List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / A

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Departure ring , airport

The Abflugring includes both a portion of the expressway B 43 and the high road in front of the terminal 1 of the airport, arrives, from which one in the departure area (level 2).

Abtsgäßchen , Sachsenhausen

In 1893 the Abt family sold their property to build this road.
Andreas Achenbach

Achenbachstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), painter and etcher , worked for the Städel from 1837–1838 . One of his pictures also hangs there.

Ackermannstrasse , Gallus

Wilhelm Heinrich Ackermann (1789–1848), teacher and Pestalozzi student , taught at the model school . The school on this street bears his name.

Adalbert-Stifter-Strasse , Ginnheim

Adalbert Stifter (1805–1868), Austrian writer, painter and educator.

Adalbertstrasse , Bockenheim, formerly Schöne Aussicht

Adalbert Hengsberger (1853–1923) was the last Bockenheimer mayor before it was incorporated into Frankfurt.

Adam-Heinstadt-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Adam Heinstadt (1915–1981), pastor of the entire parish of Ober-Erlenbach , had the church of St. Stephen built in Nieder-Eschbach in 1966/67.

Adam-Leis-Strasse , Heddernheim

Adam Leis (1892–1942), gardener and member of the KPD . Was sentenced to death by the People's Court and executed in Frankfurt-Preungesheim.

Adam-Opel-Strasse , Fechenheim

Adam Opel (1837–1895), founder of Adam Opel AG . This began as a sewing machine factory, then manufactured bicycles and started automobile production in 1898.

Adam-Riese-Platz and Adam-Riese-Straße , Gallus

Adam Ries (1492–1559), German mathematician. The phrase "after Adam Riese" is popular, which means that something is mathematically correct.

Adelheidstrasse , Eckenheim

After the name of a countess from the Hanau family , to whose rule Eckenheim also belonged.

Adelonstrasse , Höchst

Andreas Adelon, Supreme Mayor from 1860 to 1869. In 1863 he succeeded in getting the Hoechst paintworks to settle there, which had a lasting impact on the economic boom into an industrial city.

Adickesallee , Nordend-West

Franz Adickes (1846–1915) was Lord Mayor of Frankfurt for 22 years and one of the most important holders of this office.

Adlerflychtplatz, -straße , Nordend-West

A famous Frankfurt family of Swedish origin. The best-known family members are the "Senior Mayor" Johann Christoph von Adlerflycht (1729–1786), the lawyer Justinian von Adlerflycht (1761–1831) and his wife Elisabeth von Adlerflycht .

Adlhochplatz , Sachsenhausen

Hans Adlhoch (1884–1945), headed the secretariat of the Catholic labor movement in Augsburg from 1919, resistance fighter. Died of the consequences of staying in Dachau concentration camp .

Adolf-Haeuser-Strasse , Höchst

Adolf Haeuser (1857–1938) was general director of the adjacent Hoechst paint works . Together with his wife Luisa he founded foundations for art and culture in Frankfurt, research in the natural sciences and for needy citizens.

Adolf-Leweke-Strasse , Eckenheim

The Christian trade unionist Adolf Leweke (1892–1970) was a co-founder of the Frankfurt CDU after the Second World War.

Adolf-Meyer-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Adolf Meyer (1881–1929), architect, at times office manager and partner of Walter Gropius , teacher and master of the Bauhaus in Weimar. Worked as a building officer for the Neues Frankfurt project and as a lecturer at the Städelschule . Designed various Frankfurt buildings.

Adolf-Miersch-Strasse , Niederrad

Adolf Miersch (1887–1955) was the last mayor of Fechenheim (1926), which was incorporated into Frankfurt in 1928. There he took over the civil engineering department, later also the civil engineering department. As an urban planner, Adolf Miersch developed the general development plan for downtown Frankfurt after 1946. Honorary citizen of the university.

Adolf-Reichwein-Strasse , Dornbusch

Adolf Reichwein (1898–1944), German educator, economist and cultural politician of the SPD . Resistance fighter, executed in Berlin-Plötzensee in 1944 .

Adolfstrasse , Niederrad

Duke Adolf von Nassau (1817–1905), became Grand Duke Adolf I of Luxembourg in 1890 .

Adolph-Prior-Strasse , Sossenheim

Adolph Prior (1826–1896), head of the city council from 1871 to 1873.

Adolph-von-Holzhausen-Park , Nordend

Rittmeister Adolph von Holzhausen (1866–1923), the last member of the patrician family Holzhausen , was childless and bequeathed his extensive park to the city of Frankfurt. Today only an eighth of the park is left of the huge area, the rest is built on.

Aennchengasse , old town

A small cul-de-sac in the old town destroyed in 1944, which branched off to the west of the Trierischer Plätze (now part of Hasengasse) and led to the Maulbeerhof , roughly in the area of ​​today's Kleinmarkthalle .

Affengasse , old town

Tiny side street of Schnurgasse , today's Berliner Straße, was in the area of ​​the southern sidewalk, between Kruggasse and the former Neue Gasse . The name should go back to a house of the same name.

Affentorplatz , Sachsenhausen-Nord

The name is derived from the A -layer ffen burger Tor from, the former southeastern gate of Frankfurt. According to other linguistic interpretations this might also open bacher Gate mean (from the Middle High German "ouwe"), the road led from here to the nearby Offenbach. Another interpretation could also have been an Ave Maria prayer stone at the gate, which in the course of time turned into the "monkey gate".

Ahrtalstrasse , Schwanheim

The Ahr , 86 km long tributary of the Rhine. It rises in the Eifel town of Blankenheim in the Ahr Mountains (North Rhine-Westphalia) and flows into the Rhine between Sinzig and Remagen in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Airportring , airport

The western bypass around Frankfurt Airport .

Al

Albanusstrasse , Höchst (previously Humboldtstrasse )

Renamed as a result of the incorporation to Frankfurt in memory of the former Benedictine monastery of St. Alban in Mainz .

Albert-Blank-Strasse , Sindlingen

Albert Blank (1863–1936), from 1902 head of financial administration at the Hoechst paintworks. Honorary citizen of the city of Höchst.

Albert-Einstein-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Albert Einstein (1879–1955), one of the most important physicists of the 20th century. Einstein's main work is the theory of relativity , which revolutionized the understanding of space and time. 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics .

Albert-Linel-Strasse , Kuhwald (Bockenheim)

Albert Linel (1833–1916) was a Frankfurt art collector and patron, buried in the Jewish cemetery. He bequeathed his important collection to the Museum of Applied Arts on the condition that his name be preserved. This is why this Jewish street name was the only one to survive the Third Reich.

Albert-Mangelsdorff-Allee , Praunheim (short-term street name and revoked in 2012)

Albert Mangelsdorff (1928–2005) Frankfurt jazz trombonist.

Albert-Schweitzer-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965), Protestant theologian, organ artist, music researcher, philosopher and doctor. Known to many as a jungle doctor , because he ran a clinic in Lambarene / Gabon. Various schools in Germany are named after him.

Albusstrasse , downtown

Origin unclear. There are several attempts at interpretation. Possibly after the previous owner of the property, the patrician family Weiss, who had their name Latinized in Albus.

Alemannenweg , Unterliederbach

The Alemanni , a Germanic tribe, settled in large parts of southern and southwestern Germany, Alsace, Switzerland and Vorarlberg after the migration . Alemannic dialects are still spoken in Baden-Württemberg and Switzerland today. The term has been used as a synonym for German in many languages, e.g. B. in French Allemagne or in Turkish Almanya.

Alexander-Riese-Weg , Heddernheim

Alexander Riese (1840-1922). Antiquities researcher, was significantly involved in the excavations of Roman finds in Heddernheim.

Alexanderstrasse , Rödelheim

Alexander the Great (356–323 BC), Macedonian king from 336 to 323 BC.

Alfred-Brehm-Platz , Ostend

Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829–1884), German zoologist and writer. His name became a synonym for popular scientific zoological literature thanks to the book title Brehms Tierleben . The Frankfurt Zoo is located here, made popular by Bernhard Grzimek .

Alfred-Delp-Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Alfred Delp (1907–1945) German Jesuit and member of the Kreisau Circle in the resistance against National Socialism . Was executed in Berlin-Plötzensee .

Alfred-Göbel-Weg , Bergen- Enkheim

Alfred Göbel (1874–1952), doctor, was recruited in 1903 by the Enkheim medical association for the Enkheim district as the first general practitioner. His first practice was at Triebstrasse 74. After he married in 1904 and built a house in 1906 at Geizengasse 14, he moved to there. After the incorporation in 1977 this address was renamed after him.

Alfred-Kiefer-Weg , Schwanheim

Alfred Kiefer (1919–2003), master painter, long-time chairman, then honorary chairman of the Goldstein association and head of the social district.

Alfred-Pfaff-Strasse , Seckbach

Alfred Pfaff (1926-2008), from Frankfurt-Rödelheim born soccer player and soccer world champion in 1954. From 1949 he played in the team of the upper division Eintracht Frankfurt, with whom he reached the final of the European Cup against Real Madrid in 1960, where they then in was subject to an excellent game with 3: 7.

Alfred-Wegener-Strasse , Kalbach / Niederursel

Alfred Lothar Wegener (1880–1930), German meteorologist, polar and geoscientist. His most important contribution to science is posthumously considered to be the theory of continental drift .

Alkmenestrasse , Preungesheim

not to Alcmene , the mother of Heracles , but after the apple variety Alcmene named

Allendorfer Strasse , Eschersheim

Allendorf (Lumda) , small town in the district of Giessen

Allerheiligenstrasse and Allerheiligentor , downtown

after the All Saints Chapel founded by Jakob Neuhauß in 1366 . The Prussians penetrated Frankfurt through the All Saints' Gate in 1866 and sealed its end as a Free Imperial City . see also Neuhaußstrasse and Fellnerstrasse

Allesinastrasse , Sindlingen

Karl Franz Allesina (around 1704–1765, unmarried), silk merchant, whose family immigrated from northern Italy . His property was on the street where Villa Meister (Allesinastraße 1) is today.

Allmeygang , Höchst

The Allmey ( Allmende ) was the shared possession of water, forest and pasture. Former cow pasture, in the Middle Ages "allmey zu den dieffen". The boundaries of the individual owners were checked through joint annual inspections in May, the “Allmeygang”.

Alois-Brisbois-Weg , Höchst

Alois Brisbois (1885–1969), master locksmith, trade union secretary and CDU city councilor in Frankfurt from 1946 to 1948. Winner of the plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt in 1955.

Alpenroder Strasse , Sossenheim

Alpenrod , municipality in the Westerwaldkreis / Rhineland-Palatinate

Alsfelder Strasse , Seckbach

Alsfeld , town in the Vogelsberg district

Altebergsweg , Sachsenhausen

The Alteberg was part of the eastern Sachsenhausen mountain, in contrast to the Neuer Berg or Mühlberg.

Altebornstrasse , Seckbach

named after the Alteborn (old fountain, "Brünnchen"), a spring that rises next to the staircase between the Atzelberg-Ost bus stop and the street An der Marienkirche, at the starting point of the Quellenwanderweg in Frankfurt's green belt .

Old Falterstrasse , Griesheim

actually Falltorstrasse; the self-closing gate prevented the cattle from leaving the pasture.

Alte Mainzer Gasse , old town

A alley in the old town of Frankfurt, mentioned in a legend from 1631, which was lost in the hail of bombs of World War II.

Altenburger Weg , Zeilsheim

Altenburg , district town of the Altenburger Land / Thuringia district, is well known to Skat fans because this is where the German national game came about and issues were resolved there even during the division of Germany.

Altenhöferallee , Riedberg

Altenhöfe, a hill near Oberursel, you can still see wall remnants from Celtic times.

Old Court Square, Kalbach-Riedberg

In the immediate vicinity of the former Kreuzkirche at the Bonifatiusquelle, the court of the county "von Stulen" and the Hohemark forest cooperative was located in the Kalbach area for several centuries . In the 14th century, court days were held at the Bonifatiuskirche in Cruzen. See also today's streets Zum Stulen , Bonifatiusstraße and Bonifatiuspark .

Old market , old town

see market .

Altheimstrasse , Eschersheim

Adam Wilhelm Altheim (1871-1914), born in Groß-Gerau, was a student at the Städel Art Institute and later lived as a painter and etcher in Frankfurt

Altkönigstrasse , Westend

Altkönig , 798 m high hilltop near Kronberg im Taunus , you can still see ring walls from Celtic times.

Alt-Praunheim , Praunheim

Praunheim , main thoroughfare, first track record from Roman times, paved in 1609

Altvaterstrasse , Nieder-Eschbach

The Altvater, in Czech Praděd , is at 1,491 m the highest mountain in the Jeseníky Mountains in the eastern Sudetenland and at the same time the highest elevation in Moravia .

Alzeyer Strasse , Nied

Alzey , district town in Rheinhessen / Rhineland-Palatinate. Roman foundation, first mentioned around 223.

At the

Am Abtshof , Schwanheim

Schwanheim belonged to the monastery of St. Jakob near Mainz. This power was exercised by a mayor appointed by the abbot of this monastery. When Schwanheim burned down in the 15th century, the new Schwanheim was rebuilt on the site of the former Meierhof / Abthof.

Amaliestraße , Bergen -Enkheim

Amalie, name of a Schelmin von Bergen, a noble family that ruled there for the Counts of Hanau, was abbess in 1537 in the Seligental monastery in Osterburken in the Odenwald.

At the old castle , Praunheim

after Klettenburg , which was long gone , in the valley of the Steinbach , the ancestral castle of the Knights of Praunheim.

At the Alten See , Rödelheim, formerly Saalburgstrasse

after the field name Alter See , formed by the Kalkentalbach.

At the Alten Volkshaus , Riederwald

The old Volkshaus was the meeting place for the district; it was destroyed in World War II and replaced in 1963/64 by a town house built by Saalbau GmbH.

At Atzelberg , Seckbach

An atzel is an old expression for a magpie .

Am Bachberg , Preungesheim

after Bachberg Castle , a former tower hill castle northwest of the Preungesheim town center.

Ambronenpfad , Unterliederbach

The Ambrones , a Germanic tribe, who invaded the Roman Empire together with the Cimbri and Teutons in the 2nd century BC and were defeated after several victories over Roman troops in the battle of Aquae Sextae.

At the Bonifatiusbrunnen , Kalbach

after the fountain, which, according to legend, was created when the body of Boniface (672–754) was transferred from Mainz to Fulda and a rest was made at this point. A hiking trail has recently been set up that stops at this newly designed fountain and is intended to commemorate the last journey of the Franconian missionary. The actual source has dried up and is fed artificially.

Am Borsdorfer , Preungesheim

Street in the so-called apple district on Frankfurter Bogen, named after a group of apple varieties. The variant Edelborsdorfer was according to the German genebank fruit already in the 12th century. first mentioned.

At the Büttelstück , Seckbach

A bailiff is a field and vineyard keeper as well as a court usher . Large parts of Seckbach were used for agriculture, also for viticulture.

At the castle courtyard , Bonames

In 1367 the Knights of Bonames sold the Bonames Castle there to the city of Frankfurt. It was important for securing a road from Frankfurt to Upper Hesse . In 1546, during the Schmalkaldic War , the castle and the village of Bonames were burned down by the troops of the Catholic emperor.

Am Dammgraben , Bockenheim (Kuhwald)

The Frankfurter Landwehr had run here since the end of the 14th century , whose ditches and dams also formed the border between the imperial city and Bockenheim.

Am Dornbusch , Dornbusch

Field names. In the Middle Ages the area was called dorneche Loh, i.e. thorny wood. Until 1910, the area around the former Diebsgrundweg consisted almost entirely of thorn bushes, which were probably part of the Frankfurter Landwehr in the late Middle Ages .

Am Ebelfeld , Praunheim

Ebel is the name of the hill between Praunheim and Hausen. During excavations, numerous finds from the Celtic and Roman times were found there, including a rune stone from the third century BC.

Am Eichenloh , Ginnheim

Field names, origin unsecured. Could suggest an oak grove or a tannery located there.

At the Iron Beat , Ginnheim

The place Ginnheim was surrounded all around by a protective fence. Passages were secured by barriers

At the Eschersheimer Abtshof , Eschersheim

As early as around the year 1000, the Abtshof, a branch of the Benedictine order in Seligenstadt, was the center of the village of Eschersheim. He was also responsible for the lower jurisdiction . In 1914 the farm was bought by the city and demolished. The Eschersheim train station was built on this site.

Amelia-Mary-Earhart-Strasse , airport

Amelia Earhart (1897–1937), American aviation pioneer and suffragette. She disappeared while trying to be the first person to fly around the earth along the equator in an airplane.

Am Ellerfeld , Hausen

Eller is the Low German word for gray alder , a type of tree from the birch family. According to another interpretation, Eller is said to have been synonymous with desert, i.e. unused wilderness.

At the Enkheimer Steg , Seckbach

Extension of Gelastrasse, touches the Sausee , opens into Gustav-Behringer-Strasse.

At the Erlenbruch , Riederwald, Seckbach

A former oxbow lake of the Main , a wetland with alder trees.

Am Fischstein , Hausen

Hallway name. There was a boundary stone that marked the fishing rights on the Nidda between the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim and the city of Frankfurt.

At the forum , Heddernheim

Reminds of the market square in Nida , today's Heddernheim, when the Romans were still in charge. It was where the cemetery is today. A small remainder of the former fort wall is still in front of house no. 29 received.

At the gallows , Seckbach

Street at the site of the former mountain gallows, the high court.

Am Galgenberg , Bornheim

Until the division of the county of Bornheimer Berg between Frankfurt and Hanau in 1484, death sentences were carried out on Bornheimer Berg . Then the place of execution was relocated to the Berger Warte .

At the ghost gate , old town

After the Heilig-Geist-Spital on Saalgasse, which was demolished in 1840 . The Holy Spirit fountain stood on the corner of Saalgasse . The gate was a passage through the city wall to the Main.

At the community garden, Griesheim

The Evangelical Church Community Frankfurt am Main-Griesheim has its seat at number 6a.

At the Ginnheimer Wäldchen , Ginnheim

Course: from the Niddabrücke of Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße and underground line D along the expressway to the Main-Weser-Bahn , where it bends south and leads along the railway to the allotment garden of the same name

Am Goldsteinpark and Am Hofgut Goldstein , Schwanheim

Around 1348 a Johann Goldstein had a castle ( Wasserburg Goldstein ) built there, which came to Frankfurt around 1400. The Goldsteinpark was designed by Franz Heinrich Siesmayer at the end of the 19th century, see Siesmayerstraße .

At the main train station , downtown

Forecourt of 1888 as Central Station Frankfurt opened the main station . The construction of the square and its original name as Bahnhofplatz took place during the German Empire (1871–1918). Around 1930 the square was renamed Hindenburgplatz . It was given its current name after the Second World War.

At the Heddernheimer Gaswerk , Heddernheim

The Heddernheim gasworks, which went into operation in 1904, supplied the city's street lights with gas.

Am Himmerich , Riedberg

named after the previous field name.

Am Hirtenacker , Hausen

the corridor belonged to the respective village shepherd .

Am Hochwehr , Ginnheim

The water collected at the high weir was passed through a ditch (see Am Mühlgraben) to the mill in Ginnheimer Mühlgasse .

Am Hohen Weg , Hausen

the old way to Ginnheim was piled up because of the frequent flooding by the Nidda and was therefore called the "High Path".

Am Hollerbusch , Nieder-Eschbach

Elder , dialect for elderberry

At the hop garden , Rödelheim

Plant garden belonging to the former imperial castle and later castle in Rödelheim .

Am Jessenapfel , Preungesheim

short street in the so-called apple district on Frankfurter Bogen, named after an apple variety.

Am Kappelgarten , Seckbach

A cul-de-sac branching off Wilhelmshöher Strasse with a turning loop that opens up a housing estate that was built in the early to mid-1970s.

Am Kirchberg , Eschersheim

Field names. Origin unknown.

Am Klarapfel , Preungesheim

short street in the so-called apple district on Frankfurter Bogen, named after the apple variety (white) Klarapfel bred in Livonia around 1800 .

At the Kunzengarten, Sossenheim

Street name

Am Köstrich , Rödelheim, formerly Beckergasse

Field name

Am Lausberg , Preungesheim

Field name, according to the State Historical Information System (LAGIS) in other Hessian locations.

Am Leinritt , Fechenheim

Before the age of steamers, river boats were pulled upstream on lines. The riverside paths used by the horse and carts were called linen or towpaths.

Am Leisrain , Sossenheim

Field names. The word leis here has the meaning of small or slight (e.g. slight suspicion).

At Leonhardsbrunn , Bockenheim

according to a source on a field that belonged to the Leonhard monastery. Today it lies in the palm garden and feeds the large pond.

Am Lindenbaum , Eschersheim

The stone linden tree, which was probably planted at the end of the Thirty Years' War, is Eschersheim's landmark.

Am Lohrberg , Seckbach

Lohr is used as a hallway name and the meaning of the word comes from “empty”, “bare”. The Lohrberg was previously unforested and was used as a landscape, first through large-scale viticulture, later mainly through fruit growing. To the north of Hintergasse and east of Am Lohrberg street, there used to be a brown coal mine of the Taunus union, as a map from 1867 shows.

Am Lohwald , Hausen

Loh is synonymous with grove and bushes. The Lohwald was part of the old Ginnheim forest and was named as "Huserholze" in a document as early as 1282.
Airlift Memorial in Frankfurt

At the airlift monument , airport

In 1948, the Soviet Union cut off supplies to West Berlin by land via the territory of the Soviet Occupied Zone (SBZ), later GDR . The USA then started an almost year-long relief operation with food and energy by air, the so-called "Raisin Bomber". These started mainly from Frankfurt. The adjacent monument reminds of this.

At the market , old town

see market.

Ammelburgstrasse , Dornbusch

after the name of a long-established Frankfurt merchant family.

Am Mispelbusch , Bergen-Enkheim

Loquat , this country rarely occurring small Obststbaum from the rose family (Rosaceae). Its fruits are used in medicine against intestinal diseases ( Crohn's disease ), but also distilled into schnapps.

Am Mühlgraben , Ginnheim

The water coming from a high weir (see Am Hochwehr) was passed over a ditch to the mill in (see Ginnheimer Mühlgasse ).

Amöneburger Strasse , Eschersheim

Amöneburg , town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district .

Amorbacher Weg , Sachsenhausen

Amorbach , Baroque town in the Bavarian Odenwald, Miltenberg district .

Ampèrestrasse , Bockenheim

André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836), French mathematician and physicist. Created the foundations for the mathematical theory of electromagnetism, which, by the way, is his word creation. In his honor, the SI unit of electrical current is named "Ampere".

At Pfingstlohr , Seckbach

Lohr is used as a hallway name and the meaning of the word comes from “empty”, “bare”. The Lohrberg was previously unforested and was used as a landscape, first through large-scale viticulture, later mainly through fruit growing.

Am Posthorn , Bockenheim

short street with a curved course in the postal settlement built between 1951 and 1954.

At the Riederbruch , Riederwald

Bruch, also written Broich or Brook in northern German, means swamp or wetland. In the 15th century, the street separated the Riederhöfe and their lands, which then belonged to Hessen-Hanau.

At the Riedsteg , Nieder-Erlenbach

The rest of the Roman connecting road (" Elisabethenstrasse "), the former stone road to Wetterau, led from Nida via Bonames to the Roman fort Okarben

At Rödelheimer Wehr , Rödelheim, formerly Wehrstrasse

Street to Nidda, the listed Petrihaus stands directly on the bank.

At the Römerbrunnen , Harheim

Finds show that Harheim was already settled in Roman times. A fountain from that period was discovered there.

Am Rosenberg , Nied

The former Feldbergstraße , which was built after 1900 and until 1914 , was given an old Niederflurname when it was incorporated in 1928. Its origin is in the dark: in addition to the reference to a wild rose bush on a slope or a horse pasture, a flax roast is also assumed.

Am Rütschlehen , Fechenheim

Rütsch was the name for a sloping terrain that was easy to slip on. The land, named Rütschlehen, was once given by the emperor to the Arnsburg monastery , which was dissolved during the secularization of 1803.

Am Saalenbusch , Fechenheim

Field name

At the Salzhaus , downtown

The Malapert patrician family had become rich through trading in the salt extracted in Bad Soden and in 1678 they built a splendid house on the Kleiner Hirschgraben, which was destroyed in the Second World War and not rebuilt afterwards. See also Malapertstrasse . The eponymous "Salzhaus" is not the famous Salzhaus am Römerberg , which was also destroyed on March 22, 1944 .

At the Sausee , Seckbach

Straße am Sausee , former oxbow lake of the Main.

Am Schießrain , Seckbach

Anliegerstraße that connects Hofhausstraße and Wilhelmshöher Straße with Hochstädter Straße.

Am Seckbacher Preul , Seckbach

Preul, also written elsewhere as Breul, Broil or Brühl, is a moist, fertile meadow, often overgrown with bushes or trees.

Am Seckbacher Ried , Seckbach

derived from the adjacent Seckbacher Ried .

At the Seedamm , Rödelheim

Already built in Roman times to dam the Westerbach. Dismantled in 1820.

At the Selzerbrunnen , Nied

Salty mineral well, hence the name, by the railroad settlement, not far from the Nidda. Many residents swear by this water, which average drinkers have to get used to. Before the Nieder incorporation in 1928 Ringstrasse .

At the syringe house , Hausen

the common expression today is fire station.

At the Städelshof , downtown

The owner of this property was the Städel family, to whom we also owe the Städel Museum.

At the Steinernen Stock , Dornbusch

The oldest documented name for the Kühhornshof , where the Hessischer Rundfunk now resides. See also Kühhornshofweg and Bertramstraße .

Am Stiegelschlag , Bornheim

Stiegel means a small staircase with which a (pasture) fence or game gate could be crossed. Schlag, compare turnpike, was a passage in the fence that enclosed the place and thus secured it.

At the Tiergarten , Ostend

The street, which is directly at the Frankfurt Zoo , was renamed in 2007 to Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee after the former director of the Frankfurt Zoological Garden.

Am Treutengraben , Praunheim

Terrain provided with mud and mud

Amtsgasse , Höchst

After the local administrative seat of the Nassau Office Höchst or the later district of Höchst and today's Main-Taunus district , whose district administration was in Höchst until 1987. The former district building on the corner of Bolongarostraße is still standing.

On the cattle drive , Hausen

agriculturally used path to the village pasture.

At the water park , Northrend

The road, laid out in 2007, was named after the adjacent water park.

At the willow tree , Griesheim

Due to the industrialization, the village of Griesheim expanded east into the rural area between Alt-Griesheim and the Alte Falterstrasse.

Am Weigelsgarten , Frankfurter Berg

Field name. Weigel is a nickname for Wigand, Weigand and similar first names beginning with wîg

At the Weimar raft , Ginnheim

Weimar or Weimer means pond, raft is a flowing body of water. The Weimar raft sprang from the Weimarbörnchen and flowed into the Nidda. It has long since disappeared into the sewer system.

At the White Stone , Eschersheim

Field names. Origin unknown.

At the White Tower , Bergen -Enkheim

The White Tower was part of the Berger city wall and later served as a guardhouse and prison.

Am Wiesenhof , Schwanheim

The Wiesenhof , built around 1700, was a little south of the Goldstein estate . The settlement was deserted by 1787 at the latest .

Am Wingert , Kalbach

Wingert means vineyard. So there must have been grapevines in Kalbach too.

Am Wingertsgrund , Griesheim Not only in Kalbach, but also in Griesheim there was obviously once viticulture.

On

To the Bangerten , Bockenheim

Bangert is a southern German dialect variant of Baumgarten or Obstgarten.

At the Fleschwerke , Gallus

The Carl Flesch dye and tanning works had been based in Frankfurt since 1885 and were one of the oldest companies in Gallus. During the Nazi dictatorship, the property of the Jewish owners was Aryanized "according to the script". The naming of the triangular area between Kleyerstraße, Schwalbacher Straße and Julius-Munk-Anlage is intended to commemorate this and other victims who were not granted any material restitution during their lifetime.

At the Geiselwiesen , Praunheim

Hostage here is synonymous with pledge. By whom and to whom these meadows were pledged is unknown.

At the Katharinenhöfe , Bockenheim

Katharina zum Rebstock, legendary donor of the 14th century, with whose foundation assets the Katharinenkloster in Frankfurt could be built.

At the Postwiesen , Hausen

Pfostenwiesen would have been more correct, because the posts demarcated Hausen from Praunheim. However, according to another tradition, the plague dead were buried there before 1666, so they used to be called Pestwiesen.

At the shooting huts , Oberrad

a more modern name would be Am Schützenhaus.

At the Bitz , Praunheim

The Bitze ​​(bezune) is an old Alemannic word for a fenced garden area within the village fence.

At the old brickworks , Nieder-Eschbach

In 1905 Karl Bieber built a brick factory there, which ceased production in 1969 and was demolished in 1972.

At the ferry , Griesheim

Landing place of the Main ferry to Goldstein . Since there was initially no shopping, schools or local transport in this settlement, the Goldsteiners crossed over to Griesheim.

At the Festeburg , Seckbach

The Festeburg was an excursion restaurant with castle-like ornamentation on Friedberger Landstrasse near the Heiligenstock . In 1932 the Festeburgsiedlung was built. In 1962 the Accident Clinic Frankfurt am Main opened next to it , in 1963 the Rhine-Main wholesale flower and ornamental plant market.

At the Goetheruh , Oberrad

in the immediate vicinity of the Goethe Tower is a small elevation from which you can enjoy a view of Frankfurt. Should Goethe ever have been there, it was only when he was young, because his relationship with his hometown was later so clouded that he even gave up citizenship there.

An der Gruckau , Bergen -Enkheim

Gruckau was the name of the Reichsburg der Schelmen (Schelmenburg) in Bergen and was mentioned in old documents from 1382, 1389 and 1444, which the Counts of Hanau forcibly acquired in 1354.

At the Hauptwache , downtown

The main guard , built around 1730 in its current baroque form, was a military guard room with a pillory and prison. In the guard storm of 1833 the prisoners there were briefly freed, but the civil uprising was quickly put down afterwards. Before the construction of the underground station / B-level, the main guard was completely dismantled and then rebuilt in its original form. Today a café and business premises for Stadtwerke Frankfurt.

At the Herrenwiese , Schwanheim

In the past, gentlemen were mostly understood to be pastors. These were often entitled to the rent from a Widum , a parish farm that was run by a local farmer.

At the Litzelwiese , Hausen / Praunheim

litzel means lützel, d. H. small. See engl. little or northern German lütje.

At the Lühe , Hausen

Synonymous with Loh or Löh, which is derived from the Latin word "lucus" = grove.

At the Mainkur , Fechenheim

has nothing to do with a spa, but simply means Main curve or Main curvature.

At the man's fist , upper wheel

Already in the 16th century there was a holy stick not far from this street with an iron fist pointing the way to Offenbach.

At the Marienkirche , Seckbach

Part of the street adjacent to the Protestant St. Mary's Church .

At the Praunheimer Mühle , Praunheim This mill on the Nidda is mentioned in a document as early as 1396. Today a youth courtyard is housed in the remaining buildings.

At the curtain wall , Heddernheim

The Roman city ​​of Nida was located in what is now Heddernheim. It was secured by an approximately 2800 m long, 3 m high and 2 m thick curtain wall, the stones of which were later used for buildings in the neighborhood, so that there are no more traces of it.

At the Ruhbank , Bergen-Enkheim

Named after a rest stone for porters erected in the district of Bergen in 1766 ; This so-called Windecker rest bench is not far from the confluence of the Gräsigt Weg in the Marktstrasse and, like several other rest benches in the village, is today a Berger cultural monument .

At the Rosary Church , Seckbach

Dead-end street that serves as a feeder to the parking lot and property of the Catholic Maria Rosenkranz Congregation.

At the Sandelmühle , Heddernheim

The sandalwood imported from East India was ground in the sandal mill and the essential sandal oil was extracted from it.

At the Schwarzbachmühle , Schwanheim

The Schwarzbachmühle belonged to the nearby Wiesenhof and was operated with water from the Schwarzbach.

Andersenweg , Ginnheim

Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish fairy tale writer and poet

On the Staufenmauer ( Judengasse until 1888 , 1888–1935 and 1945–1979 Börnestrasse , 1935–1945 Großer Wollgraben ), old town

The street runs along the high medieval Staufen wall and corresponds to the northern part of Frankfurt's Judengasse . In 1888 the street was named after its most famous resident Ludwig Börne . Today only the southern part bears this name. See also Börnestrasse .

At the stone mill , Nied

The stone mill belonged to the Elector of Mainz and was given a long lease to the Lords of Reifenberg. In 1770 it was leased to the Bolongaro family, who turned the former grinding and oil mill into an even more profitable tobacco mill.

At the Tillylinde , Höchst

Johann t'Serclaes Graf von Tilly (1559–1632), military leader of the Catholic League and one of the most famous general of the Thirty Years' War . In the battle of Höchst in 1622 he defeated the Protestant army of Duke Christian von Braunschweig . He is said to have rested under the five hundred to one thousand year old linden tree. In 1932 it was struck by lightning, felled in 1933, and in 1987 a new linden tree was planted on this site.

At the Wildhube , Schwanheim

In the huge Dreieichwald, of which today's Stadtwald formed a small part, there were dozens of wild animals. The gamekeeper, today one could say gamekeeper, had the task of looking after the forest and protecting it from poachers and forest polluters, but they had no hunting rights in the district they administered.

At the Wolfsweide , Preungesheim

Wild animals such as wolves and bears are said to have existed in the marshland of the Main until the late Middle Ages. The last wolf is said to have been shot on the Bornheimer slope around 1478.

On the Zingelswiese , Griesheim

Zingel, derived from the Latin word cingulum = belt, was a wall surrounding the place in the Middle Ages, i.e. a circular wall.

Andreaestrasse , Bornheim

Magdalena Andreae bequeathed a large foundation to the Dutch Reformed congregation in 1778, with which u. a. an orphanage was built on Seilerstrasse. The Heilandskirche with an adjoining kindergarten, nurses' house and parsonage had stood in Andreaestrasse 5-11 since 1955. The ensemble was completely laid down in 2005 to make way for a diaconal center of the Bornheim community.

Angelika-Machinek-Strasse , Bockenheim

Angelika Machinek (1956–2006), German glider pilot with various championship titles. She was killed when her microlight plane crashed near Echzell .

Annabergstrasse , Zeilsheim

Annaberg-Buchholz , administrative seat and major district town in the district of Annaberg / Erzgebirge

Anna-Beyer-Strasse , Nordend-West

Anna Beyer (1909–1991), member of the Frankfurt resistance group of the International Socialist Fighting League (ISK) and co-founder of the Frankfurt SPD after the Second World War.

Anna-Lindh-Allee , Nieder-Eschbach

Ylva Anna Maria Lindh (1957–2003), Swedish Foreign Minister, was murdered by a Swede of Serbian descent, the motive for the crime is still unknown

Anna Seghers Path , Dornbusch

Anna Seghers (1900–1983), a Mainz-born writer who, due to her Jewish descent and KPD membership, emigrated to Mexico in 1933 before the National Socialists via several stops, returned to Germany in 1947 and lived in East Berlin until her death. Honorary citizen of East Berlin and Mainz.

Annastrasse , Nordend

Anna von Fürstenberger (1510–1573), wife of Justinian von Holzhausen, member of the Frankfurt council, after whose family an entire quarter is named. Her picture, painted by Conrad Faber von Kreuznach, hangs in the Städel

Anne-Frank-Strasse , Eschersheim

Anne Frank (1929–1945), a Jewish student from Frankfurt, wrote a famous and filmed diary about her life as an exile in Nazi-occupied Holland. She died in 1945 in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp .

Anneliese-Hoevel-Strasse , Nordend-West

Anneliese Hoevel (1898–1942), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, wife of Andreas Hoevel . Both were executed in Preungesheim in 1942 for high treason.

Annemarie-Schlordt-Strasse , Sossenheim

Annemarie Schlordt (1901–1977), local politician and certified business teacher. In 1964 she was awarded the plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt.

Annette-Kolb-Strasse , Kalbach

Annette Kolb (1870–1967), real name Anna Mathilde Kolb, writer and pacifist from Munich. Her books were burned by the Nazis. From 1933 in exile in France and the USA. Was strongly committed to German-French understanding.

Anspacher Strasse , Gallus

Anspach, since 1970 Neu-Anspach , town in the Hochtaunus district .

Anton-Burger-Weg , Sachsenhausen

Anton Burger (1824–1905), Frankfurt-born painter of the Kronberg painters' colony.

Antoninusstrasse , Heddernheim

Antoninus Pius (86–161), Roman emperor from 138 until his death. During his reign the Limes was moved further east. This was probably also of great importance for securing the city of Nida .

Antoniterstrasse , Höchst

The Antonites , founded in the south of France around 1298, dedicated themselves to the care of sick people suffering from ergot disease and thus became quite wealthy. In 1441 they founded a monastery in Höchst, which also had a branch in Frankfurt (see Töngesgasse ). As a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss conclusion , the property fell to the Duke of Nassau in 1803.

Anton-Radl-Path , Sachsenhausen

Anton Radl (1774–1852), painter born in Vienna, who learned the engraving trade from Johann Gottlieb Prestel in Frankfurt from 1794 and stayed there until his death.

Anton-Schlueter-Strasse , Kalbach

Three generations of Anton Schlüter (1867–1949 / 1888–1957 / 1915–1999) ran the engine and later tractor factory Anton Schlüter, founded in 1899, in Freising near Munich. In 1993 the company was sold and production relocated to Nuremberg.

Anzengruberstrasse , Dornbusch

Ludwig Anzengruber (1839–1889), Viennese playwright and storyteller. Many of his now mostly forgotten works were later filmed, some even after 1990. They mostly settle in the petty bourgeoisie and in the rural milieu.

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Apoldaer Weg , Zeilsheim

Apolda , district town in the Weimarer Land / Thuringia district

Apostelstrasse , Niederrad

Until it was incorporated into Frankfurt, it was simply called Kirchstrasse and was renamed in 1900 to avoid name duplication.

Appelsgasse , Bockenheim

after the Appel family, who provided the land for this alley.

Aralienstraße , Unterliederbach

Araliaceae , mostly berry bushes, are a family within the Bedecktsamer. Found in tropical forests in Oceania and Southeast Asia.

Arndtstrasse , Westend

Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), German poet with a strong nationalistic, anti-French, partly anti-Semitic character, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly in 1848. In some respects founder of the German fraternities .

Arnoldshainer Strasse , Rödelheim

Arnoldshain, since 1972 part of Schmitten (Hochtaunus) in the Hochtaunus district . The Protestant academy there has a legendary reputation in Protestant circles thanks to the Arnoldshain Conference .

Arnoldstrasse , Nieder-Eschbach

The first mayor of Nieder-Eschbach, who was vouched for by name in 1272.

Arnsburger Strasse , Bornheim

The Arnsburg monastery near Lich . The Cistercian monastery , built in 1174, fell into disrepair after secularization in 1803 and was only repaired after the Second World War. Today a local recreation center. Had important possessions in Frankfurt, including Bornheim.

Arnstädter Weg , Zeilsheim

Arnstadt , district town of the Ilm district in Thuringia

Arnsteiner Strasse , Nordend

most likely named after Arnstein , a small town in the Main-Spessart district.

Arnswalder Strasse , Bergen-Enkheim

The district of Arnswalde (with the district town of Arnswalde) was an administrative unit in the Prussian province of Pomerania , about 75 km east of Stettin , until 1945 . Polish name Choszczno .

Arolser Strasse , Seckbach

Bad Arolsen , baroque town in the district of Waldeck-Frankenberg / North Hesse. From 1655 to 1918 the royal seat of the Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont .

Arthur-Stern-Platz , Rödelheim

Arthur Stern (1890–1963), Jewish businessman, born in Rödelheim, chairman of the 1. Rödelheimer Fußballclub 02 eV, was brought to Buchenwald concentration camp in 1938 and emigrated to the USA after his release.

Arthur-von-Weinberg-Steg , bridge over Main (Frankfurt / Fechenheim with the Offenbach district of Bürgel)

Arthur von Weinberg (1860–1943), German chemist and industrialist, partner in the Cassella Farbwerke Mainkur , major patron, honorary citizen of Frankfurt, murdered in Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1943 because of his Jewish descent.

Arthur-von-Weinberg-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Arthur von Weinberg, see previous entry

Aschaffenburger Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Aschaffenburg , district-free city on the Main, in the district of the same name in Lower Franconia.

Aschebachstrasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Under the name Aschebach , which is mentioned several times in the Lorsch Codex , one strongly suspects the earlier name for Eschbach. It is unclear whether it refers to Ober- or Nieder-Eschbach; the Codex does not make a corresponding distinction. More on this under Ober-Eschbach .

Assenheimer Strasse , Rödelheim, formerly Obergasse

Assenheim, since 1972 district of Niddatal in the Wetteraukreis , formerly the seat of the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim , who also owned the castle and the town of Rödelheim.

Asslarer Strasse , Heddernheim

Aßlar , town near Wetzlar in the Lahn-Dill district , on the edge of the Westerwald .

Aßmannshäuser Weg , Sachsenhausen

Aßmannshausen, since 1977 district of Rüdesheim am Rhein in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Athenian Street , Gallus

Athens , capital of Greece , should not be missing in the European quarter

Atzelbergplatz , Seckbach

An atzel is an old expression for a magpie . The course was laid out in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Shops are located around the square.

Atzelbergstrasse , Seckbach

An atzel is an old expression for a magpie. The street was built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and leads through a housing estate built at the time.

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Auerbacher Strasse , Bergen-Enkheim

There are 15 different places called Auerbach. Since the street was called Odenwaldstraße before it was incorporated into Frankfurt , the Bensheim district of Auerbach is likely to come into question.

Auerfeldstrasse , Seckbach

Extension of the Auerweg in the direction of Seckbacher town center, with connection to Hofhausstraße.

Auerstrasse , Höchst

Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858–1929), Austrian chemist. Inventor of the mantle in gas light, the metal filament lamp and the flint in the lighter.

Auerweg , Seckbach

It runs on the route of a Roman road from the Mainkur over the Niedergasse in Seckbach, the Marbachweg and the Hügelstraße and finally over the Elisabethenstraße to Mainz .

Auerswaldstrasse , Ostend

Hans Adolf Erdmann von Auerswald (1792–1848), Prussian general, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly , was murdered by rebels on Bornheimer Heide together with Felix Fürst Lichnowsky during riots in connection with the Treaty of Malmö (1848) .

On the Lohr , Seckbach

Hallway name Lohr. Lohr meant "empty", "bare". The Lohrberg used to be unforested.

On the Mühlberg , Sachsenhausen

The Teutonic Order had operated a mill in this area, but it burned down in 1552 and was not rebuilt. There was also a wooden forerunner of the Sachsenhausen observation point , which was abandoned in 1470 in favor of a stone building on the higher Sachsenhausen mountain.

On the Schafberg , Griesheim

Hallway name in Griesheim.

At the Schanz , Sossenheim

The street name is reminiscent of the battle of Höchst in 1622, later also a field name.

On the castle hedge , Ginnheim

has nothing to do with a lock, but should be called a closing hedge. Was part of the fence surrounding Ginnheim.

On Steinern Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

The rest of the Roman connecting road (" Elisabethenstrasse ") to Wetterau, led from Nida via Bonames (bona mansio = good rest) to the Roman fort Okarben .

On the Steinritz , Nieder-Erlenbach

If you drive the plow over a stone hidden in the ground, you can hear it well and often feel it painfully. Often old (Roman?) Buildings were the stumbling block, here it was possibly the remains of the Roman road from Nieder-Eschbach to Okarben.

On the brawn , Seckbach

small square on the A661, at the junction of Wilhelmshöher Strasse and Heinz-Herbert-Karry-Strasse. Named after the Sülze or Sülzweide, the valley cut between Seckbach and Bornheim, in which the motorway runs today. Both places used this area jointly as the "Koppelhut" (from "koppeln" and "hatt"). In 1787 the Sülzweide was framed with so-called hat stones.

On the Elm Claw , Seckbach

runs largely parallel to the A 661 and provides a connection from Heinz-Herbert-Karry-Strasse to leisure gardens.

Augrabenweg , Unterliederbach

The floodplain, which is common along rivers, i.e. a rather swampy terrain, was drained by the Augraben and good meadowland was created.

August-Bebel-Straße , Griesheim (1933–1945 renamed Kolmarer Straße )

Ferdinand August Bebel (1840–1913), leader of the labor movement, socialist politician and co-founder of the SPD . He ended up in prison several times because of the socialist laws.
  • Kolmarer Straße: The National Socialists erased the memory of the socialist politician Bebel and instead chose the Alsatian city of Colmar as the namesake. In order to underline their territorial claim, they decided on a particularly "German" spelling with K, which was not even official during the occupation of Alsace-Lorraine by the German Empire.

Augustenburgstrasse , Rödelheim

Instead of the dilapidated Klettenburg , a castle was built by Philipp Wolf von Praunheim in 1580, which in 1658 became the property of the Counts of Solms-Rödelheim and Assenheim and was called Augustenburg. This in turn was canceled in 1760.

August-Euler-Strasse , Bockenheim

August Euler (1868–1957), German aviation pioneer, opened the first German factory for powered aircraft near Darmstadt. In 1911 he moved it to the Niederrad area. Graduated from the first officially prescribed, internationally valid pilot's test in Germany.

August-Laubenheimer-Strasse , Schwanheim

August Laubenheimer (1848–1904), professor, chemist, director and board member of the Hoechst paintworks.

August-Schanz-Strasse , Preungesheim

August Schanz (1871–1935), founder of the Frankfurt Trade Development Agency

August-Scheidel-Strasse , Ginnheim

August Scheidel (1859–1932) was Consul General and bequeathed his fortune to the University of Frankfurt, of which he became the first honorary citizen.

August-Siebert-Strasse , Westend

August Siebert (1854–1923), director of the palm garden from 1887. Built the show houses.

Augustusstrasse , Heddernheim

Gaius Octavius ​​Thurinus, better known under the name Augustus (63 BC – 14 AD), first Roman emperor .

Aussiger Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Aussig on the Elbe, Ústí nad Labem in Czech , city in the north of Bohemia , Czech Republic. Home of many forcibly evacuated so-called Sudeten Germans who settled in Frankfurt after 1945.

Autogenstrasse , Griesheim

Based on the autogenous welding process invented by Desbassayns de Richmont in 1840 . Two metals are connected with an acetylene-oxygen mixture using a welding torch.

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Aystettstrasse , Nordend

The patrician family Fleckhammer von Aystetten came from Wasserburg am Inn and traded in silk. Knighted in 1613. With Philipp Jacob Fleckhammer von Aystetten 1709 appointed the senior mayor of the city of Frankfurt.

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Azaleenweg , Frankfurter Berg

As azaleas different species and varieties are referred to the genus Rhododendron; they are deciduous or small-leaved evergreen shrubs.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carlo Francesco Allesina (Karl Franz Allesina). GENEANET, accessed October 1, 2019 .
  2. ^ Josefine Rumpf-Fleck: Italian culture in Frankfurt am Main in the 18th century . Petrarch House, 1936, p. 29 .
  3. ↑ History - Alte Falterstrasse
  4. ^ History - Landscape - Personalities as reflected in the street names in Bergen-Enkheim , Karl-Heinz Heinemeyer, 1997
  5. ^ Area of ​​the imperial city of Frankfurt a. Main, map by E. Pelissier, Frankfurt am Main, 1888
  6. ↑ FNP of November 22, 2016: Remembering the Flesch works with a memorial , accessed on March 8, 2019
  7. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau, June 7, 2016: Aryanization according to the script , accessed on March 8, 2019
  8. ^ Parl. Informationssystem Frankfurt (PARLIS): Local Advisory Board Gallus, resolution of August 30, 2016 , accessed March 8, 2019
  9. ^ Project Jewish life in Frankfurt am Main: Family Flesch: "I felt I was Jewish" , accessed March 8, 2019
  10. ↑ Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Landesverband Bayern: Munich reads - from burned books , accessed on August 3, 2018
  11. ↑ Culture and History Association 1954 Frankfurt a. M.-Seckbach eV, information sheet No. 1, volume 2016, page 3
  12. ↑ https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_West_Australia/August_Scheidel