List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / C

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Cäcilie-Breckheimer-Platz , Riederwald

Cäcilie Breckheimer (1895–1943), women's rights activist, murdered in Auschwitz.

Camberger Strasse , Gallus and Gutleutviertel

Bad Camberg is a town in the Limburg-Weilburg district .

Camillo-Sitte-Weg , Praunheim

Camillo Sitte (1843–1903), Viennese architect, town planner and painter

Carbonestrasse , Kalbach

after Deutsche Carbone AG , a subsidiary of Carbone Lorraine, which has been producing carbon brushes in the Kalbach district since 1897 .

Carl-Benz-Strasse , Fechenheim

Karl Friedrich Michael Benz (1844–1929), German engineer and inventor of the first automobile. The spelling of the first name varies, also in his own biography, from Karl to Carl Friedrich.

Carl-Goerdeler-Strasse , Dornbusch

Carl Friedrich Goerdeler (1884–1945), German politician and resistance fighter. Sentenced to death by the People's Court in connection with July 20, 1944 and executed in Berlin-Plötzensee.

Carl-Heicke-Weg , Ostend (1934–1945 Herbert-Norkus-Weg )

Carl Heicke (1862–1938), Frankfurt garden director, who redesigned the Ostpark and the Huthpark to their present form.
  • Herbert Norkus (1916–1932), Hitler Youth who died in street fights with communists in Berlin.

Carl-Hermann-Rudloff-Allee , Kalbach-Riedberg

Carl-Hermann Rudloff (1890–1949), German architect who worked on the New Frankfurt under the direction of Ernst May and worked for the AG for small apartments. He played a key role in the creation of the Höhenblick settlement .

Carlo-Schmid-Platz , Bockenheim

Carlo Schmid (1896–1979), German politician (SPD), one of the fathers of the Basic Law and also of the Godesberg program of the SPD. Was strongly committed to Franco-German reconciliation.

Carl-Sonnenschein-Strasse , Sossenheim

Dr. Carl Sonnenschein (1876–1929), Catholic priest in the working class in the Rhineland, later in Berlin. Establishment of a Catholic adult education center. Gives his name to a settlement in Sossenheim.

Carl-Theodor-Reiffenstein-Platz , city center

Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820-1893) was a Frankfurt architecture and landscape painter. Over 2000 watercolors, including many drawings of Frankfurt's historic streets and buildings. Member of the Friends of the Kronberg Painters' Colony .

Carl-von-Noorden-Platz , Sachsenhausen-Nord

Named after the internist Carl Harko von Noorden (1858–1944), the founder of today's Sachsenhausen Hospital , the first specialist clinic for diabetes in Europe.

Carl-von-Weinberg-Strasse , Westend (1938–1945 Ferdinand-Runge-Strasse )

Carl von Weinberg (1861–1943) was a co-owner of the Cassella color works in Fechenheim . Founder and benefactor. Maintained the Waldfried Stud.

Carl-Weigert-Platz , Sachsenhausen

Carl Weigert (1845–1904) became director of the Dr. Senckenberg anatomy and made a name for himself there as a researcher.

Carl-Zeiss-Strasse , Bergen- Enkheim

Carl Zeiss (1816–1888) founded a factory for the manufacture of microscopes in Jena in 1846, which gained worldwide recognition and still exists today.

Caesar-von-Hofacker-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Caesar von Hofacker (1896–1944), Air Force officer, co-conspirator in the unsuccessful assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 on Adolf Hitler . He was sentenced to death by the People's Court and executed in Berlin-Plötzensee .

Casimirstrasse , Bergen -Enkheim

Andreas Casimir * 1691, is the name of the last rogue from Bergen , a legendary noble family from Bergen-Enkheim, which died out in 1768.

Casparistraße , Eckenheim

long-established Eckenheim family

Cassellastraße , Fechenheim (1938–1945 Friedrichshafener Straße )

after the Cassella-Farbwerke Mainkur, which owe their name to the merchant Leopold Cassella (1766–1847), who operated a worldwide paint trade.

Celsiusplatz , Bockenheim

Anders Celsius (1701–1744), Swedish scientist, poet and author. He set the freezing point of water at 100 degrees and the boiling point at 0 degrees (in contrast to today). His pupil Carl von Linné turned the scale in 1745, which has since been named after Celsius and has established itself in German-speaking countries. Celsius died of tuberculosis.

Cezanneweg , Kalbach

Paul Cézanne (1839–1906), famous French impressionist painter

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Chamissostrasse , Ginnheim

Adelbert von Chamisso (1781–1838), Franco-German naturalist and poet, explored and mapped Alaska, Russia at the time. Became director of the Berlin Botanical Garden. His most famous fairy tale novel is Peter Schlemihl's miraculous story .

Charlotte-Schiffler-Strasse , Oberrad

Dr. Charlotte Schiffler, b. Dichgans (1909–1992), born in Wuppertal-Elberfeld, did his doctorate and lived in Frankfurt. Hessian CDU member of the state parliament and Frankfurt city elder. A daycare center is named after her.

Chattenweg , Unterliederbach

Chatten , Germanic tribe in the area of ​​North, Upper and Central Hesse, ancestors of the later Hessians

Cheruskerweg , Unterliederbach

the Cherusci , a Germanic tribe in what is now Lower Saxony. Probably absorbed into the Saxon tribe. Legendary Arminius or Hermann the Cheruscan through the battle in the Teutoburg Forest .

Chlodwig-Poth-Anlage , Sossenheim

Chlodwig Poth (1930-2004), born in Wuppertal , caricaturist and satirist, co-founder of the magazines Titanic and Pardon , lived in Sossenheim from 1990 onwards. In 2002 his autobiography "From the life of a Taugewas" was published.

Christa-Maar-Strasse , Praunheim

Christa Maar (1935–1943), born in Frankfurt, was murdered in Hadamar by the Nazis in 1943 because of an intellectual disability .

Christiane-Vulpius-Strasse , Kalbach

Johanna Christiana Sophie Vulpius married. Goethe (1765–1816), one of the many traditional love affairs of the poet prince with the exception that this ultimately led to success. All children together died.

Christoph-Knips-Strasse , Eckenheim

Christoph Knips, Catholic pastor in Eckenheim from 1884 to 1917

Cimbernweg , Unterliederbach

The Germanic tribe of the Cimbri probably came from the Jutland / Denmark area. In the 2nd century BC they moved to Italy. After several victorious battles, 101 BC came. At Vercellae the devastating end.

Clara-Schumann-Weg , Kalbach

Clara Schumann b. Wieck (1819–1896) was a well-known German pianist and composer and the wife of Robert Schumann , she died in Frankfurt.

Clementineweg , Ostend

Luise Freifrau von Rothschild donated the Clementine Children's Hospital, which was completely destroyed in the Second World War, in memory of her daughter Clementine, who died early. This was then rebuilt in Theobald-Christ-Straße.

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Coburger Weg , Zeilsheim

Coburg , city in Upper Franconia

Cohausenstrasse , Heddernheim

Colonel Karl August von Cohausen (1812-1894), German architect, curator, archaeologist, art historian, military engineer, researched, among other things, the Roman Nida in the area of ​​today's district Heddernheim and Nordweststadt.

Colmarer Strasse , Schwanheim

Colmar , formerly also written Kolmar, is a city in Alsace.

Colsmannstrasse , Bockenheim

Alfred Colsman (1873–1955), General Director of Luftschiffbau Zeppelin GmbH, which from 1907 built many zeppelins that also flew to Frankfurt Airport at Rebstock. This also honors this important employee of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, who is immortalized in the Zeppelinallee, also located in Bockenheim.

Comeniusstrasse , Bornheim

Johann Amos Comenius (1592–1670), theologian and philosopher, after whom a school in Frankfurt is named.

Conrad-Weil-Gasse , Bergen -Enkheim

Conrad Weil (1893–1960), Bergen-Enkheimer Heimatforscher, author of a play Der Schelm von Bergen , which is performed regularly - every four years - on an open-air stage in front of the local Schelmenburg .

Cordierstrasse , Gallus

Johann Karl Anton Cordier († 1906), bequeathed a foundation to Frankfurt.

Coventrystrasse , Nied

Coventry , English city that was reduced to rubble by German bomber fleets in 1940. Twin town of Dresden, which was badly destroyed by British bomber forces in 1945.

Cranachstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Cranach , important family of painters from the 16th century from Kronach / Upper Franconia. Some of her works hang in the Städel .

Cretzschmarstrasse , Bockenheim

Dr. Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786–1845) was an anatomy teacher at Dr. Senckenberg Foundation and one of the initiators of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society in Frankfurt.

Cromestrasse , Rödelheim

Georg August Friedrich Crome (1753–1833), geographer, statistician and political scientist, teacher at the Philanthropin in Dessau . 1935 renamed Trümpertstrasse.

Cronstettenstrasse , Nordend

Steffan von Cronstetten , patrician family, ennobled in 1621, also provided Hieronymus Steffan von Cronstetten around 1635, a Frankfurt mayor and several mayors. Justina Catharina Steffan von Cronstetten , the last of her gender, remained unmarried and bequeathed almost her entire fortune to the city of Frankfurt as a foundation for widows and unmarried daughters from the Frankfurt nobility. This foundation still exists in the Westend today.

Crutzenkirchweg , Kalbach

From the Crutzenkirche (from Latin ad crucem = to the cross) only a few foundation walls at the Bonifatiusbrunnen still bear witness and can thus make its former dimensions visible. Because the church, built in the 11th century, had long since become too small and then probably fell victim to the pickaxe. In the newly created Bonifatius Park, the memory of them comes back to life.

Cunostrasse , Bergen -Enkheim

Cuno von Stengazzen (around 1140) the first proven representative of the (later) rascals of Bergen, a noble family in Bergen-Enkheim that died out in 1768.

Cuxhavener Strasse , Griesheim

Cuxhaven , city on the Elbe, northwest of Hamburg

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