List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / I

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Ibellstrasse , Unterliederbach

Carl Friedrich Emil von Ibell (1780–1834), President of the Nassau government. The Duke of Nassau gave him an estate in Unterliederbach as a gift.

Idarwaldstrasse , Unterliederbach

Idarwald, forest height near Idar-Oberstein; Neighboring streets bear the names of neighboring low mountain ranges (see Hunsrückstr., Soonwaldst., Wasgaustr.).

Idsteiner Strasse , Gallus

Idstein is a former Nassau residential town with a well-preserved historical core, in the Hessian Rheingau-Taunus district .

Ignatz-Bubis-Brücke , city center / Sachsenhausen

The former Obermainbrücke was given the name of the Frankfurt merchant and chairman of the Central Council of Jews in 1999 .

Ilbenstädter Strasse , Bornheim

Ilbenstadt, district of Niddatal / Wetteraukreis . In the 12th century there was the monastery Ilbenstadt the Norbertine that in 1803 the secularization fell victim. The basilica, which is well worth seeing, is popularly known as "Wetterau Cathedral".

Ilkenhansstrasse , Eschersheim

Long-established Eschersheim family.

Ilse-Bing-Weg , Kalbach-Riedberg

Photographer (1899–1998)

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Im Burgfeld , Praunheim

after the lost Klettenburg , the seat of the knight family that died out in 1628.

Im Dörner , Bergen-Enkheim

Field name, possibly due to thorns, which played an important role in the fortification of the village, because the stilt was made of thorn trees to make it more difficult to overcome the Landwehr.

In the Enkheimer Weimerhaus , Bergen- Enkheim

Here the origin of the name is puzzled. It could be a "willow weir house" that served to secure the Landwehr.

Im Füldchen , Rödelheim

Field name of a property which, like many other goods in Rödelheim, belonged to the Fulda monastery .

Im Geeren , Eschersheim

Probably originating from the old German word Gehren, which at that time meant the ends of a barrel bottom rounded on one side of wooden barrels, thus a parcel cut in this way.

Basically , Nied

The name chosen during the incorporation in 1928 takes up a field name (before that Bergstraße ). This field name possibly refers to the lower property of the Mainz Mariengredenstift .

Im Heidenfeld , Heddernheim

The ruins of the Roman city ​​of Nida were called Heidenfeld by the Christian population. Today nothing reminds of that time except the street names.

In the Heimgarten , Seckbach

The street runs through the Heimgarten housing estate, which was built shortly after the turn of the 20th century.


In the Kammerdorf , Fechenheim

In Carolingian times, Fechenheim was a royal chamber village, d. H. the settlers had to contribute to the supply of the royal court in the Frankfurt Saalhof. Fechenheim usually supplied the wood.

Im Kirschenstück , Bergen -Enkheim

When the vineyards on the Berger Hang disappeared more and more, fruit trees were planted instead, including cherry plantations.

Im Klingenfeld , Berkersheim

Field names with ... blades indicate valley gorges or streams. Here the terrain drops about 35 meters to the Nidda.

In Mellsig , Eschersheim

Hallway name.

Immermannstrasse , Dornbusch

Carl Leberecht Immermann (1796–1840), German writer, poet and playwright. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 1838 by the Philosophical Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena.

Im Nardholz , Eschersheim

Hallway name

In the test item , Bornheim

An old wine-growing area in which vines were specifically refined and cultivated using prope vines. The field was called "Hinter den Proffelingen" as early as 1331.

In the Rebstock , old town

The former, partially built-up courtyard connected the Neue Gasse with the Kruggasse . Friedrich Stoltze was born in 1816 in the eponymous Gasthaus Zum Rebstock at the eastern end of the little street . A vine is a vine. There is a settlement with the same name in the Bockenheim district.

Im Rosträger , Bergen- Enkheim

The name has nothing to do with roses because they weren't grown there. Just guesswork, but it could be derived from raisins, i.e. dried and therefore very sweet grapes.

In the Sachsenlager , Westend

In 1552 an army of the Schmalkaldic League besieged Frankfurt for three weeks, but had to withdraw because of peace negotiations that had taken place in the meantime. Moritz von Sachsen's army had settled in the section between Galluswarte and Friedberger Warte.

Im Sechholder , Nied

The "Sech" was a horizontally cutting additional plow knife, with which the elder bushes could be cleared more easily.

In the Sparrowhawk , Bergen- Enkheim

Here you have to puzzle. Perhaps the barrage was the godfather, perhaps the service tree, which was also called the sparrow tree.

In the relay , Seckbach

Staffel means stave wood that carpenters like to use. This type of wood may have grown on the aforementioned area.

In the plate , upper wheel

A plot of land occupied with gray alder or ella, which was named after the "southern German grammar" in the Deller .

Im Triborn , Bergen -Enkheim

The Triborn, a spring with a lot of water that originally needed three tubes to hold the water gushing out.

In the drive , Seckbach

until the incorporation of Bergen-Enkheim in 1977 Triebstraße, connecting road between Wilhelmshöher Straße and Sausee .

In the Trierischer Hof , old town

Trier was an important city in the Middle Ages and, like some others, had its own trading center in the trade fair city of Frankfurt.

Im Trutz Frankfurt , Westend

Defiance here means defiance or resistance. The siege in 1552, mentioned under “In the Sachsenlager”, was preceded by the invitation to voluntarily open the city gates, which the Frankfurters answered with a defiant no. They did well because the result would have been looting.

Im Uhrig , Eschersheim

Hallway name

In the birdsong , Hausen

the interpretation that birds liked to nest and trill in the shrubs and trees there is doubtful. The word "sang" often means "singe", as slash and burn was a popular means of quickly gaining arable land.

Im Waldfeld , Hausen

Former Hausener grove, which stood on the border with Praunheim, at the time also called the "great Lohe".

Im Weimel , Praunheim

old corridor name, which indicates that there were grapes, i.e. vineyards.

In the Wickengarten , Bergen- Enkheim

The steep terrain was probably hardly suitable for arable crops and was used for the easy-care seed vetch crops, which were popular as fodder and green manure.

Im Wörth , Eschersheim

Wörth is identical to Werder, swamp or river island.

In the brick field , Nied

Finds show that the central brickwork of the Roman troops, who previously had a fort in the area of ​​the Höchst old town, was probably located there .

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Inckusstrasse , Dornbusch

Johann Inckus from Gießen married in Frankfurt in the 14th century and founded the Inckus zu Schwanau patrician family. Already extinct at the end of the 15th century with Jeckel Inckus as the last representative. He bequeathed his inheritance to the Church.

In the aspen , Harheim

Hallway name

In the ponds , Seckbach

refers to the wetland of the Seckbacher Niederung with Sausee and Seckbacher Ried as well as a marsh landscape that was formed by an oxbow lake of the Main .

In the Beginenklause , Oberrad

Until 1530, i.e. until the Reformation, there was a Beginenklause in Oberrad . Single women and widows, who were mostly wealthy, joined together to form religious communities, but without belonging to a religious community. Unlike in Orden, it was possible to leave it again.

In the bends , Harheim

Hallway name

In the Zeuläckern , Seckbach

Field name that goes back to fields that belonged to the Seckbacher farming family Zeul.

In the Fuchskaut , Harheim

Hallway name. Chew or chew is dialect for pit.

In the Kätcheslach , Kalbach-Riedberg

Kätcheslach, artificially created, only occasionally flowing stream from the area around the Martinszehnten, which flows into the Kalbach. Naming not yet determined

In the Roman city , Heddernheim / Praunheim

Between 80 and 250 AD, the city ​​of Nida was a flourishing Roman trading town and the center of cultural and political life.

In the sour meadow , Seckbach

directly borders the Seckbacher Ried .

In the guard , Griesheim

The roads leading to the city wall or village fortifications were designated as sentinels, which were regularly followed by guards day and night.

Ingelheimer Strasse , Schwanheim

Ingelheim am Rhein , district town in the Mainz-Bingen district . Known for its red wines and as the seat of a pharmaceutical factory.

Ingolstädter Strasse , Ostend

Ingolstadt on the Danube, an independent city in Upper Bavaria . Until 1800 the seat of an important university, which was then relocated to Munich for political reasons.

Inheidener Strasse , Bornheim

Inheiden , since about 1972 a district of Hungen in the district of Gießen

Inselsbergstrasse , Unterliederbach

The Große Inselsberg (916 m) is one of the highest mountains in the Thuringian Forest .

Insterburger Strasse , Bockenheim

Insterburg , in Russian Chernyachovsk , is a city in the former East Prussia .

Intzestrasse , Ostend

Professor Otto Intze (1843–1904), born in Aachen, built the first drinking water dam in the Eschbachtal in 1891.

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Iselinstrasse , Riederwald

Isaak Iselin (1728–1782), Swiss philosopher, historian, philanthropist and writer. In 1777 he founded the Basel Society for the Promotion of the Good and the Charitable, which still exists today.

Isenburg aisle , Sachsenhausen

Neu-Isenburg is the neighboring city of Frankfurt to the south. The border with Neu-Isenburg is the only section of the Frankfurt city limits that has remained unchanged since the Middle Ages.

Isenburgstrasse , Bergen -Enkheim

The Isenburg family , also spelled Ysenburg, named after the Isenburg near Neuwied am Rhein, acquired large estates in the Offenbach - Büdingen - Birstein region. It was divided into many lines over the centuries, including the Isenburg-Büdingen county. Neu-Isenburg is a city that Count Philipp zu Ysenburg and Büdingen made available to Huguenot refugees from France in 1699.