List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / E
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Ebereschenweg , Frankfurter Berg
- Mountain ash is a genus of the pome fruit family (Pyrinae) within the rose family (Rosaceae).
Eberhard Beckmann plant , Dornbusch
- Eberhard Beckmann (1905–1962), theater critic, columnist and travel writer; from 1946 head of “Radio Frankfurt”, then (from 1948) until 1962 first director of the Hessischer Rundfunk
Eberhardstrasse , Bornheim
- Johann Schwind (1580–1648), town schoolteacher, spice, grain and wine merchant, died childless. His heirs, his sister's children, were ennobled under the name of Eberhard. Donated an orphanage to the city.
Ebersheimstrasse , Dornbusch
- Johann Peter Ebersheim, owner of the Kühhornshof in the 17th century , today Bertramshof
Eberstadtstrasse , Praunheim
- Rudolf Eberstadt , (* July 8, 1856 in Worms, † June 9, 1922 in Berlin). Dr.-Ing., Honorary professor for architecture, urban planner
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Echzeller Strasse , Bergen-Enkheim
- Echzell , municipality in the Wetterau district
Eckenheimer Landstrasse , several districts
- Named after the district of Eckenheim, where it ends. Important arterial road to the north.
Eckenheimer Schulstrasse , Eckenheim
- Small street in the Eckenheim district where the former school building is located.
Eckernförder Strasse , Dornbusch
- Eckernförde , city in Schleswig-Holstein
Eckhardtstrasse , Ostend
- Ludwig Friedrich Leonhard Eckhardt (1817–1897), Frankfurt water and bridge construction inspector
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Edenkobener Strasse , Sindlingen
- Edenkoben , town in the district of Südliche Weinstrasse / Rhineland-Palatinate
Ederstrasse , Bockenheim
- the Eder , river in central / north Hesse, flows into the Fulda
Edingerweg , Dornbusch (1935–1945 Walter-Flex-Straße )
- Anna Edinger (1863–1929), Frankfurt social lawyer, philanthropist and involved in the women's movement, married to Dr. Ludwig Edinger , doctor and scholar.
- Walter Flex (1887–1917), writer, died as a volunteer in the First World War .
Edisonstrasse , Bergen- Enkheim
- Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931) was a brilliant American inventor in the field of electricity and power generation. Best known for the invention of the incandescent lamp.
Edith-Stein-Weg , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Edith Stein (1891–1942), German philosopher and Catholic nun, murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau because of her Jewish descent . Canonized in 1998.
Edmund-Rumpler-Strasse , airport
- Edmund Rumpler (1872–1940), aircraft and automobile designer born in Vienna. The Rumpler Taube and the Teardrop Car became famous . 1903 head of the design office of the Adlerwerke in Frankfurt, where he invented the first swing axle . Together with August Euler , he founded Rumpler Flugzeugwerke GmbH in Berlin in 1908, the first German aircraft factory.
Eduard-Bernstein-Weg , Niederursel
- Eduard Bernstein (1850-1932) was a social democratic theorist and politician in the SPD. Initiator of the revisionism debate in this party.
Eduard-Rüppell-Strasse , Dornbusch
- Wilhelm Peter Simon Eduard Rüppell (1794–1884) was a Frankfurt natural scientist and Africa explorer. In 1841 he became the second director of the Senckenberg Natural Research Society (SNG), which he co-founded . Lay the foundation for the Senckenberg Museum .
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Egelsbacher Strasse , Niederrad
- Egelsbach , municipality and airfield in the Offenbach district
Egenolffstrasse , Nordend
- The printer and publisher Christian Egenolff (1502–1555) came to Frankfurt from Strasbourg in 1530 and belonged to the humanist circle around Hamman von Holzhausen . Egenolff owned a type foundry in Frankfurt and the first permanent printing press, in which the first Luther Bible printed in the city was produced in German.
Egerländer Strasse , Nieder-Erlenbach
- The Egerland is a region in western Bohemia , named after the river and the now-Czech city of the same name (now Cheb ).
Egestrasse , Praunheim
- Albrecht Ege (1878–1943), carpenter from Frankfurt, city councilor of the SPD and member of a social democratic resistance group against National Socialism, convicted in 1943 by the Higher Regional Court of Kassel for “preparing a treasonous enterprise” and executed with the guillotine in Frankfurt-Preungesheim .
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Ehingerstrasse , Gallus
- August Ehinger († 1891) founded a foundation to support those in need.
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Eichendorffstrasse , Dornbusch
- Joseph Karl Benedikt Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788–1857) was an important poet and writer of the Silesian Romanticism . His best known work is From the life of a good-for-nothing .
Eichwaldstrasse , Bornheim
- Field name. Until the 16th century, the area around today's Berger Straße was forested.
Eifelstrasse , Schwanheim
- The Eifel is a low mountain range in the border area between Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium. Known above all for its extinct volcanoes and maars. Often in history it was also a military deployment area.
Einbaumstrasse , Griesheim
- Hard to believe, but true: during a flood around 1909, the remains of a dugout canoe from prehistoric times were found and recovered from the Main.
Einiglerweg , Fechenheim
- Kaspar Eindigler (1845–1885), founder of the volunteer fire department in Fechenheim
Einsiedlerstrasse , Niederursel
- Einsiedler, 607 m high mountain in the Hochtaunuskreis
Eisenacher Weg , Zeilsheim
- Eisenach , city in Thuringia . With the Wartburg , a UNESCO World Heritage Site , where Martin Luther translated his Bible, the city has a real tourist magnet.
Eiserfelder Strasse , Sossenheim
- Eiserfeld , formerly an independent town, now part of Siegen in North Rhine-Westphalia. Formerly a mining region, hence the name.
Iron Hand , Northrend
- There, where the way to Friedberger Warte turned off on the Eckenheimer Landstrasse, an iron hand attached to a long pole pointed out the right direction.
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Elbestrasse , Bahnhofsviertel
- Elbe , around 1100 km long river, has its source in the Czech Republic and flows into the North Sea near Cuxhaven .
Elbinger Strasse , Bockenheim
Elefantengasse , downtown
- named after the elephant house there
Elektronstrasse , Griesheim
- The chemical factory Griesheim-Elektron , founded in 1856, joined IG Farben AG in 1925 . Today integrated into the Clariant Group.
Eleonore-Sterling-Strasse
- Eleonore Sterling (1925–1968), political scientist. Author of: The History of the Jews in Germany .
Elisabethenplatz , Bockenheim, and Elisabethenstraße , Sachsenhausen
- Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231), Landgrave of Thuringia, ancestor of the Landgraves of Hesse, died in Marburg . Very popular because of their charity and canonized as early as 1235 . Patroness of Thuringia and Hesse as well as the Teutonic Order , which had a commander in Sachsenhausen .
Elisabeth-Kuhn-Strasse , Schwanheim (industrial park)
- Elisabeth Kuhn (1885–1977), first female company doctor at Hoechst AG and head of the company's own maternity ward, the so-called “stork nest”.
Elisabeth-Schwarzhaupt-Anlage , Dornbusch
- Elisabeth Schwarzhaupt (1901–1986), CDU politician born in Frankfurt . From 1961 to 1966 she was Federal Minister for Health Care and thus the first woman to hold the office of Federal Minister.
Elisabeth-Selbert-Platz , Kalbach
- Elisabeth Selbert (1896–1986), SPD politician and lawyer from Kassel . She was one of the four mothers of the Basic Law and was largely responsible for enforcing the article on equality (Art. 3 GG).
Elisabeth-Winterhalter-Strasse , Niederursel
- Elisabeth Hermine Winterhalter (1856–1952), the first female surgeon in Germany, lived in Hofheim am Taunus from 1911 with the painter Ottilie W. Roederstein, with whom she established the Röderstein-Winterhalter Foundation.
Elkenbachstrasse , Nordend
- The Elkenbach rises in Günthersburgpark. Long underground. It remains to be seen whether it actually owes its name, as claimed, to the elks that once grazed on its stream. Sounds good, though.
Ella-Bergmann-Michel-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Ella Bergmann-Michel (1895–1971), German painter, photographer and documentary filmmaker. In 1931 she founded “ Das Neue Frankfurt ” under the influence of the architectural reform movement . She was banned from working by the National Socialists in 1933.
Ellerstrasse , Seckbach
- The name is derived from a stream that bore the name Eller, it no longer exists today.
Elli-Lucht-Park , Niederrad
- Elli Lucht (1906–1974), Niederräder founder
Elly-Beinhorn-Strasse , airport
- Elly Rosemeyer-Beinhorn (1907-2007), famous aerobatic pilot, set several long-haul flight records in the 1930s, was married to the legendary Bernd Rosemeyer , who died in a 1938 accident
Elly-Heuss-Knapp-Strasse , Kalbach
- Elly Heuss-Knapp (1881–1952), wife of the first German Federal President Theodor Heuss , German politician, social reformer and the founder of the German Mothers' Recovery Association .
Elmer Weg , Fechenheim
- Elm , district of Schlüchtern in the Main-Kinzig district
Elsa-Brändström-Platz , Westend
- Elsa Brändström (1888–1948), Swedish philanthropist , known as the “Angel of Siberia” in the Russian prison camps of the First World War .
Else-Alken-Strasse , Niederrad
- Else Alken (1877–1943), converted from Judaism to Catholicism at the age of 18, volunteered in the Frankfurt Prison Association, chairwoman of the Frankfurt Women's Association, since 1924 honorary city councilor of the center , did not resume in 1933, in 1942 she was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp and died there.
Else-Epstein-Strasse , Nordend-West
- Maria Elisabeth Epstein (1881–1948), a native of Frankfurt-born politician of the DDP , after the war the CDU . Managing Director of the Frankfurter Bund für Volksbildung, married to the Jewish chemist Dr. Wilhelm Epstein. In 1942 she was interned in the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp .
Elsheimerstrasse
- Adam Elsheimer (1578–1610), an important Frankfurt painter who moved to Rome after his training around 1600 and worked there until his death.
Eltviller Strasse , Sossenheim
- Eltville am Rhein is the oldest and largest city in the Hessian Rheingau . Known for their viticulture and sparkling wine production .
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Emdener Strasse , Griesheim
- Emden , old port town in East Frisia.
Emil-Claar-Strasse , Westend (1935–1945 Rankestrasse )
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Emil Claar , actually Emil Rappaport (1842–1930), actor, writer, director of the Frankfurt Opera (1879–1900) and director of the theater (1900–1912).
- Leopold von Ranke (1795–1886), historian, is considered the "father of objective historiography"
Emil-Sulzbach-Strasse , Westend
- Emil Sulzbach († 1932), banker, was honorary president of the Hoch Conservatory .
Emil-von-Behring-Strasse , Niederursel
- Emil Adolf von Behring (1854-1917) was a German bacteriologist and serologist. For his services in serum therapy , especially in the fight against diphtheria , he was honored and ennobled with the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1901 .
Emmerich-Josef-Strasse , Höchst
- Emmerich Joseph von Breidbach zu Bürresheim (1707–1774) was elector of Mainz and founded the Höchst Neustadt in the 18th century, where this street is also located.
Emsdorfer Strasse , Eschersheim
- Emsdorf , today a district of Kirchhain in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district
Emser Straße and in the extension the Emser Bridge , Bockenheim
- Bad Ems , the district town of the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate on the Lahn . It became famous through the Emser Depesche , which triggered the Franco-German War in 1870/71.
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Engelsplatz , Riederwald (1933–1945 Memeler Platz )
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Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), businessman, philosopher, promoted and supported Karl Marx , and wrote the “ Communist Manifesto ” together with Marx .
- 1933 renamed after the Lithuanian port city of Klaipėda , Memel in German.
Engelsruhe , Unterliederbach
- Workers' settlement on property owned by the Engel family.
Engelthaler Strasse , Eckenheim
- Engelthal Monastery , former Cistercian monastery , since 1962 Benedictine monastery in the municipality of Altenstadt (Hesse) .
Enkheimer Strasse , Bornheim
- Enkheim, together with Bergen, formerly an independent town in the Hanau district , since 1977 incorporated into Frankfurt as the Bergen-Enkheim district .
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Eppenhainer Strasse , Gallus
- Eppenhain, today a district of Kelkheim (Taunus) in the Main-Taunus district
Eppsteiner Strasse , Westend
- Eppstein , castle and town in the Main-Taunus district
Eptingweg , Unterliederbach
- Max Epting (1850–1927) was a chemist at the Hoechst dye works and played a key role in the development of indigo colors .
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Erbacher Strasse , Oberrad
- Erbach (Odenwald) , Hessian district town in the Odenwald district
Erbbaustraße , Gallus
- Road built according to the principles of leasehold .
Erfurter Weg , Zeilsheim
Erich-Fromm-Platz , Westend
- Erich Fromm (1900–1980) was a Frankfurt-born psychoanalyst , philosopher and social psychologist of Jewish origin. From 1940 he was a US citizen.
Erich-Kästner-Strasse , Bergen- Enkheim
- Erich Kästner (1899–1974) was a German writer, screenwriter and cabaret artist. He became known for his humorous to time-critical poems and his many children's books, some of which were filmed, e.g. B. The double Lottchen and Pünktchen and Anton .
Erich-Ollenhauer-Ring , Heddernheim
- Erich Ollenhauer (1901–1963) was SPD party chairman and parliamentary group leader of the SPD in the German Bundestag from 1952 to 1963 .
Erlenseer Strasse , Bergen -Enkheim
- Erlensee , municipality in the Main-Kinzig district formed in 1970 from the two places Langendiebach and Rückingen
Erna-Pinner-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Erna Pinner (1890–1987), Frankfurt-born draftsman, puppet artist, writer and scientist of Jewish descent.
Ernst-Achilles-Platz , Ostend
- Ernst Achilles (1929–1999) was chief fire director of the city of Frankfurt am Main and thus head of the Frankfurt professional fire brigade. He was recognized worldwide as a fire expert and set standards in preventive fire protection, especially that of high-rise buildings
Ernst-Abbe-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Ernst Karl Abbe (1840–1905), German physicist, optician and social reformer. Co-founder of Carl Zeiss, which achieved world fame for its optical devices
Ernst-Balser-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Ernst Balser (1893–1964), Neu-Isenburg-born architect of classical modernism. In the 1920s he worked on the Neues Frankfurt project under Ernst May . After 1950 designed various buildings, including a. the Chemag administration building in Frankfurt
Ernst-Heinkel-Strasse , Fechenheim
- Ernst Heinkel (1888–1958) was a German engineer who mainly worked in the field of the development of airliners and combat aircraft. In 1937 Ernst Heinkel was appointed military manager. The world's first jet aircraft was built at Ernst-Heinkel AG. After the Second World War he kept his company afloat with scooters.
Ernst-Kahn-Strasse , Heddernheim
- Ernst Kahn (1884–1959), social politician, social scientist, lecturer in housing during the Weimar Republic
Ernst-May-Platz , Bornheim ( Bornheimer Hang settlement )
- Ernst May (1886–1970) was a renowned architect and urban planner of classical modernism . Between 1925 and 1930 he was responsible for the New Frankfurt project as the head of the housing estate . This is how the Bornheimer Hang, Römerstadt, Praunheim, Westhausen, Höhenblick , Raimundstraße and Miquelallee settlements were created . In 1933 he emigrated to Africa and only returned to Germany after the Second World War.
Ernst-Schwendler-Strasse , Dornbusch
- Ernst Schwendler (1774–1854), America's first consul in the Free City of Frankfurt. As early as 1829 the first US diplomatic mission was opened on Schöne Aussicht No. 17, opened. This part of the Bronze Age Diebsgrundweg or the historical Via Regia was renamed when the adjacent Carl-Schurz-Siedlung was built in 1951.
Ernst-Wiss-Strasse , Griesheim
- In 1901 Ernst Wiss (1870–1945) succeeded in storing hydrogen gas in steel cylinders for the first time. He developed the first hydrogen-oxygen cutting torch at Griesheim-Elektron from 1902 to 1904. 1927–1933 he was a member of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society .
Erzbergerstrasse , Griesheim (1933–1945 Straßburger Weg )
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Matthias Erzberger (1875–1921), murdered near Bad Griesbach in the Black Forest, was a Center Party politician during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic . He was ostracized by the nationalists because he signed the armistice with the Allies on November 11, 1918 in Compiègne (France) , which ended the hostilities of the First World War .
- Shortly after Hitler came to power , the street was renamed after the Alsatian city of Strasbourg .
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Eschenbachstrasse , Sachsenhausen
- Wolfram von Eschenbach , legendary German poet and minstrel in the 12th century.
Eschersheimer Landstrasse , several districts
- Named after the district of Eschersheim, where it ends. Important arterial road to the north.
Eschweger Strasse , Seckbach
- Eschwege , district town of the Werra-Meißner district .
Eselsweg , Seckbach
- The name recalls one of the oldest modes of transport, especially for the rural population, for people and goods of all kinds.
Esperantostrasse , Sachsenhausen
- Esperanto is the most widely used international planned language . Its name is derived from the pseudonym under which Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof , in German texts Ludwig Lazarus Samenhof, published the basics of the language in 1887 (see also Ludwig-Zamenhof-Weg in Sachsenhausen).
Esslinger Strasse , Gutleutviertel
- Esslingen am Neckar , major district town and administrative seat of the Esslingen district , Baden-Württemberg.
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Ettlingerstraße , Bornheim (1935–1945 Karlsbader Straße )
- Raphael Ettlinger (1852–1909), businessman, founder of the Jewish faith, long-time chairman of the board of the Börneplatz synagogue .
- In 1935 it was renamed after Karlsbad in Bohemia , which is now the Czech seaside resort of Karlovy Vary .
Ettinghausen-Platz , Höchst
- Place at the Höchst Synagogue, which burned down during the November pogroms in 1938 .
- The Ettinghausen family was one of the oldest Jewish families in Höchst, active in social, economic and club life as well as in local politics.
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Euckenstrasse , Unterliederbach
- Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846–1926), philosopher, worked at times as a high school teacher in Frankfurt, represented the post-Kantian New Idealism . 1908 Nobel Prize in Literature .
Eugen-Blanck-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Eugen Blanck (1901–1980), architect, employee of Martin Elsaesser and Ernst May in the Frankfurt Building Department. 1946–1948 City Planning Officer in Frankfurt, then freelance architect in several cities.
Eugen-Hartmann-Strasse , Praunheim
- Wilhelm Eugen Hartmann (1853–1915), electrical engineer, founded the Frankfurt company Hartmann & Braun in 1884.
Eugen-Kaufmann-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Eugen Kaufmann (1892–1984), Frankfurt-born architect. From 1925 he worked under the direction of Ernst May in the municipal building administration on the Neues Frankfurt project, where he a. a. participated in the settlement of Praunheim . Because of his Jewish descent, he emigrated to London in 1933, where he ran his own architectural office under the name Eugene Charles Kent.
Ewald-Heinrich-von-Kleist-Platz , Kalbach-Riedberg
- Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922–2013), German officer and resistance fighter from the circle of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg .
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Eysseneckstrasse , Nordend
- the patrician family Eysseneck had immigrated from Vienna. In 1614 the lay judge and witness Johann Martin Baur von Eysseneck arrested the leaders of the fat milk uprising .
Eyssenstrasse , Ostend
- Remigius Eyssen (1813-1859) was head of the municipal water and bridge construction in Frankfurt and director of the Main-Weser-Bahn .
Eytelweinstrasse , Ostend
- Johann Albert Eytelwein (1764–1848), hydraulic engineer, regional construction director, born in Frankfurt