 978-3-7749-3637-9 (= Frankfurter Archäologische Schriften . Volume 9); H.-G. Simon in: D. Baatz / F.-R. Herrmann: The Romans in Hesse. Stuttgart 1989 p. 322f. with an inscription to the street gods; CSIR- D-02-13, 00321.
  2. ^ The street name Alt Griesheim at the Geschichtsverein Griesheim e. V.
  3. Codex Laureshamensis III No.  3673
  4. Codex diplomaticus Nassoicus document 93
  5. The long way to Benno-Schubert-Park  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fnp.de
  6. DB Mobility Logistics AG (publisher): Deutsche Bahn is investing 40 million euros in the expansion of the ICE plant in Frankfurt-Griesheim . Press release from July 9, 2010.
  7. Workshop profiles DB Regio November 1, 2014. (PDF) (No longer available online.) November 1, 2014, archived from the original on September 18, 2016 ; accessed on October 23, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deutschebahn.com
  8. ^ The pastoral area of ​​Griesheim-Nied on the website of the Limburg diocese
  9. ^ Accordion-Musikverein Heiterkeit from 1890 Frankfurt am Main-Griesheim e. V.
  10. http://www.neue-mainbruecke-frankfurt.de/frankfurter-mainbruecken/europabruecke/