List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / G

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Gabelsbergerstrasse , Nordend

Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789–1849), inventor of the volatile (graphic or italic) shorthand system and thus the forerunner of the German standard shorthand used today .

Gabriel-Riesser-Weg , Bockenheim

Gabriel Riesser (1806–1863), Hamburg lawyer, politician and champion of the emancipation of the Jews in Germany, Vice-President of the National Assembly in 1848 in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt.

Gagernstrasse , Bornheim and Ostend

Heinrich Wilhelm August Freiherr von Gagern (1799–1880), liberal German politician, at the time of the bourgeois March Revolution in 1848 Prime Minister of Hesse. President of the German National Assembly in Frankfurt in 1848.

Galgenstrasse , Bonames

After the acquisition of Bonames in 1371, the city of Frankfurt had a gallows erected there as a sign of high jurisdiction , which was renewed in 1482 and 1537. Traditionally, this was done as a sign of deterrence. Nothing is known about the execution of sentences. It is reported that most of the time only the rotten stumps of the gallows were visible. It was not Frankfurt that was responsible for the surrounding towns, but the regional court “ zum Stulen ” in the Kalbach area.

Gallusanlage , Bahnhofsviertel (1933–1945 Adolf-Hitler-Anlage )

When the Frankfurt main station was built on the former gallows field - where the Frankfurt gallows once stood - the mixture between the dialect Galje and St. Gallus became the new name Gallusanlage in 1852.

Galvanistraße , Bockenheim

Luigi Galvani (1737–1798), Italian physician, anatomist and biophysicist . Galvani initially studied theology, later medicine, became professor of medicine at Bologna in 1762 and of practical anatomy in 1775. By chance he discovered the galvanism named after him and created the conditions for galvanic cells through his observations .

Ganghoferstrasse , Dornbusch

Ludwig Ganghofer (1855–1920), German writer who became famous for his homeland novels. Many of them, e.g. B. The monastery hunter, The hunter of fall, The silence in the forest were filmed in the years after 1950 with great success.

Gangstrasse , Bergen -Enkheim, first runs north from Marktstrasse to the intersection at Am Weißen Turm / Schalksbornstrasse , and then continues at a right angle to the east to Haingasse .

In order to ensure that the soldiers on the walls and towers of the fortification were supplied with provisions and ammunition, the houses were not allowed to come right up to the wall, but a corridor had to remain free.

Food stall square , old town

To the east of the cathedral were a Christian and a Jewish cemetery until around 1570 the cookshop was built to cater for visitors to the fair. In the bombing raids of 1944, the houses on the Garkarkplatz were completely destroyed. The post-war reconstruction did not follow the old contours of the square, so this street name was no longer used after 1944.

Gartenstrasse , Sachsenhausen

East to west running road south of the Main. The name is reminiscent of the gardens that used to exist there, some with summer villas that were at the time at the gates of the city.
Established in 1849 from the east from Oppenheimer Platz, since 1877 extended over Schweizer Straße and built up to Vogelweidstraße from 1881–1936.

Gaugrafenstrasse , Rödelheim

Under Frankish rule, the entire empire at that time was divided into Gaue . A Gaugraf was the highest royal official at the head of a district to which several cent stamps, i.e. hundreds, belonged. He was also the chief judge and leader of an army ban . Rödelheim was the seat of the county of the Niddagau.

Gauguinweg , Kalbach

Paul Gauguin (1848–1903), French painter whose works are among the most famous and important in the world. His pictures of the local people painted in Tahiti are particularly memorable.

Gaussstrasse , Nordend

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß (1777–1855), German mathematician, astronomer , geodesist and physicist with a wide range of interests. He is considered one of the most important mathematicians and called the prince of mathematics.

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Gebeschusstraße , Höchst / Unterliederbach

Dr. Eugen Gebeschus , lawyer and notary, was mayor of the cities of Höchst (1888 to 1893) and Hanau . Honorary citizen of the city of Frankfurt.

Gebrüder Hommel plant , Eckenheim

Adam Hommel (1894–1956) and Jakob Hommel (1900–1977), sports idols of SV Victoria, later merged into SV Viktoria Prussia 07, Adam as a wrestler, Jakob as a footballer. When many sports clubs were banned at the beginning of National Socialism in 1933, the Hommel brothers made sure that the athletes who had lost their clubs were included in their SV Victoria, which for a long time made a very good impression with both wrestlers and football.

Gebrüder-Wright-Strasse , Bockenheim

The Wright brothers , Orville (1871–1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867–1912) are the inventors of the motor-powered aircraft and carried out the world's first controlled motorized flights based on the “heavier than air” principle.

Gederner Strasse , Eckenheim

Gedern , a small town on the edge of the Vogelsberg , in the east of the Wetterau district

Geibelstrasse , Ostend

Emanuel Geibel (1815–1884), German poet. Most people will only think of his folk song “May has come”.

Geierskopfweg , Zeilsheim

Geierskopf, 549 m high mountain in the Spessart

Geigerstrasse , Eschersheim (1935–1945 Heussenstammstrasse )

Counselor Dr. Berthold Geiger (1847–1919), was a city councilor of the Jewish faith from 1881 to 1904.
  • In 1953 another street was opened in Eschersheim to Dr. Karl Moritz Heussenstamm named. See Heussenstammstrasse .

Geiselsteinweg , Preungesheim

The Geiselstein, 720 m high mountain in the Vogelsberg .

Geisenheimer Strasse , Schwanheim

Geisenheim am Rhein, between Wiesbaden and Rüdesheim in the Rheingau-Taunus district . Known for the viticulture practiced there.

Geisgässchen , old town

A no longer existing street that led south from the Trierischer Hof to Schnurgasse (today: Berliner Straße ), a little west of today's Hasengasse .

Billy goat row , Seckbach (old)

Billy Goat Row, a name that reminds of Seckbach's past. The Seckbachers kept a lot of goats at the time. Zeil generally refers to a single-line street.

Gelastrasse , Seckbach

According to legend, Gela, the mistress of Emperor Barbarossa , is said to be the founder of the city of Gelnhausen .

Gelbehirschstrasse , downtown

The heavily laden covered wagons were able to relax in the house “Zum Gelben Hirsch”, a courtyard in Grosse Friedberger Gasse.

Geleitstrasse , Sachsenhausen

In order to protect the merchants traveling to the fairs from robbery attacks, the emperor had obliged the sovereigns in the 14th century to grant them armed escort against payment of an “escort”. Within the city of Frankfurt, the Frankfurt mayors were then responsible for order and security. The responsibilities for said security changed at the "escort stones", one of which was on Wendelsplatz.

Gelnhäuser Gasse , old town

The second parallel street west of Fahrgasse, between Lindheimer Gasse and Steingasse , led like this from Töngesgasse to Schnurgasse (Berliner Strasse) . In the area of ​​house numbers 17 to 25, on the western side of the street, was the tiny Gelnhausen square . Gelnhausen is an old imperial city on the Kinzig east of Frankfurt.

Gelnhauser Strasse , Eckenheim

The Barbarossastadt Gelnhausen , former free imperial city , since 2005 seat of the administration of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis .

Gemündener Strasse , Sachsenhausen

Gemünden am Main , in the district of Main-Spessart / Bavaria

Geneva Street , Bonames

Geneva or Genève, a major city in French-speaking Switzerland, on Lake Geneva / Lac Léman. Geneva is the seat of many international organizations and an important banking city.

Georg-Allgaier-Strasse , Kalbach

Georg Allgaier (1882–1946), entrepreneur in Uhingen , founder of a stamping tool company in 1906, which from 1946 also produced tractors for agriculture, but has long since given up this division. Today Allgaier Werke GmbH is a car supplier company.

Georg-Baumgarten-Strasse , airfield

Georg Baumgarten (1837–1884), airship pioneer

Georg-Büchner-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Karl Georg Büchner (1813–1837) was a German revolutionary, writer and scientist. Famous for his pamphlet Peace to the Huts! War the palaces! which the authorities responded with an arrest warrant, which he evaded when he fled to Strasbourg. At the age of 23, he received his doctorate and teaching license at the University of Zurich, but died soon after of typhus.

Georg-Esser-Anlage , Eckenheim

Georg Esser (1910–2004), Eckenheimer local history researcher.

Georg-Heck-Weg , Nied

Georg Heck (1897–1982), painter and impressionist from Nied, was a master student of Max Beckmann . At the time of National Socialism he was ostracized as a " degenerate artist ", some of his works were burned in public, his wall fresco in the IG-Farben building , now the university, was painted over.

Georg-Speyer-Strasse , Bockenheim (1933–1945 Parsevalstrasse )

The banker Georg Speyer (1835–1902), the Jewish head of the Lazard-Speyer-Ellissen banking house , and his wife Franziska made the immense sum of six million marks available to the city of Frankfurt for cultural and welfare purposes. With this cash injection could u. a. the "Georg-Speyer-Haus" will be built as a research facility for chemotherapy .
  • In 2003, a new Parsevalstrasse was dedicated to Prof. August von Parseval (1861–1942), major, airship builder in the Bockenheim district.

Georg-Treser-Strasse , Oberrad

Georg Treser, Oberräder city councilor, member of the magistrate, department head of the municipal utilities from 1946 to 1964.

Georg-Voigt-Straße , Westend-Süd (until 1947 Roonstraße )

Dr. Georg Voigt (1866–1927), Lord Mayor of Frankfurt from 1912 to 1924, that is, mainly during the First World War . He managed to get the city's troubled finances back in order.
  • As early as 1935–1945, today's Friedlebenstrasse was named after him.
  • Albrecht von Roon (1803–1879) was Prussian Minister of War.

Georg-Wolff-Strasse , Heddernheim

Prof. Dr. Georg Wolff (1845–1929), teacher at the Kaiser-Friedrichs-Gymnasium in Frankfurt, excavator of the Roman city of Nida-Heddernheim , made significant contributions to the archeology of the Wetterau .

Gerauer Strasse , Niederrad

Groß-Gerau , district town southwest of Frankfurt.

Gerbermühle , Oberrad and Gerbermühlstrasse , Sachsenhausen

The tanner mill mentioned in Goethe's Faust I and can be traced back to 1311 belonged to the Strahlberger Hof. It was temporarily owned by the banker Johann Jakob von Willemer and his wife Marianne (see Mariannenstrasse )

Gerhard-Domagk-Strasse , Kalbach-Riedberg

Gerhard Domagk (1895–1964), German pathologist and bacteriologist; he introduced the sulfonamides in the chemotherapy of bacterial infections. For his discovery of the antibacterial effect of the sulfonamide Prontosil, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1939 , which he was only allowed to receive in 1947 for political reasons

Gerhart-Hauptmann-Ring , Niederursel

Gerhart Hauptmann (1862–1946), important German writer on naturalism . 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature . He is famous for his socially critical play Die Weber , but also for the tragic comedy Die Ratten .

Gerlachstrasse , Höchst

The Archbishop of Mainz, Gerlach von Nassau , enforced the elevation of the town of Höchst, which belonged to Kurmainz , to Emperor Karl IV . He then had a moated castle, the forerunner of the Höchst Castle , built.

Germaniastraße and Germaniaplatz , Bornheim

During the German Shooting Festival in 1862, the huge figure of Germania, a symbol of German unity efforts, stood at this point.

Gerningstrasse , Heddernheim

Johann Isaak von Gerning (1767–1837), son of the banker, entomologist and art collector Johann Christian Gerning (1746–1802). He was a diplomat in the service of Naples (Italy did not yet exist as a state) and Hesse-Homburg . As a historian he researched the Roman legacy of Nida , as a poet he glorified the Taunus. He was friends with Goethe . In 1825 he left his important collection to the Wiesbaden Museum .

Gerolsteiner Strasse , Schwanheim

Gerolstein an der Kyll, town in the Eifel, in the Vulkaneifel district / Rhineland-Palatinate. Known for its mineral water and for a number of years from a professional cycling team .

Gersthofer Strasse , Höchst

Gersthofen , town near Augsburg in the Bavarian administrative district of Swabia . Like Höchst, Gersthofen is an important location for the chemical industry, as is Leverkusen, Ludwigshafen and Leuna, after which the streets in the neighborhood are named.

Gerstweg , Sachsenhausen (1936–1945 the path was nameless)

Gustav Gerst (1871–1948), councilor of the Jewish faith, founder of the Goethe Tower , honorary citizen of Frankfurt University .

Gervinusstrasse , Westend

Georg Gottfried Gervinus (1805–1871), university professor, literary expert and historian. As a liberal and national politician, he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly in 1848.

Geschwister-Scholl-Strasse , Praunheim

Hans (1918–1943) and Sophie Scholl (1921–1943), members of the “ White Rose ” resistance group in the Third Reich , sentenced to death by the People's Court in 1943 and executed in Munich-Stadelheim .

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Gießener Strasse , Eckenheim and Preungesheim

University town of Giessen , capital of Upper Hesse .

Giessfeldstrasse , Hausen

Field name. The old high German word gieze means trickle, stream.

Gilbrechtstrasse , Bergen-Enkheim

Gilbrecht from the noble family of rascals from Bergen, lived around 1312 and seems to have made himself little popular due to his rough nature.

Ginnheimer Mühlgasse , Ginnheim

The mill building can still be seen today at Ginnheimer Mühlgasse 16. Even the mill wheel is said to be still there. The mill was operated with water that was collected at the Hochwehr and directed downwards via a canal (see the neighboring street names "Am Hochwehr" and "Am Mühlgraben").

Ginnheimer Stadtweg , Ginnheim

Ginnheim was an independent municipality until 1910, but was bound to Frankfurt by a protection and defiance alliance. The local farmers liked to sell their goods on the Frankfurt market and took the route via the Ginnheimer Stadtweg and today's Grüneburgpark to the city center. The southern part, from the Europaturm onwards, is and remains - apart from the small garden restaurants - undeveloped, the house numbers smaller than 88 will probably be searched in vain forever.

Ginnheimer Waldgasse , Ginnheim

Access road to the west of Ginnheim between Ginnheimer highway and Main-Weser Railway located

Gisèle-Freund-Platz , Westend-Nord

Gisèle Freund (1908–2000), Franco-German photographer and photo historian, born in Berlin, studied a. a. in Frankfurt am Main. Her doctorate in Germany was denied due to her Jewish descent and therefore took place in Paris, from where she emigrated to Argentina in 1941 and where she returned after the World War.

Gladenbacher Weg , Rödelheim

Gladenbach , town in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district .

Glaserstrasse , Oberrad

After the hall name "Im Glaser", which is reminiscent of the glass distillery operated in the forest.

Glashüttener Strasse , Rödelheim

Glashütten , municipality in the Hochtaunus district

Glaskopfweg , Niederursel

The Glaskopf is an elevation of 685 m above sea level, above Glashütten-Oberems in the Taunus . The mountain gets its name from the earlier glass production.

Glauburgstrasse , Nordend

Immediately one thinks of the castle and the community of the same name in Glauburg in the Wetterau district , which became known nationwide through the excavation of the "Celtic prince of Glauberg ", which made Celtic research extremely popular. The actual patron saint of Glauburgstrasse is the patrician family Glauburg , originally Reichsministeriale and Burgmannen of Glauburg, who found refuge in Frankfurt after the castle was destroyed. This family had a great reputation among the citizens and was the mayor of Frankfurt 51 times. The extension of Glauburgstrasse, Rohrbachstrasse, leads to Bornheimer Ossenau or Günthersburg , which used to be owned by the Glauburgs. Since 1830 the line in Frankfurt has died out.

Gleimstrasse , Northrend

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719–1803), German poet of the Enlightenment period . Founded the Halberstädter Dichterkreis , a group of young writers.

Glogauer Strasse , Bonames

Głogów (German Glogau; also called Gross-Glogau to distinguish it from Oberglogau), Polish city in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship . It is located in the western part of the country around 80 km northwest of the Lower Silesian capital, Wroclaw on the Oder. Glogau was almost completely destroyed in World War II.

Gluckstrasse , Nordend

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), German composer. He is considered one of the most important opera composers of the second half of the 18th century. Best known for his opera Orpheus and Euridice

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Goeringstrasse , Ostend

It was not the Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring who gave it its name, but the railway builder Adolf Göring. Since the name Göringstrasse was protected in the Third Reich , the street named in 1911 was renamed Launhardtstrasse .

Goetheplatz and Goethestrasse , city center

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832), the son of the city of Frankfurt, poet, theater director, natural scientist, art theorist and statesman, the best-known representative of Weimar Classicism. As the author of poems, dramas and prose works, he is considered the most important German poet and an outstanding personality in world literature. Only with his hometown Frankfurt was he at a mature age in a clinch and even gave up his citizenship there.

Goetzstrasse , Fechenheim

Secret Medical Councilor Dr. med. Ferdinand Goetz (1826–1915), member of the Reichstag and chairman of the German Gymnastics Association .

Goldbergweg , Oberrad and Goldgewann , Sindlingen

Hill or barrow graves were also commonly called gold mountains, because the bronze objects found there were believed to be made of gold. There are many of these "gold mountains" in the Frankfurt area, which means that there were settlements here three thousand years ago.

Goldgrubenstrasse , Niederursel

after a forest and mountain area near Oberursel called "gold mine", which with its ring wall made of stones offered protection to the Germanic population.

Goldhutgasse , old town (also Schuhgasse )

The alley named after a house standing here led from the market to the five-finger cookie . This is where the shoemaker's quarters were located in the Middle Ages .

Goldpeppingstrasse , Preungesheim

Goldpepping, old and very good apple variety, Germanized from the English name "Golden Pippin".
Street sign on Golub Lebedenko Square

Golub-Lebedenko-Platz , Gallus

Memorial place opposite the former Adler works , in the crossing area Kleyerstraße / Lahnstraße / Kriegkstraße . On March 14, 1945 , a few days before the end of the war, 19-year-old Adam Golub and 21-year-old Georgij Lebedenko fled the “Katzbach” subcamp in the Adler works. They tried to hide in the Gallus. The SS guards immediately began a search, in which half the neighborhood took part. Both were shot by the SS on the street in front of the houses on the corner of Lahnstrasse and Kriegkstrasse . This place was named in 1998 in memory of these two refugees.

Gontardstrasse , Praunheim

The Gontard Calvinist family had been persecuted for their beliefs and immigrated from France. Here she soon became rich and ennobled as "Imperial Knight Noble von Gontard". Her town house " Zum Weißen Hirsch " stood in the Großer Hirschgraben. Friedrich Hölderlin worked as a private tutor from 1796 to 1798 and seems to have got along too well with the lady of the house, Susette Gontard . Moritz von Gontard gave the Städel 30 pictures.

Gonzenheimer Strasse , Bonames

Gonzenheim , since 1937 district of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe in the Hochtaunus district , terminus of the U2 underground line.

Görlitzer Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Görlitz (Polish: Zgorzelec) is the easternmost city in Germany and is located in the Lower Silesian Upper Lusatia. The eastern part of the city on the opposite side of the Neisse became Polish after the Second World War.

Görresstrasse , Riederwald

Johann Joseph Görres (von Görres since 1839) (1776–1848), German high school and university teacher and Catholic publicist. Founder and first editor of the newspaper Rheinischer Merkur . After Napoleon's defeat , the German princes suppressed the limited freedom of the press, and Görres was forced to flee into exile in Strasbourg in order to avoid arrest. The Frankfurt Police Director Dr. Thomas, who simply ignored the arrest warrant.

Gotenstrasse , Unterliederbach

The Goths , a Germanic tribe that was divided into Eastern and Visigoths at the end of the 3rd century. The Ostrogoths were defeated by the Huns around 375 and became federates of the Romans after their decline. With the death of King Theodoric, their empire fell apart.
The Visigoths founded an empire in Gaul at the beginning of the 5th century, were driven to Spain by the Franks and were subject to the Islamic Moors in 711 .

Gottfried-Keller-Strasse , Dornbusch

Gottfried Keller (1819–1890), Swiss writer and poet.

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Graebestrasse , Praunheim

Karl Friedrich Otto Graebe, appointed American consul for Hesse and Hanover in 1835, based in Kassel, enjoyed spending the summer months in Praunheim, near the Nidda, in the Electorate of Hesse. In 1870 he bequeathed a property for the poor to the community of Praunheim in today's Alt-Praunheim street.

Graf-de-Thoranc-Passage , old town

François de Théas Count von Thoranc (1719–1794), French city commander of Frankfurt during the Seven Years' War . In Frankfurt he led - often against the resistance of the council - u. a. house numbers, street cleaning and street lighting. He arranged the hospital system and prostitution. From 1759 Thoranc stayed in Goethe's house for about two and a half years. Very culturally well-trained, it offered the young Goethe the best-used opportunity to study French culture and the works of French poets.

Graefendeichstrasse , Oberrad

Johann Nikolaus Gräfendeich (1786–1864), a jeweler in Oberrad, donated 300,000 guilders for the Citizens Hospital, the Holy Spirit Hospital, the Evangelical Alms Box and the Supply House.

Grafenstrasse , Eckenheim

This commemorates the Count of Hanau, who held the rule in Eckenheim for a long time.

Gräfin-Dönhoff-Strasse , Kalbach

Marion Gräfin Dönhoff (1909–2002) is one of the most important journalists of the West German post-war period , primarily because of her work for the weekly newspaper Die Zeit .

Graefstrasse , Bockenheim

Eduard Graef (1870–1936). Originally an apprentice typesetter, then a union secretary. As head of the local health insurance fund, he enforced the free choice of doctors, later became head of the welfare and youth welfare office before he became an extremely popular, active and social mayor of the city of Frankfurt. Originally the Graefstrasse was called Königstrasse.

Graf-von-Stauffenberg-Allee , Kalbach-Riedberg

Claus von Stauffenberg (1907-1944), German officer and resistance fighter who led the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 against Adolf Hitler by and was on the following day summarily shot in Berlin

Graf-Vollrath-Weg , Rödelheim

Count Vollrath, last ruling count of Solms-Rödelheim.

Grassy path , Bergen-Enkheim

dialect for a grassy path. For a certain fee, the grass growing on it could be harvested.

Graubengasse , old town

This former street led from Töngesgasse to Schnurgasse (today's Berliner Straße ). In the area of ​​houses no. 28–32, the tiny Andreasgasse branched off to the west, leading to the Maulbeerhof .

Gravenbruchring , Sachsenhausen

After the forester's lodge and excursion restaurant Gravenbruch, a fortified manor that belonged to the Counts of Schönborn for a long time. Actually, however, the word comes from the gray fraction mined there, i.e. H. gray trachyte was mined there and made into paving stones and millstones.

Gravensteiner-Platz , Preungesheim

Place in the so-called apple district on Frankfurter Bogen, named after the Gravensteiner apple variety . It probably comes from Gravenstein (Danish: Gråsten) on the Flensburg Fjord in southern Jutland (Denmark).

Grazer Weg , Oberrad

Graz , capital of the Austrian state of Styria

Gref-Völsing-Strasse , Ostend

In 1894 Karl Gref and his wife Wilhelmine Völsing opened the butcher shop Gref-Völsing in downtown Frankfurt and offered the Frankfurt beef sausage , primarily to win over the local Jewish population as customers .

Greifstrasse , Bockenheim

Greif, former industrialist from Bockenheim

Greifswalder Weg , Zeilsheim

The university and Hanseatic city of Greifswald is an independent city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania .

Grempstrasse , Bockenheim

The noble family Gremp von Freudenstein (castle near Maulbronn ) had already received large estates in Bockenheim under Emperor Barbarossa . Many members of the family are buried in the Jakobskirche in Bockenheim.

Gretapfelstrasse , Preungesheim

Short street in the so-called apple district on Frankfurter Bogen, named after the cultivated apple variety Gretapfel, first mentioned in Germany in 1795 . As early as 1758, the variety Doppelte Grethe or Doppelter Gretapfel was mentioned, as informed by the German Genebank Fruit.

Grethenweg , Sachsenhausen

Hallway name. According to the explanation on the road sign at the confluence with Mörfelder Landstraße after Margarethe Weiß von Limpurg (1499 - around 1568) “Grethe” owner of a Sachsenhausen vineyard.

Grillparzerstraße , Dornbusch

Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872), Austrian playwright.

Grimoldweg , Sindlingen

With the first precisely dated documentary mention of Sindlingen (Sundilingen), Grimold 797 became the first resident of the place known by name. The deed of donation benefits the Lorsch Monastery .

Grommetstrasse , Eschersheim

long-established Eschersheim family. From 1685 to 1697 a Joh. Phil. Grommet was pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ginnheim.

Gronauer Strasse , Bornheim

Gronau, since 1971 part of Bad Vilbel in the Wetterau district .

Große Eschenheimer Strasse , city center

After the city was expanded in the 14th century, the connection between the An der Hauptwache square and the Eschenheimer Tor was created .

Große Friedberger Strasse , downtown

Friedberg (Hessen) , district town of the Wetterau district

Große Gallusstraße , city center

In 1806, the gallows, which stood at the intersection of Mosel- / Taunusstraße, were laid down and the “Galgenfeld” and all other names reminding us of it were renamed Gallus. Incidentally, this also applies to the Galluswarte, formerly the “Galgenwarte”.

Grosse Nelkenstrasse , Hausen

Street in eastern Hausen where flowers were grown for sale

Großer Hirschgraben , downtown

Until the end of the 16th century, the moats of the old city wall remained, albeit drained. Deer were kept in them, which provided a welcome change in the menu during the annual change of office. The trenches that were then filled in were called the Großer Hirschgraben and were mainly used by Dutch religious refugees as a settlement area. Even Goethe's birthplace is located there.

Grosse Rittergasse , Sachsenhausen

To the east of the Deutschherrnhaus were six knight's courts, which were mentioned in documents as early as 1226. They belonged to the Lords of Praunheim, the Knights of Sachsenhausen, Schenk von Schweinsberg, Schwab von Preungesheim, Sipel von Offenbach and Paradies von Marburg.

Große Seestrasse , Bockenheim

In contrast to the rest of the Bockenheim, which rested on basalt ground (see Basalt Road ), the area there was swampy and was called "Großer See".

Grosse Spillingsgasse , Bornheim

after a piece of tree that carried creeping plums , also called spillings.

Grotefendstrasse , Eckenheim

Georg Friedrich Grotefend (1775–1853), German linguist and classical philologist , who worked as a teacher from 1797, later rector of today's Lessinggymnasium . He was the first to decipher the cuneiform script from prehistoric times.

Gründenseestrasse , Fechenheim

An arm of the Urmains once flowed north of Fechenheim. Several lakes formed, u. a. the Gründensee.

Green Street , Ostend

Origin of the name unknown; About 200 meters north, however, there used to be a Grüner Weg (today Königswarter Strasse ).

Green pasture , Nied

Age Flurname in Nidda meadows, reminiscent of the once cultivated here willows .

Grüneburgpark , Grüneburgplatz and Grüneburgweg , Westend

after a castle-like estate that was built in the 14th century. Temporarily owned by the Goethe family, later by the Bethmann-Metzler family. Since 1789 the property was called "Zurgrün Burg" and was the meeting point of the large Frankfurt society. In 1837 the Rothschilds acquired the Grüneburg, built the Grüneburgsschlösschen and had the park laid out by Siesmayer. The castle was destroyed in 1944 and not rebuilt. Grüneburgplatz was renamed Norbert-Wollheim-Platz in 2014.

Gruneliusstrasse , Oberrad

The von Grunelius patrician family, bankers, distinguished themselves through donations to the Frankfurt University. The former Villa Grunelius has been the seat of the Philosophical-Theological University of St. Georgen since 1926.

Grusonstrasse , Ostend

Hermann Gruson (1821–1895), inventor, scientist, industrialist and in 1855 founder of the later Grusonwerk AG Buckau in Magdeburg, which was taken over in 1893 by Friedrich Krupp AG . But he was also able to shine with his hobby botany. At times he owned the largest collection of cacti in Europe. The Echinocactus grusonii, also commonly known as the “mother-in-law chair”, is named after him.

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Guaitastrasse , Ginnheim

Named after Peter Stephan von Guaita (1772–1848) and his wife Louisa, benefactors who contributed to the support of needy Frankfurt citizens with their foundations.

Guerickestrasse , Rödelheim

Otto von Guericke (1602–1686), German scientist and politician. Inventor u. a. the vacuum technology , the barometer and the electric generator .

Guiollettstrasse , Westend-Süd

The small street that leads from the system ring to the Westend bears the name of Jacob Guiollett (1746–1815), who commissioned the construction of the ramparts. Otherwise a memorial in the Taunusanlage and his grave in the Obermainanlage reminds of him.

Gummersbergstrasse , Eckenheim

Old field name Gimmersberg, was changed to Gummersberg. To the south of Ronneburgstrasse, Eckenheim used to have its own vineyard on Gimmersberg.

Gundelandstrasse , Preungesheim

Gundeland, the first abbot of the monastery Lorsch from 765. In one of the documents of the monastery was first mentioned Preungesheim.

Günderrodestrasse , Gallus

Named after Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806), a romantic poet, temporarily residing in Frankfurt.

Gundhofstrasse , Niederrad

The Gundhof estate near Walldorf once belonged to the rule "Hayn im Dreieich", later to the knights of Falkenstein, the prince-elector of Mainz and, from 1802, Hesse. According to legend, a relic of the Burgundians , whose king Gunther ruled Worms around 413 .

Günter-Vogt-Ring , Nieder-Eschbach

Günter Vogt (1925–1985), chairman of the support group for European partnerships

Günther-Groenhoff-Strasse , Bockenheim

Günther Groenhoff (1908–1932), fatally injured Rhön glider pilot, born in Frankfurt.

Günthersburgallee and Günthersburgpark , Nordend

The area, named after a fortified manor, has often changed its name. After it came into the possession of the innkeeper Jakob Günther in 1690, it was given its current name, although it changed hands several times after that. H. Rat Beil, Baron von Rothschild and from 1891 the city of Frankfurt itself.

Güntherstrasse , Niederrad

Count Günther von Schwarzburg (1304–1349), proclaimed by the Wittelsbachers to be anti-king of Charles IV of Luxembourg in 1349 , but died in the election year. Compare Schwarzburgstrasse .

Gustav-Behringer-Strasse , Seckbach

Gustav Behringer (1847-1923) was the operations director of the Frankfurter Trambahn-Gesellschaft , which was founded in 1872 and operated the Frankfurt tram until 1897.

Gustav-Freytag-Strasse , Dornbusch

Gustav Freytag (1816–1895), German writer

Gustav-Mahler-Strasse , Nieder-Eschbach

Gustav Mahler (1860–1911), Austrian composer in the transition from late romantic to modern. He was also one of the most famous conductors of his time and, as opera director, an important reformer of musical theater. Das Lied von der Erde , the Kindertotenlieder and its ten symphonies became famous .

Gustavsallee , Sindlingen

Named after Eugen Walter Gustav von Meister (1902–1931), grandson of the founder of Farbwerke Hoechst AG.

Gustavsburgplatz , Gallus

The square and park in Gallus, named after the former Mainz district of Gustavsburg .

Gutenbergstrasse , Gallus

Johannes Gutenberg , actually Johannes Gensfleisch (1397–1468), was the inventor of European letterpress printing with cast, movable letters.

Güterplatz , Gallus

The main freight station, which was closed in 1996, was located here .

Gutleutstrasse ; Bahnhofsviertel and Gutleutviertel

Named after the "Hospital of the Good People" located far outside the city gates , a euphemia for lepers / lepers who were mercilessly locked up there to protect the rest of the population from infection.

Gutzkowstrasse , Sachsenhausen

Karl Gutzkow (1811–1878), writer and publisher. Came to Frankfurt in 1835. Edited the magazine “Phönix” and made sure that Georg Büchner's drama “ Dantons Tod ” was published. His magazines and works have been banned several times. In 1878 he was killed in a room fire in Sachsenhausen.

Gwinnerstrasse , Seckbach

Philipp Friedrich Gwinner (1796–1868) was the penultimate senior mayor of the Free City of Frankfurt.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heinz Schomann: The Frankfurt painter's quarter and the rise of Sachsenhausen . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2016, p. 150
  2. ^ Digital library, Institute for Urban History Frankfurt am Main, municipal files (1868-1930) , archival signature T 2898, accessed January 28, 2017