Frankfurter Berg

Frankfurter Berg 47th district of Frankfurt am Main
Coordinates	50 ° 10 '2 "  N , 8 ° 40' 43"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 '2 "  N , 8 ° 40' 43"  E
surface	2,400 km²
Residents	8168 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density	3403 inhabitants / km²
Post Code	60433
prefix	069
Website	www.frankfurt.de
structure
District	10 - north-east
Townships	49 2 - Frankfurter Berg
Transport links
Train	S6
bus	27 63 66 n4
Source: Statistics currently 03/2020. Residents with main residence in Frankfurt am Main. Retrieved April 8, 2020 .

High-rise residential buildings on Frankfurter Berg, July 2014

Julius-Brecht-Straße 3 - the second tallest residential building in Frankfurt

Frankfurter Berg S-Bahn station , formerly: Bonames

Trinity Church

Frankfurter Berg is a district of Frankfurt am Main with (2019) 8,168 inhabitants.

location

Frankfurter Berg from the old airfield in Bonames (from the north)

Frankfurter Berg is located in the north of the urban area between the districts of Bonames (north), Preungesheim and Eckenheim (south), Eschersheim (west) and Berkersheim (east) on the eponymous bank above the Nidda . In the north the Nidda forms the border with Bonames , in the west the border line to the Eschersheim district runs on the A 661 .

history

Until 1996, the largest area of ​​the Frankfurter Berg was part of Bonames, some streets in the south belonged to the district of Eschersheim, northern parts were in the district of Berkersheim. As part of an initial administrative reform, the entire settlement was assigned to the Bonameser social town hall on the temple. Because the Frankfurter Berg is separated from Bonames by the wide Niddaaue, but built up together with the other neighboring districts, the settlement was elevated to Frankfurt's youngest official district on July 1, 1996.

Originally, the Frankfurter Berg settlement west of Homburger Landstrasse was a workers' colony according to the Reichsheimstättengesetz , built around 1937. Traditional smaller house forms and settlement structures with cohesion of the neighborhoods arose there. The bizonal settlement was built in 1948 , as the city of Frankfurt was considered a promising candidate for the federal capital , which was then to be newly determined . The row houses of the bizonal settlement were built partly from wood, later completely from stone. From 1953 further row houses and multi-storey apartment buildings were built. From 1966 onwards, numerous high-rise buildings were built in the Berkersheimer Weg housing estate on Julius-Brecht-Strasse and Heinrich-Plett -Strasse . From the 1970s this relatively small part of the Frankfurter Berg was considered a social hotspot. In the meantime, an urban neighborhood management system has successfully countered this.

From 1992 the two former American barracks (Edwards and Drake barracks, formerly Kaiser Wilhelm barracks) were dissolved. In this context, the associated American housing areas (Edwards Housing) in the direction of Berkersheim were also vacated. A third of the stock was made available to federal employees, a third to the free housing market, and the remaining third was allocated to the social housing market. The former officer's apartments and houses were freely sold.

From 2001, condominiums, row houses, semi-detached houses and rental apartments were built in the area of ​​Edwards Barracks. The area of ​​the former Drake barracks is now used by the Federal Police . Federal authorities are housed in the former main building of Edwards Barracks. The process of civil re-use has not yet been completed, but has led to a change in the social structure of the resident population and workplaces in the district.

A part of the Niddaauen north of the railway line has also been built on since 2004/2007: a private investor has built condominiums and homes with an unobstructed view of the Taunus in the Taunusside estate. An expansion of 850 apartments in this area is already planned, whereas a citizens' initiative has already been formed.

Infrastructure

traffic

The Frankfurter Berg district is connected to the surrounding districts by three bus routes:

• Line 63: Eschersheim – Preungesheim
• Line 66: Eschersheim – Berkersheim
• Line 27: Preungesheim– Nieder-Eschbach

The S-Bahn - S6 ( Station Frankfurter Berg ) connects the district with the downtown area and the Wetterau . The U5 light rail line is to be extended over the next few years from Preungesheim along Homburger Landstrasse to the S-Bahn station, thus making the district even better accessible.

education

There is a primary school in the Frankfurter Berg district  - the Albert Schweitzer School, founded in 1955. It is named after the Protestant theologian and music researcher Albert Schweitzer and focuses on art, music, sports and - since the 1970s - new media. There is also an integrated comprehensive school with elementary level in the Wacholderweg. Among other things, it contains its own school library.

Culture and religion

There is a Protestant and a Catholic community on the Frankfurter Berg. The Catholic Trinity Church was built in 1952. Due to the population growth in the district as part of the opening of the Edwards Housing and new buildings on the barracks, the old Trinity Church was demolished in 2004 and a new building was erected, which was inaugurated on December 11, 2005.

The Bethanienkirche , which belongs to the Protestant community founded in 1947, was consecrated in 1949. A tower was added in 1957 and a sacristy a year later . In 1968 the opening of its own kindergarten followed and in 1978 a youth center, both of which are sponsored by the Protestant Church.

Since the Frankfurter Berg no longer belongs to the Bonames district, there has been a summer festival and a Christmas market in the Albert Schweitzer School as well as events in the communities.

Web links

Commons : Frankfurter Berg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Citizens' Association Frankfurter Berg e. V.
• The mountain has voted (article on the district coat of arms on fnp.de )
• My district - my home on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FR
2. ↑ FR
3. ↑ https://www.fr.de/frankfurt/frankfurt-am-main-ort28687/frankfurt-u5-ausbau-strecken-soll-beiden-enden-verlaengert-haben-zr-13193478.html
4. ^ City of Frankfurt HP accessed on Feb. 27, 2020