List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / M

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Madrid Street , Gallus

Madrid , capital of Spain

Magda-Spiegel-Weg , Kalbach-Riedberg

Magda Spiegel (1887–1944), a Jewish opera singer from Prague, was engaged at the Frankfurt Opera in 1917, where she was celebrated as an alto and her last appearance in 1935. Brought to Theresienstadt in 1942 , she died in Auschwitz in 1944 .

Mailänder Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Milan , the metropolis of Lombardy and the most important economic center in Italy , is twin city of Frankfurt.

Mainberg , Höchst

The continuation of Königsteiner Straße leads downhill to the low bank of the Main .

Main quay . Old town

The Mainuferstraße between the Alter Brücke and Untermainbrücke is the city's oldest Main Harbor.

Mainkurstrasse (old), Bergen- Enkheim

became a part of today's Vilbeler Landstraße (between Rumpenheimer Straße - approximately from Florianweg - and Borsigallee) after the Second World War - until it was incorporated into Frankfurt in 1977. The Mainkur is a place name north of the original district of Fechenheim.

Mainkurstrasse , Bornheim

The Mainkur (= Mainkehre ) is a place name north of the original district of Fechenheim, where the Main describes a turn to the south.

Mainzer Landstrasse ; crosses many parts of the city

The most important arterial road in a westerly direction since the Middle Ages, led to the neighboring city of Mainz .

Malapertstrasse , Nordend

Patrician family, originally from the Reformed Netherlands, from where they moved to liberal Frankfurt around 1570 because of religious persecution at the time. Knighted in 1753. Built the splendid " salt house " on the Kleiner Hirschgraben. There, the salt obtained from the Bad Soden saltworks was sold very profitably. The salt pans came into the possession of the city of Frankfurt in 1437 with the kind help of the emperor, and the Malapert family bought them as co-owners in the 17th century. See also Am Salzhaus .

Malßstrasse , Dornbusch

Carl Balthasar Malß (1792–1848), local poet and theater director in Frankfurt

Mammolshainer Strasse , Gallus

Mammolshain , district of Königstein im Taunus , Hochtaunuskreis . The Mammolshainer Berg is also known to cycling fans. This extremely steep ascent is always part of the cycle race around the Henninger Tower .

Manderscheider Strasse , Schwanheim

Manderscheid , spa town in the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich / Eifel . Formerly the seat of an important dynasty of counts that split into several lines.

Mannheimer Strasse , Gallus

Mannheim , important industrial city in the Rhine-Neckar triangle , formerly the royal palace of the Electoral Palatinate . The original name of the street was Gneisenaustraße

Manskopfstrasse , Bockenheim

Friedrich Nicolas Manskopf (1869–1928), Frankfurt wine wholesaler and passionate collector of music, original manuscripts and devotional items from the world of music. Donated this Manskopf collection to what was then the Museum of Music History, now part of the university library .

Marbachweg , Dornbusch, Eckenheim, Preungesheim

The street does not take its name from the city of Marbach , but from the former Markbach, which separated the Frankfurt district from the surrounding area until the 19th century (see Frankfurter Landwehr ). The area of ​​the prehistoric Diebsgrundweg between Eschersheimer Landstrasse (Am Dornbusch) and Friedberger Landstrasse is renamed Marbachweg in 1911 with the incorporation of Preungesheim . This Markbach originated at the field court at Kühhornshof (today Hessischer Rundfunk) (see Feldgerichtstrasse).

Marburger Strasse , Bockenheim

Marburg , an important university town on the Lahn, in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district .

Margaretenstrasse , Rödelheim

after the Margaretenstiftung for sick and destitute citizens of Rödelheim, set up by Ms. Philippine Müller at the end of the 19th century in memory of her daughter Margarete, who died early.

Margarete-Schütte-Lihotzky-Anlage , Praunheim

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000) was the first Austrian female architect. She became known in this country for designing the so-called Frankfurt kitchen .

Margarete-Susman-Weg , Kalbach / Riedberg

Dr. hc Margarete Susman (1872–1966), philosopher, poet, essayist of the Jewish faith. From 1907 wrote reviews for the Frankfurter Zeitung , lived in Frankfurt from 1928 until she emigrated in 1933, then in Zurich. Throughout his life he was committed to women's emancipation and Judeo-Christian dialogue.

Margarete-Steiff-Strasse , Kalbach

Apollonia Margarete Steiff (1847–1909) was the founder of the Steiff toy factory in her hometown of Giengen an der Brenz , which manufactures the well-known animals with buttons in their ears. The teddy bear created by her nephew is successful worldwide

Margarete and Fritz Kahl plant , Bockenheim

Bockenheimer doctor couple , which in the time of National Socialism persecuted shelter and medical supplies granted, even though this was life-threatening.

Margarete Weber plant , Eschersheim

Margarete Weber (1925–2005), Frankfurt CDU city councilor for Eschersheim from 1962 to 1993, honorary city councilor and from 1993 city ​​elder . A facility in a new development area in Eschersheim was named after her in 2010.

Marianne-Beuchert-Platz , Preungesheim

Marianne Beuchert (1924–2007), Frankfurt florist and journalist.

Mariannenstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Marianne von Willemer (1784–1860), born in Linz / Upper Austria as Marianne Pinzgruber, woman highly admired by Goethe, to whom he set a memorial in his West-Eastern divan and with poems.

Marie-Bittorf facility , Dornbusch

Marie Bittorf (1886–1974), born in Mühlhausen / Thuringia, was a Frankfurt social, health and education politician, co-founder of a union for domestic servants and the Frankfurt AWO, a victim of National Socialism. The naming of a green area in the Dichterviertel after Marie Bittorf, which was requested by the local advisory council in 1990, was blocked by the magistrate until 2015 because the city elder was not a writer.

Marie-Curie-Strasse , Niederursel

Marie Curie (1867–1934), born in Warsaw as Maria Skłodowska, was a Polish-French chemist and physicist who received both the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and in Physics. Discoverer of radium and polonium. Researched radioactivity . The element curium was named after her.

Marie-Juchacz-Platz , Riederwald

Marie Juchacz (1879–1956), social reformer, women's rights activist, co-founder of the workers' welfare organization

Marie-Luise-Kaschnitz-Strasse , Niederursel

Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974) was a German poet and short story writer. She also worked as a university lecturer in poetics, a. a. in Frankfurt.

Marienberger Strasse , Sossenheim

Bad Marienberg (Westerwald) , town in the Westerwaldkreis / Rhineland-Palatinate

Marienburgstrasse , Niederrad

The Marienburg near Danzig , Polish name Malbork , was the headquarters of the Teutonic Order , also known as the German Order for short. It is said to be the largest brick building in Europe. For several centuries about a quarter of Niederrad belonged to the German Order, the imperial city of Frankfurt owned the majority.

Marienstrasse , Bahnhofsviertel

A Louis von Brentano had ceded the property for the construction of this street and asked for it to be named after his late wife Marie , b. from Guaita , to be named.

Mark-Aurel-Strasse , Heddernheim

Mark Aurel (121–180), adopted son of Emperor Antoninus Pius, was Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 under the name of Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus. Also called the philosopher emperor.


Markomannenstrasse , Unterliederbach

The Marcomanni were a Suebian tribe of the Germanic tribes, originally settled east of the Elbe, then in today's Hesse, later in Bohemia. Fought several wars with the Roman Empire. Since the 7th century it has been absorbed by the Slavic tribes that invaded Bohemia.

Markt , Altstadt (also Kramgasse or Alter Markt )

Old Frankfurt had many marketplaces, but what was simply called “market” is not a square, but an alley. It leads from the Imperial Cathedral to the west to the Römerberg and was the “royal route” of the coronation procession. The emperors who had just been crowned in the cathedral went across the market to the Römer , where the coronation banquet was taking place. The stone house from the 15th century is located on the market .

Marktstrasse , Bergen-Enkheim

South of the Berger Marktplatz to the east running arterial road

Marquardstrasse , Rödelheim, formerly Friedrichstrasse

after several representatives of the counts who once ruled in Rödelheim.

Marschnerstrasse , Nordend

Heinrich August Marschner (1795–1861), German composer, conductor and pianist. The proposal to rename the street after Friedrich Merz was dropped in 2003. Because it became known that the founder of the local pharmaceutical company Merz belonged to the NSADAP.

Mart-Stam-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Mart Stam (1899–1986), Dutch architect and designer, worked with Ernst May as an urban planner in Frankfurt and later in the USSR , 1948–1952 in the GDR as rector at the academies there, from 1955 independent architect in the Netherlands, from 1966 in Switzerland. In Frankfurt he planned the Hellerhof estate . Adjacent to Mart-Stam-Strasse, other streets are named after the architects of the New Frankfurt .

Martin-Böff-Gasse , Fechenheim

Fechenheim ferryman, whose family operated the ferry to Bürgel for over a hundred years.

Martin-Elsässer-Weg and Martin-Elsässer-Platz , Ostend

The street leads to the former wholesale market hall , which was designed by the architect Martin Elsaesser (1884–1957), is now a listed building and has been integrated into the new building of the European Central Bank. Elsässer, 1925–1932 head of the Frankfurt building construction office, created other important buildings in the city (indoor garden pool in Fechenheim, Pestalozzi school).

Martin-Henrich-Anlage , Schwanheim

Martin Henrich, sculptor from Schwanheim

Martin Luther King Park , Niederursel

Dr. Martin Luther King (1929–1968), American Baptist pastor and civil rights activist. In 1963 organized the March on Washington for Labor and Freedom , a demonstration to create equality between blacks and whites. Murdered in Memphis, Tennessee by a white racist .

Martin-Luther-Strasse and Martin-Luther-Platz , Nordend

Dr. Martin Luther (1483–1546) is one of the spiritual fathers of the Protestant Reformation . His 95 theses were intended to trigger reforms in the Catholic Church, but, since it was unwilling to reform, led to the split of various Protestant religious communities. Luther translated the Bible into German for the first time, which ultimately led to the formation of a uniform German written language.

Martin-May-Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Johann Martin May (1825–1919), founder of the May'schen and Sachsenhausen leather works. Their last location was adjacent in Darmstädter Landstrasse 27-33. The director's villa at Darmstädter Landstrasse 27. The Ernst-May-Platz in Bornheim is named after Martin May's grandson Ernst May , the Frankfurt settlement officer from 1925 to 1930 .

Martin-Niemöller-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Martin Niemöller (1892–1984), Protestant theologian and leading representative of the Confessing Church . Imprisoned in Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps from 1937 to 1945 because of his resistance to National Socialism . Sharp opponents of rearmament and nuclear armament.

Martinskirchstrasse , Schwanheim

the church, consecrated to Saint Martin , Bishop of Tours and Franconian national saint , was built around 880 and, according to legend, is said to have stood where St. Kilian preached Christianity to the Franks around 686. It was thus the oldest church in Frankfurt city area.

Martin-Weber-Platz , Bornheim

Martin Weber (1890–1941) was a Frankfurt church builder and architect. Many Catholic churches in Frankfurt were built according to his plans, e.g. B. the Holy Cross Church in Bornheim, in front of which the square is located.

Martin-Zahn-Strasse , Eckenheim

Martin Zahn (1924-2007). Eckenheim local politician.

Martorffstrasse , Dornbusch

The Martorff patrician family, who moved from Marburg, died out in 1614. In the vicinity, other streets are named after Frankfurt patricians.

Marxheimer Platz and Marxheimer Straße , Gallus

Marxheim, since 1938 district of Hofheim am Taunus , Main-Taunus-Kreis

Maßbornstrasse , Harheim

to the Maßborn, which rises below the Feldberg and flows into the Urselbach near the Hohemark

Massenheimer Strasse , Bonames

Massenheim , part of Bad Vilbel in the Wetterau district , directly adjacent to the Frankfurt city area.

Maßholderpfad , Griesheim

Field maple or Maßholder, Latin name Acer campestre

Mathildenstrasse and Mathildenplatz , Oberrad

Hannah Mathilde von Rothschild (1832–1924), founder of the Jewish faith, founded a retirement home in 1901

Matisseweg , Kalbach

Henri Matisse (1869–1954), actually Henri Émile Benoît Matisse, was a French painter and sculptor. Matisse is one of the most important artists of classical modernism.

Matternstrasse , Eckenheim

long-established Eckenheim family, provided a mayor in the 18th century.

Mattiakerweg , Unterliederbach

The Mattiakers were very likely a part of the Germanic Chattas , the ancestors of the Hessians. That was the name of a settlement in the area of ​​today's Wiesbaden Aquae Mattiacorum .

Matthias-Beltz-Platz , Nordend-West

Matthias Beltz (1945–2002), cabaret artist and freelance writer, co-founder of the Tigerpalast

Matthias-Claudius-Strasse , Eschersheim

Matthias Claudius (1740–1815), German poet and journalist, known as a poet with folk-song-like, intensely felt verse art. His best-known poem, set to music for the song, is probably “The moon has risen”.

Mausgasse , old town

The alley, named after the little gray rodent , branched off south of the former Schnurgasse (today: Berliner Straße ). Incidentally, the parallel street was called, appropriately, Rattengasse . The Mausgasse led to the Erlanger Hof, the trade fair district of the Franconian city's merchants .

Mauritiusstrasse , Schwanheim

The Holy Mauritius Germanized, Moritz, is patron of Schwanheimer Catholic Church.

Max-Beckmann-Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Max Beckmann (1884–1950), German painter and graphic artist. In 1925 Beckmann became head of the master class at the Städel in Frankfurt. 1933 Victim of the disgraceful exhibition “ Degenerate Art ”, emigrated to the USA via the Netherlands.

Max-Bock-Strasse , Dornbusch

Max Bock (1888–1953), Hessian trade union leader and member of the state parliament.

Max-Born-Strasse , Kalbach

Max Born (1882–1970), 1914 appointed physics professor at the University of Frankfurt / Main. Born writes papers on relativity theory and electronic wave theory. Dismissed in 1933 because of his Jewish descent and emigrated to Great Britain, returned in 1954. Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on quantum mechanics and crystal lattice theory.

Max-Bromme-Steig , Bornheim

Max Bromme (1878–1974), Frankfurt horticultural director. Drafted the design of the IG-Farben building as well as the extension of the Frankfurt main cemetery.

Max-Eyth-Strasse , Fechenheim

Max Eyth , originally Eduard Friedrich Maximilian Eyth (1836–1906), German engineer and writer. Knighted in 1896.

Max-Hartig-Weg , Höchst

Max Hartig (1872–1947), union leader, local politician, 1923–1924 deputy. Mayor of Höchst.

Max-Hirsch-Strasse , Riederwald (1935–1945 Tilsiter Strasse )

Max Hirsch (1832–1905), politician Jewish. Faith, member of the Reichstag in the German Empire, co-founder of the Hirsch-Duncker trade unions.

Max-Holder-Strasse , Kalbach

Max Holder, engineer from Metzingen near Reutlingen, designer of agricultural machinery.

Max-Horkheimer-Strasse , Westend

(1895–1973) Head of the Frankfurt School, Straße on the Westend campus ; Until February 4, 2015 this section of the street was called Lübecker Straße.

Maximilianstrasse , Bornheim

Maximilian I (1459–1519), from the House of Habsburg, was elected king in Frankfurt in 1486, and from 1508 German emperor.

Max-Kirschner-Weg , Heddernheim

Dr. Max Kirschner (1886–1975), b. in Munich, from 1919 general practitioner in Heddernheim (practice in Heddernheimer Landstrasse), because of his Jewish descent, his license to practice medicine was withdrawn by the Nazis, temporarily deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp, 1938 emigration with his family via England to the USA. His memoirs appeared in 2004 under the title: "There is a time for crying and a time for laughing".

Max-Leichter-Weg , Eckenheim

Max Leichter (1920–1981), born in Eckenheim, top-class German wrestler.

Max-Planck-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858-1947), eminent German physicist, is considered the founder of quantum physics considered

Max-Pruss-Strasse , Bockenheim

Max Pruss (born 1891), commander of the LZ 129 "Hindenburg", which burned in 1937 in Lakehurst (USA). Pruss survived with severe burn injuries.

Max-Quarck-Strasse , Sachsenhausen (1933–1945 Meraner Strasse )

Dr. Max Quarck (1880–1930), editor-in-chief of the “ Frankfurter Volksstimme ”, passionate champion of the working class. Member of the Frankfurt city parliament. 1912–1921 member of the Reichstag.

Max-Reger-Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Max Reger (1873–1916), German composer, pianist and conductor.

Max-von-Laue-Strasse , Kalbach

Max von Laue (1879–1960), German physicist and professor. Discovered the diffraction of X-rays on crystals in 1912. For his work, von Laue received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1914

Max-von-Pettenkofer-Weg , Kalbach-Riedberg

Max Josef von Pettenkofer (1818–1901), German chemist and hygienist. The city of Munich owes his initiative to the sewer system, an essential element in the fight against epidemics such as cholera. As a chemist, he also made several important inventions

Maybachstrasse , Eschersheim

presumably after the railway coordinator Albert von Maybach (1822–1904), analogous to the 'Thielenstraße' running south parallel to the railway line after the “railway minister” Karl von Thielen (1832–1906).

Mayfarthstrasse , Ostend

named after the former Philipp Mayfarth machine factory in Fechenheim. 1955 taken over by DEMAG and later the location closed.

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Mechtildstrasse , Dornbusch

Mechtild von Breuberg, the first owner of the Kühhornshof known by name, sold the property to Jakob Knoblauch in 1323.

Mecklenburger Strasse , Nieder-Erlenbach

Mecklenburg , a centuries-old imperial territory in northeast Germany, is today the western and larger part of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania created in 1945 .

Meerholzer Strasse , Fechenheim

Meerholz, district of Gelnhausen in the Main-Kinzig district .

Meersburger Strasse , Fechenheim

Meersburg am Bodensee, town in the Lake Constance district / Baden-Württemberg .

Meier-Seligmann-Weg , Bergen -Enkheim

Meier Seligmann (1872–1942), master butcher, Jewish citizen of Bergen-Enkheim, deported to Hanau in 1942 and has been missing since then, his wife Ella has been lost in the Minsk concentration camp .

Meininger Weg , Zeilsheim

Meiningen , district town in the district of Schmalkalden-Meiningen / Thuringia

Melanchthonplatz , Oberrad

Philipp Melanchthon , actually Schwartzerdt (1497–1560); Philosopher, humanist, theologian. As a “Praeceptor Germaniae” (teacher of Germany), he became the driving force behind the German and European church political reformation alongside Martin Luther as a reformer . There was a very close relationship with Frankfurt, with multiple stays in this city.

Melchiorstrasse , Höchst

Johann Peter Melchior (1747–1825), Düsseldorf sculptor, created the most beautiful porcelain works for the Höchst Porcelain Manufactory.

Melemstrasse , Nordend

Patrician family, originally immigrated from Mehlem on the Rhine. Johann von Melem built the stone house . The family died out in Frankfurt in 1654.

Melibocusstrasse , Niederrad

The Melibokus , also called Malchen, is a 517 m high mountain in the Hessian Odenwald .

Melli-Beese-Strasse , Bockenheim

Amelie Hedwig Boutard-Beese (1886–1925), better known by her nickname Melli Beese , was the first woman to take the pilot's test in Germany.

Melsunger Strasse , Seckbach

Melsungen , spa town in the Schwalm-Eder district , located on the Fulda.

Mendelssohnstrasse , Westend (1938–1945 Joseph-Haydn-Strasse )

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847), German Romantic composer . Created works such as symphonies, oratorios, songs, cantatas and concerts that are still very popular today.
  • Joseph Haydn (1732–1809) was a leading Austrian composer of the Viennese Classic.

Mercatorstrasse , Nordend

Gerhard Mercator , actually Gerard De Kremer (1512–1594), mathematician and cartographer . He created the first map of Europe (1562) and the first collection of maps, the Atlas . The map projection he invented , simply called the Mercator projection , is still widely used today.

Mergenthalerstrasse , Seckbach

Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854–1899), watchmaker from Bad Mergentheim, died in Baltimore / USA, is the inventor of the Linotype typesetting machine, which revolutionized printing.

Merianplatz and Merianstrasse , Nordend

Matthäus Merian , the Elder (1593–1650) was born in Basel . Engraver and publisher. Lived in Frankfurt for a long time. He is best known for the city views and maps that he engraved and published.

Mertonstrasse , Westend (1938–1945 Universitätsstrasse )

Wilhelm Merton (1848–1916) was a Frankfurt entrepreneur. 1881 founder of the metal company. One of the driving forces behind the foundation of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University . Wilhelm Merton is one of the most important German company founders of the Wilhelminian era, particularly because of his socio-political commitment. After him, a new residential and industrial estate in the Heddernheim district is known as the Mertonviertel .

Merziger Weg , Schwanheim

Merzig , district town of the Merzig-Wadern district in Saarland

Messelweg , Praunheim (1942–1945 Wallotweg )

Prof. Dr. hc Alfred Messel (1853–1909), architect of the Jewish faith, built many large buildings in Berlin, but also the State Museum in Darmstadt.

Metzlerstrasse , Sachsenhausen-Nord

The Frankfurt banking family von Metzler , founders of the Metzler bank , are generous patrons in the city .

Metzstrasse , Bockenheim

Franz Metz (1878–1945), member of the Frankfurt Reichstag from 1928 to 1933 and district secretary of the metal workers' union from 1907 to 1928. Admitted to the Dachau concentration camp in 1944 , he died when the concentration camp was evacuated as the Allies approached and the exhausted prisoners walked to Bad Tölz were set in motion.

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Michaelstrasse , Sossenheim

the archangel Michael is the patron saint of the church there.

Michael-Stumpf-Strasse , Höchst

Michael Stumpf was mayor of the then independent city of Höchst in 1539. This information can be found in the oldest surviving city account of Höchst.

Mierendorffstrasse , Dornbusch

Carlo Mierendorff (1897–1943), SPD politician, social scientist and writer. Resistance fighters, interned several times in concentration camps. Member of the Kreisau Circle . Killed in an air raid on Leipzig in 1943.

Milseburgstrasse , Bergen- Enkheim

At 835 m, the Milseburg mountain is the highest elevation of the Kuppenrhön belonging to the Rhön .

Miltenberger Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Miltenberg am Main, district town of the district of the same name in Lower Franconia / Bavaria.

Miquelallee and Miquelanlage , Westend

Dr. Johannes von Miquel (1828–1901) was the second mayor of Frankfurt from 1880 to 1890 after the Prussian occupation in 1866, and from 1890 he was Prussian finance minister. Was considered very successful in both offices. With a clever social financial policy, he turned the venerable imperial electoral city into an aspiring metropolis. A number of important public buildings fell during his tenure, e. B. the construction of the first sewage treatment plant in 1882, the canalization of the Main and the new construction of the Westhafen (1886) and the main station (1888).

Mithrasstrasse , Heddernheim

During excavations on the site of the former Roman city ​​of Nida , a temple was found here in 1826, built in honor of the Persian sun god Mithras , and four more were discovered in the following years.

Mitscherlichplatz , Westend-Nord

The couple Alexander (1908–1982) and Margarete Mitscherlich (1917–2012) were doctors and psychoanalysts who were leaders in this field in Germany and who had lived in Frankfurt since 1967. Well known is their joint book “The Inability to Mourn. Basics of collective behavior ”. Above all, your preoccupation with the mass psychosis of the Nazi era set new standards.

Mittelweg , Northrend

Hallway name, officially named Mittelweg in 1846. Previously named Judenweg , because Jews from outside Frankfurt were allowed to be buried in the local Jewish cemetery and then the funeral procession had to take this route.

Middle Schafhofweg , Sachsenhausen

after the former sheep farm or sand farm , where the sheep grazing in the city forest were housed at night.

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Mockstädter Strasse , Sindlingen

Mockstadt exists as Nieder-Mockstadt, district of Florstadt and Ober-Mockstadt, district of Ranstadt , both in the Wetterau district , only a few kilometers apart.

Mombacher Weg , Sossenheim

Mombach, a district of Mainz since 1907

Mönchhofstrasse , Gallus

In 1290 Gottfried von Eppstein sold an estate near Kelsterbach to the nuns of the Mainz Reichsklarenkloster. This was secularized in 1803 and the goods, including the Mönchshof, fell to the Grand Duke of Hesse.

Monchstrasse , Bonames

Monch was mayor of Bonames around 1500 .

Monetweg , Kalbach - Riedberg

Claude Monet (1840–1926), French impressionist painter .

Monisstrasse , Dornbusch

Frankfurt patrician and cloth merchant family who, together with Johann Monis, repeatedly appointed the elder mayor of the city of Frankfurt around 1430 , today one would call this mayor.

Montabaurer Strasse , Sossenheim

Montabaur , district town of the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate

Montgolfier-Allee , Bockenheim

The brothers Joseph Michel Montgolfier (1740–1810) and Jacques Étienne Montgolfier (1745–1799) were the inventors of the hot air balloon , the Montgolfière.

Mörfelder Landstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Mörfelden-Walldorf is a suburb in the south-west of Frankfurt.

Morgensternstrasse , Sachsenhausen

not the poet Christian Morgenstern , but the painter and copper engraver Johann Ludwig Ernst Morgenstern (1738–1819) is the namesake. He moved to Frankfurt in 1772 and gave the young Goethe lessons in perspective drawing. His son Johann Friedrich Morgenstern (1777–1844), his grandson Karl Morgenstern (1811–1893) and his great-grandson Friedrich Ernst Morgenstern (1853–1919) continued the family tradition.

Mörikestrasse , Dornbusch

Eduard Mörike (1804–1875) was a German poet of the Swabian School, narrator, translator and pastor. Only a few of his poems are still often quoted today.

Mörsergasse , old town

This little alley branched off south of Schnurgasse (today: Berliner Straße). A mortar is a mortar used to pulverize solid substances.

Morsestrasse , Bockenheim

Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791–1872), American inventor and professor of painting, sculpture and drawing. He became known through the invention of a forerunner of today's Morse code .

Moselstrasse , Bahnhofsviertel

Moselle , 544 km long river, rises in the French Vosges, brushes Luxembourg , flows through Trier and flows into the Rhine near Koblenz . Famous for its wine-growing regions and picturesque mountain landscapes.

Motzstrasse , Riederwald

Friedrich Christian Adolf von Motz (1775–1830), Prussian politician (from 1825 to 1830 Prussian finance minister), pioneer and co-founder of the German Customs Union .

Mousonstraße (formerly Bergweg , until 1948, for the 150th anniversary of Mouson Gwinnerstraße ), Ostend

Named after the Mouson soap factory or after its temporary owner Johann Georg Mouson , who was probably involved in the Frankfurt Wachensturm . The Mousonturm , which is now a listed building, stands here .

Mozartplatz , Westend

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791), one of the most famous composers in the world. Many catchy tunes owe their long life to him. At the tender age of seven he gave four concerts in Frankfurt, which Goethe, who was 14 years old at the time, also enjoyed .

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Muckermannstrasse , Praunheim

Friedrich Muckermann (1883–1946), Jesuit priest, literary historian and critic, 1932 Goethe Prize from the city of Frankfurt, had to emigrate to the Netherlands in 1934, where he published the exile magazine “ Der Deutsche Weg ” and warned the Vatican early on of the dangers of National Socialism

Mühlbruchstrasse , Sachsenhausen

After a break previously located there = swampy terrain

Mühlheimer Strasse , Fechenheim

Mühlheim am Main , town in the Offenbach district

Mühlweg , Seckbach

The name is reminiscent of the Seckbacher Mühle, whose millstones can still be found in front of the house at 16 Hintergasse.

Mühlwehrstrasse , Hausen

after the Niddawehr , with which a flour mill was operated in Hausen.

Mühlwiesenstrasse , Hausen

Meadow area that once belonged to the Hausener Mühle.

Mulansky Street , Bockenheim

Ernst Mulansky (1881–1945), until 1933 first authorized representative of the German Metalworkers Association (DMV) and chairman of the Reichsbanner Schwarz-Rot-Gold ; Arrested several times, deported to Dachau concentration camp in 1944 , perished in 1945.

Müllerstrasse , Bockenheim

Peter Wilhelm Müller (1788–1881) bequeathed an important foundation to the city for the benefit of the “shameful poor”.

Mümlingstrasse , Oberrad

The Mümling is a 50 km long river that gives the Mümlingtal in the Odenwald its name

Mumm-von-Schwarzenstein-Strasse , Nied

Dr. jur. Daniel Heinrich Mumm von Schwarzenstein (1818–1890), first mayor of Frankfurt from 1867 to 1880, after the city was occupied by Prussia in 1866 and lost its independence as the Free City of Frankfurt .

Münchener Strasse (formerly Kronprinzenstrasse ), Bahnhofsviertel

Munich , capital of Bavaria. Before 1947, the street was named after a member of the imperial family, the Crown Prince , analogous to Kaiserstraße .

Munsterer Strasse , Gallus

Spontaneously thought of Münster in Westphalia - and it was wrong. This street is named after Münster , a district of Kelkheim in the Main-Taunus district , because all surrounding streets are oriented towards places in this region.

Munsterer Weg , Zeilsheim

This uninhabited path clearly leads to Münster, the neighboring district of Kelkheim.

Munzenberger Strasse , Nordend

Munzenberg , town in the Wetterau district . Best known for the "Wetterau Ink Bottle", the ruins of the Munzenberg Castle , built around 1160 under Emperor Barbarossa.

Münzgasse , old town

Until 1866, Frankfurt had the coin shelf , i.e. the right to mint coins on its own. The last Frankfurt mint , or mint for short, was located in the street mentioned .

Musikantenweg , Nordend

unproven, but still conceivable: Bornheim musicians are said to have used this route when they played to dance in Frankfurt.

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Myliusstrasse , Westend

Heinrich Mylius , originally Heinrich Müller (1769–1854), born in Frankfurt, got rich in Milan , donated considerable sums to his hometown. a. the institution for the deaf and dumb and the blind, the toddler schools and the Senckenberg Natural Research Society .