Hohenrad (desert)

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Hohenrad was a settlement and from the beginning of the 14th century the name of a mill in Frankfurt am Main , about 1.5 kilometers west of the village of Oberrad on the Mühlberg. The settlement was at an altitude of 106 meters above sea ​​level . In the course of its existence, the owner changed several times through purchase or fiefdom . Hohenrad probably went under at the beginning of the 14th century and became a desert . The field name Hohenroder Born still reminds of the settlement.

Historical forms of names

  • Villa (1290)
  • Hohenrade (1290)
  • Old Red (1290)
  • Hohenrath (1290)
  • Hohenrade (1318)
  • Hohenrade (1330)
  • Hohenrade (1336)
  • Hohinrade (1339)
  • To the high wheel (1417)

literature

  • Müller, Starkenburg, p. 354
  • Seiler: Deutscher Orden Frankfurt, pp. 339–344
  • Brückl: Sachsenhausen, pp. 41–43

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hohenrad (desert), City of Frankfurt am Main. Historical local dictionary for Hessen. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

Coordinates: 50 ° 6 '  N , 8 ° 42'  E