List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / R

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Raabestrasse , Dornbusch

Wilhelm Raabe (1831-1910), German realist writer. A fairly anti-Semitic work that is still known today is “ The Hunger Pastor ”.

Rabenkopfweg , Zeilsheim

The Rabenkopf is a hill in the Taunus north of Wiesbaden .

Radilostrasse , Rödelheim

In a document from 788, a Walter from Radilenheim in Niddagau made a gift to Lorsch Monastery. From this it is concluded that the founder of the said today's Rödelheims was called Radilo.

Rahmhofstrasse , city center

The Glauburg patrician family built the courtyard between today's Schillerstrasse and the stock exchange in 1667 and leased it to the woolen weavers who erected their cloth frames on it. Around 1871 the courtyard, which had long since belonged to the city, was demolished.

Raiffeisenstrasse , Riederwald

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), one of the founders of the cooperative movement in Germany. The savings and loan funds founded according to his idea now bear his name.

Raimundstrasse , Ginnheim / Dornbusch

Ferdinand Raimund , actually Ferdinand Jakob Raimann (1790–1836), Viennese actor at the Leopoldstädter Theater , writer and dramaturge .

Rangenbergstrasse , Bergen- Enkheim

Rangenberg is the field name of an area at the Barbarossastraße light intersection. In the past, the area served as a pasture for young sows (in dialect: Range ) - in addition to the lamp .

Rappstrasse , Nordend

Georg Rapp (1827–1874), from 1861 headed the institution for the deaf and dumb

Rapunzelgasse , old town

It is unknown whether the long-haired Grimm fairy-tale character , the lamb's lettuce , which is also called lamb's lettuce in Frankfurt or something completely different, gave the alley its name. Rapunzelgasse is located immediately to the east of the Römerberg and forms the back of the rebuilt eastern line of the square.

Rasselweg , Zeilsheim

539 m high mountain in the Taunus between Niedernhausen and Taunusstein. The name supposedly comes from the fact that a body of water loudly makes its way down on a mountainside.

Rat-Beil-Strasse , Nordend

Johann Adam Beil (1790–1852) was a member of the city's Senate. He was director of the Taunus Railway Company and builder of the Frankfurt main cemetery , on the southern boundary wall of which the street runs.

Rathausgasse , Seckbach

Narrow alley that is directly adjacent to the historic Seckbach town hall (1542).

Rathenauplatz , city center (1933–1945 Horst-Wessel-Platz )

Walther Rathenau (1867–1922), murdered by members of the Consul organization, son of the Jewish industrialist and AEG founder Emil Rathenau, industrialist, politician (DDP), foreign minister.

Rat-Hoffmann-Straße , Rödelheim (from 1935 Thudichumstraße)

Heinrich Karl Wilhelm Hoffmann (1770–1829), Counselor.

Rattengasse , old town

A cul-de-sac branching off south of Schnurgasse (today's Berliner Strasse ). Although rats are larger than mice, the Rattengasse was even shorter than the directly adjacent Mausgasse .

Rauenthaler Weg , Schwanheim

Rauenthal, district of Eltville am Rhein in the Rheingau-Taunus district

Raugasse , Höchst

after a long-established Höchst fishing family

Rauschenbachstrasse , Bonames

named after an earlier mayor of Bonames

Rauschenberger Strasse , Eschersheim

Rauschenberg , town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district

Ravensteinstrasse , Ostend

Friedrich August Ravenstein (1809–1881), cartographer , 1830 founder of a map publisher that still exists today and that bears his name. Was instrumental in founding the Taunus Club and the Frankfurt Palmengarten .

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Vineyards , Ginnheim

As strange as it may sound today: plenty of wine was also grown in Ginnheim until the phylloxera brought about a natural end.

Rebstöcker Straße , Gallus and Rebstöcker Weg , Rödelheim, formerly Waldstraße

After the Rebstöcker Hof , which was owned by the zum Rebstock family. This was a defense yard upstream of the Landwehr to the west, so it was able to bind attackers for a short time thanks to its fortification, which gave the city additional lead time to prepare for defense.

Rechneigrabenstrasse , city center

The Rechneigraben was part of the Frankfurt city fortifications, so named because the accounting office, today it would be called city treasury, was responsible for it.

Reichelstrasse , Ginnheim

named after the mayor of Ginnheim, Balthasar Reichel (1801–1879)

Reichenbacher Strasse , Rödelheim

Reichenbach, since about 1972 part of Waldems in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis

Reichsburgstrasse , Rödelheim, formerly Untertaunusstrasse

named after the oldest castle in Rödelheim , which no longer exists.

Reichsforststraße , Niederrad

The imperial forest south of the Main, belonging to the emperor , of which today's Frankfurt city forest is only a small part, was subordinate to a Vogt appointed by the emperor . In 1372 Frankfurt bought the aforementioned city forest.

Reichsstrasse , Bockenheim (1937–1945 Litzmannstrasse , 1945–1950 Karl-Schurz-Strasse , since then Am Industriehof )

  • Karl Litzmann (1850–1936), reactivated general in the First World War .
  • Carl Schurz (1829–1906), revolutionary, emigrated to the USA in 1852, where he achieved high state offices

Reifenberger Strasse , Rödelheim

Oberreifenberg, part of Schmitten (Hochtaunus) in the Hochtaunus district . Only ruins are visible of the former Reifenberg Castle . The noble family had already died out in 1686.

Reinborner Weg , Rödelheim

Reinborn, part of Waldems in the Rheingau-Taunus district , located on the Feldberg.

Reineckstrasse , old town

after the noble family von Reineck , who owned one of the most magnificent buildings in Frankfurt, the Reinecksche Haus, which unfortunately was no longer built after it was destroyed in World War II . Today's Kleinmarkthalle was built on the former property in Hasengasse .

Reinganumstraße , Ostend (1935–1945 Raumerstraße )

Named after the old Jewish Reinganum family , whose name is derived from their place of origin Rheingönheim near Ludwigshafen am Rhein . Maximilian Reinganum (1798–1878), who was one of the leading leaders of the “radicals” who campaigned for freedom of the press and a modern democratic republic in Germany based on the model of the Geneva Constitution of 1847, was an outstanding representative .

Reinhardstrasse , Dornbusch

several representatives of the Hanau count family listened to the name Reinhard. When this went out in 1736, u. a. Eschersheim and Ginnheim are subordinate to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel.

Rembrandtstrasse , Sachsenhausen

What would the painter's quarter around the Städelmuseum be without Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669). He is considered the most important Dutch painter of the 17th century. In addition to painting, Rembrandt also devoted himself to etching and drawing. He mastered all three media with an admirable perfection until old age.

Rendeler Strasse , Bornheim

Rendel, since 1970 district of Karben in the Wetterau district .

Renettenstrasse , Preungesheim

Street in the so-called apple district on Frankfurter Bogen, named after the Re (i) netten , a group of apple varieties with dense, later pithy meat and mostly distinctive taste.

Renneroder Strasse , Sossenheim

Rennerod is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate.

Rennsteig , Unterliederbach

The Rennsteig , legendary border path between Thuringia and Franconia on the ridge of the Thuringian Forest , already used in the Middle Ages, and today one of the most beautiful long-distance hiking trails in Germany.

Renoirallee , Kalbach

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), famous French impressionist painter

Rethelstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Alfred Rethel (1816–1859), painter and etcher , created a. a. four paintings for the imperial hall in the Römer .

Reuterweg , Westend

has nothing to do with Mr. Reuter, it was a narrow riding path.

Reversbrunnenweg , Sachsenhausen

After the corridor in Bärsfeld with the Bärsborn or Versbrunnen, which fed the Seehof's fish pond. It is inexplicable how the word revers fountain came about from this.

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Rhaban-Fröhlich-Strasse , Eschersheim (previously Rühlstrasse )

Rhaban Fröhlich (1872–1953), Catholic pastor from 1906 in the parish of St. Josef in Eschersheim. Built the church there between 1911 and 1914. In the Third Reich, there was a ban on teaching and multiple interrogations by the Gestapo. After the war, district nurse for the city of Frankfurt.

Rheinlandstrasse , Schwanheim

Under Rheinland most often refers to the area of the administrative districts of Cologne, Dusseldorf, Trier and Koblenz. After the First World War according to the Versailles Treaty , the Rhineland on the left bank of the Rhine and a 50 km wide corridor on the right of the river were demilitarized. Germany was not allowed to station troops there. In 1936 Hitler broke these treaties: German troops crossed the Rhine and built garrisons on the left bank of the Rhine in Aachen, Trier and Saarbrücken.

Rheinstrasse , Westend

the Rhine , one of the busiest and most important waterways in Europe. It has a total length of about 1320 km. Rises in Switzerland, flows through Lake Constance, forms the border between Germany and France on a section. The Rhine Valley between Bingen and Koblenz with the Loreley is famous.

Rhonestrasse , Schwanheim

The Rhone is a 812 km long European river and the second longest and most water-rich river in France. On its way it crosses the cities of Geneva, Lyon, Avignon and Arles before flowing into the Mediterranean near Marseille.

Rhönstrasse , Ostend

The Rhön , low mountain range in the border area of ​​the German federal states Bavaria, Hesse and Thuringia.

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Ribisweg , Berkersheim

Ribis, a name previously used for currants

Ricarda-Huch-Strasse , Ginnheim

Ricarda Huch (1864–1947), German writer, poet and narrator.

Richard-Biringer-Weg , Unterliederbach

Richard Biringer (1877–1947), painter and sculptor born in Höchst.

Richard-Breitenfeld-Strasse , Kalbach (Riedberg)

Richard Breitenfeld (1869–1942), bass baritone of Jewish origin at the Frankfurt Opera until 1926, born in today's Liberec , then still Reichenberg in Bohemia. Deported to Theresienstadt concentration camp in 1942 and murdered there.

Richard-Herrmann-Platz , Bornheim

Richard Herrmann (1923–1962), born in Katowice, football player of the FSV Frankfurt, member of the world championship eleven from 1954.

Richard-Strauss-Allee , Sachsenhausen

Richard Strauss (1864–1949), German composer of classical music, best known for his narrative music (program music) and his operas. Probably his most famous opera is " Der Rosenkavalier ".

Richard-Wagner-Strasse , Nordend

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813–1883), German composer. Thanks in particular to the Bayreuth Festival , his operas are on the repertoire of all major opera houses, be it Lohengrin , Tannhauser , The Flying Dutchman or the Ring of the Nibelung

Richard-Weidlich-Platz , Sindlingen

Richard Weidlich (1878–1960), director of the Hoechst paintworks from 1905 to 1922 . Made particular merits in the field of patents .

Ricky-Adler-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Herbert Ricky Adler (1884–1957), Frankfurt Sinto persecuted in the Third Reich and deported to the concentration camp.

Riedbergallee , Riedberg

Riedberg, ridge between Kalbach and Niederursel, on the apex of which the avenue runs.

Riederhofstrasse , Ostend

The farm in the Riedern , located in today's Riederwald, was mentioned in a document as a royal Meierhof as early as 1193. Later the monastery Hayna, then the monastery Arnsburg became the owner. Property of the city of Frankfurt since 1488. Abandoned for industrial settlement in the 19th century.

Riederspießstrasse , Riederwald

Field name. The area used to be rich in water and formed a lake in autumn. Was filled up, drained and the Riederwaldsiedlung built on it. Spit is not a weapon here, but spizholz in Middle High German means a little wood in which slender crops grew.

Riedhalsstrasse , Harheim

old district name. The 74 hectare reed between Harheim, Massenheim and Bad Vilbel was a common land belonging to the empire , i.e. a pasture that all three communities were allowed to use. One of the tubs at the exit to Bad Vilbel was probably narrow and was therefore called Riedhalsgewann.

Riedhofweg , Sachsenhausen

The Riedhof, a fortress and farmyard protected by a moat in the direction of Niederrad, was given to Siegfried zum Paradies, who died in 1368, as an imperial fief; it burned down in 1552 and 1688. It was located on the outer south-eastern edge of the former borders of the southern Main district of Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen. There it was integrated into the defense system of the Frankfurter Landwehr in front of the Frankfurt city fortifications, and it was finally destroyed in the Second World War.

Rilkestrasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), born in Prague, one of the most important German-language poets

Ringelnatzgässchen , Dornbusch

The unnamed footpath in the poet's quarter, which has existed since 1911, was only named after Joachim Ringelnatz in 2007 . Ringelnatz (1883–1934), real name Hans Gustav Bötticher, was a German writer, cabaret artist and painter, known for his fictional character Kuttel Daddeldu, used in humorous poems .

Ringelstrasse , Bornheim

no information about the origin available yet

Risselsteinweg , Zeilsheim

Risselstein, 442 m high mountain near Taunusstein

Rita-Maiburg-Strasse , airport

named after the first German scheduled flight captain Rita Maiburg (1952–1977)

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Robert-Blum-Strasse , Ostend

Robert Blum (1807–1848), born in Cologne, was significantly involved in the March Revolution and in 1848 became a member of the German National Assembly . Was shot dead in November 1848 in Vienna.

Robert-Bosch-Strasse , Fechenheim

Robert Bosch (1861–1942), German industrialist, founder of a global company , with an exemplary social attitude towards his workforce. In his will he decreed that the company's earnings should be used for charitable purposes. This is implemented by the Robert Bosch Foundation .

Robert-Bunsen-Strasse , Höchst

Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), German chemist. Together with Gustav Robert Kirchhoff, he developed spectral analysis , with the help of which chemical elements can be detected in a highly specific manner. He perfected the bunsen burner named after him .

Robert-Dißmann-Strasse , Sossenheim

Robert Dißmann (1878–1926), politician and trade unionist (trained mechanical engineer), member of the SPD and USPD, member of the Reichstag

Robert Gernhardt Bridge , Frankfurter Berg

Robert Gernhardt (1937–2006), German writer, poet, essayist, draftsman and painter. He became known u. a. through his satirical magazine Titanic . He worked in Frankfurt for many years and was buried here in the main cemetery

Robert-Koch-Allee , Kalbach-Riedberg

Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch (1843–1910), German physician and microbiologist. He succeeded in discovering the anthrax pathogen, the tuberculosis bacillus and the cholera pathogen. In 1905 he received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine . The Robert Koch Institute in Berlin named after him is a central monitoring and research facility in the Federal Republic and reports directly to the Ministry of the Interior

Robert-Mayer-Strasse , Bockenheim

Julius Robert von Mayer (1814–1878), doctor and naturalist from Heilbronn . First formulated the law of conservation of energy . Knighted in 1867.

Robert-Schnitzer-Strasse , Schwanheim (industrial park)

Robert Julius Schnitzer (1894–1987), chemist at IG Farben AG , developed remedies for malaria and tuberculosis. Briefly interned in Buchenwald in 1938 as a Jew , he immediately emigrated to France and later to the USA.

Rodbertusstrasse , Riederwald

Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805–1875), economist and politician, member of the National Assembly in 1848. He is considered the founder of state socialism .

Röderbergweg , Ostend

The Röderberg is an impact slope of the old Main river. Originally it was called Riederberg and was previously a vineyard.

Röderichstraße , Rödelheim, formerly Niedenau

Andreas Röderich, head of building in the town of Rödelheim, which was independent until 1900, built the settlement on this street.

Rodheimer Strasse , Bornheim

Rodheim, a district of Rosbach vor der Höhe in the Wetterau district .

Rohlederstrasse , Eckenheim

Rohleder, Mayor of Eckenheim in the 18th century.

Rohmerplatz and Rohmerstrasse , Bockenheim

Wilhelm Rohmer (1859–1912), ceded parts of his large property (approx. 2.2 hectares) in Bockenheim to the city for residential construction on Leipziger Strasse in 1910.

Rohrbachstrasse , Nordend

There was and is no Rohrbach, but the street is named after a family of the Frankfurt patricians who originally came from Rohrbach , today a district of Büdingen , who were ennobled in 1466 and who produced well-known personalities. The von Rohrbach family died out around 1570.

Röhrborngasse , Bergen-Enkheim (previously: above the Heinrich-Bingemer-Weg intersection , school on the slope , Steingasse ), with inclines of max. 21%. Connects Riedstrasse (Enkheim) with Marktstrasse (Bergen).

The former Enkheimer Mühlbach only exists today as a ditch in which water only flows temporarily. It used to be fed by the source tributaries Schelmenborn, Jakobsbrunnen, Hessenborn, Pfingstborn and Röhrborn.

Rombergstrasse , Zeilsheim

Romberg, 541 m high elevation northwest of Königstein im Taunus / Hochtaunuskreis

Römergasse , old town

A small alley that led from the southeast corner of the Römerberg to the five-finger cookie .

Romroder Strasse , Seckbach

Romrod , small town in the Vogelsberg district

Ronneburgstrasse , Preungesheim

The Ronneburg , a castle built in the 13th century in the municipality of the same name, in the Main-Kinzig district . It changed hands frequently, most recently in 2004. In 1736, Count von Zinzendorf and his Herrnhuter Brothers moved into the castle, which, however, soon became too small for him.

Röntgenstrasse , Bergen-Enkheim

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923), German physicist. 1901 the first Nobel Laureate in Physics for the discovery of the X-rays named after him .

Rosa-Marx-Weg , Ostend

Isidor and Rosa Marx ran the Jewish orphanage in Ostend. They ensured that many of the children there were able to emigrate to Palestine or to foreign foster parents in time in 1939. Rosa Marx (* 1888) was deported in 1942 and has been missing ever since.

Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse , various districts

Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919), important representative of the European labor movement and determined proletarian internationalist . Dedicated anti-militarist . In the aftermath of the failed Spartacus uprising , she was murdered together with Karl Liebknecht by anti-republican soldiers in Berlin under circumstances that were not completely clarified .
Rosa-Luxemburg-Strasse is a category B road without any construction - within built-up areas, without construction and with a connection function only for vehicles. So there is no property with the address Frankfurt am Main, Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße .

Roseggerstrasse , Dornbusch

Peter Rosegger (1843–1918), Austrian writer.

Rosenbergerstrasse , city center

Anna Rosenberger donated her house in Battonnstrasse in 1452 as a religious house.

Rose-Schlösinger-Anlage , Bornheim

Rose Schlösinger née Ennenbach (1907–1943), born in Frankfurt. Was banned from working as a kindergarten teacher and social worker in 1933. As a member of the Rote Kapelle resistance group , she was executed by the National Socialists in Berlin-Plötzensee .

Roßbachstrasse , Hausen

Philipp Roßbach, Weißbinder from Hausen, built many houses on this original private road.

Roßdorfer Strasse , Bornheim

Roßdorf, a district of Bruchköbel in the Main-Kinzig district since 1974

Rossertstrasse , Westend

Rossert, 515 m high mountain near Kelkheim in the Taunus

Rossittener Strasse , Bockenheim

Rossitten , in Russian Rybatschi, a village on the Curonian Spit near Koenigsberg in East Prussia, today Kaliningrad Oblast. Traditional ornithological station , which was founded by the German ornithologist Johannes Thienemann in 1901 and still exists today. Other names with reference to East Prussia in the neighborhood (e.g. Tilsiter, Königsberger, Elbinger, Lötzener Str.).

Roßkopfstrasse , Niederursel

Roßkopf , 632 m high Taunushöhe on the Limes, northwest of Oberursel

Rossmarkt , city center

The most important horse market in Germany in the Middle Ages. Also appeared as a public place of execution, because it was here that Vincenz Fettmilch and the child murderer Susanna Margaretha Brandt, immortalized under the name of Gretchen in Goethe's Faust , were executed with the sword.

Rostocker Strasse , Westend

Rostock , Hanseatic city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . In the course of the construction of the IG Farben administration building , Hansaallee was laid out and the former Affensteiner Feld was rebuilt.

Rotenburger Strasse , Seckbach (old) (now Heinz-Herbert-Karry-Strasse)

The street is an earlier section of the Seckbacher Landstraße. It has been called Rotenburger Strasse since the Heimgarten housing estate was built at the turn of the 20th century.

Rotenbuschallee , Seckbach (old)

The avenue, which touched Zeuläckerstraße and Gelastraße south of Wilhelmshöher Straße , connected the Seckbach district with Frankfurt-Riederwald (Am Erlenbruch) and Frankfurt-Fechenheim (Wächtersbacher Straße) until after the Second World War . It ran behind the Pestalozzi School, partly on the present site of the resulting 1949-1952 new Riederwald stadium of Eintracht Frankfurt . Today the Rotenbuschweg takes up the name. The Gustav-Behringer-Weg runs today partly on the former route of the Rotenbuschallee.

Rotenbuschweg , Seckbach

The name is reminiscent of the former Rotenbuschallee.

Rothschildallee , Nordend (1933–1945 Karolingerallee )

The Frankfurt banker Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812) and his sons ran the most important banking house in the world in the 19th century.

Rotlintstrasse , Nordend

According to a document from 874, King Ludwig the German confirmed that a woman Ruotlint from Frankfurt had made rich donations to his Palatine Chapel. She is the first Frankfurt woman mentioned in a document.

Rotteckstrasse , Nordend

Karl von Rotteck (1775–1840), historian and leader of the radical liberals in Baden.

Rottweiler Platz and Rottweiler Straße , Gutleutviertel

Rottweil , district town in Baden-Württemberg, famous for its carnival and a not entirely harmless dog breed.

Rubensstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640), Flemish painter born in Siegen , diplomat of the Spanish-Habsburg crown and one of the most famous painters of the Baroque .

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Rückertstrasse , Ostend

Friedrich Rückert (1788–1866), German poet, translator and orientalist.

Rudolf-Amthauer-Strasse , Höchst

Rudolf Amthauer (1920–1989), German psychologist, head of education at Hoechst AG, developed the intelligence structure test in 1953, which was subsequently improved several times

Rudolf-Breitscheid-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Rudolf Breitscheid (1874–1944), social democratic politician, member of the Reichstag, emigrated to France in 1933, was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941 , and died under unexplained circumstances in Buchenwald concentration camp

Rudolf-Hilferding-Strasse , Niederursel

Rudolf Hilferding (1877–1941), German politician, publicist and Marxist theorist and economist of Austrian origin. During the Weimar Republic he was Reich Finance Minister in 1923 and from 1928 to 1929. He developed the stamocap theory .

Rudolf Menzer plant , Niederrad

Rudolf Menzer (1904–1991), SPD politician and mayor of Frankfurt.

Rudolf-Presber-Strasse , Ginnheim

Rudolf Presber (1868–1935), born in Frankfurt, worked as a journalist first in Frankfurt, later in Berlin. Then freelance writer. He has published poems, dramas, novels, short stories and non-fiction books.

Rudolf-Schäfer-Anlage , Höchst

Rudolf Schäfer (1914–1985), journalist and historian, author of the “Chronicle of Höchst am Main”.

Rudolf-Schwarz-Platz , Kalbach-Riedberg

Rudolf Schwarz (1897–1961), a German architect born in Strasbourg with a focus on Catholic church buildings, for example the parish church of St. Michael in Frankfurt-Nordend, but also during the reconstruction of the Frankfurt Paulskirche .

Rudolfstrasse , Gallus

The Roman-German King Rudolf von Habsburg (1218–1291), elected German King in Frankfurt in 1273, ended the interregnum and fought robber barons in Germany during his reign .

Rugierstrasse , Unterliederbach

the Rugians were a Germanic tribe, allegedly also based on the island of Rügen . Gone up in the migration of the Ostrogoths and in 553 went down with them.

Rühlstrasse , Eschersheim

Karl Rühl (1858–1911) was the last mayor of Eschersheim before it was incorporated into Frankfurt in 1910.

Rümelinstrasse , Riederwald

Gustav von Rümelin (1815–1889), German politician, statistician and educator. Member of the National Assembly in Frankfurt in 1848.

Rumpenheimer Strasse (old), Seckbach

became after the Second World War part (until 1977) of today's Vilbeler Landstraße in the Frankfurt area, beginning around Florianweg, then confluence with Wilhelmshöher Straße and ending at the end of the tram line. Rumpenheim is a district of Offenbach am Main .

Runkeler Strasse , Eckenheim

Runkel , town in the Limburg-Weilburg district

Ruppertshainer Strasse , Gallus

Ruppertshain, district of Kelkheim in the Main-Taunus-Kreis since 1977

Ruprechtstrasse , Bornheim

King Ruprecht of the Palatinate (1352–1410) destroyed several robber barons' castles in the Frankfurt area in 1405 . His father, Elector Ruprecht von der Pfalz (1325–1398), on the other hand, inflicted a heavy defeat on the people of Frankfurt when they besieged Kronberg Castle .

Rüsselsheimer Strasse , Gallus

Rüsselsheim am Main , town in the district of Groß-Gerau , headquarters of Adam Opel AG

Russingerstrasse , Höchst

Laurentius Russinger and the great master modeler Johann Peter Melchior established the typical Höchst porcelain manufactory style in sculpture and painting around 1760.

Rüsterstrasse , Westend

after the Rüstersee, a fish pond in front of the Bockenheimer Tor. The name comes from the outdated name for the elms that stood on the banks of the lake until the 19th century (see also the neighboring Ulmenstrasse ).

Ruth-Moufang-Straße , Niederursel (university quarter in the Riedberg development area)

Ruth Moufang (1905–1977), mathematician, born in Darmstadt. She was the first German mathematician with a doctorate to work in industry, and after the Second World War she became the first civil servant German mathematics professor at the University of Frankfurt.

literature

  • "Named after women - 127 streets in Frankfurt", ed. City of Frankfurt am Main, women's department, Nizza-Verlag, Frankfurt / Main, 2013

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vers-Wellne. Hessian field names. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  2. ↑ Not far from the reverse fountain. Hessian field names. In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  3. ↑ Rita Henss: allerotten water? Important people, geographical features, historical buildings: who or what was the inspiration for the name Rohrbachstraße? . In: Nordend 4 (2011), p. 78.