List of street names in Frankfurt am Main / U

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Überlinger Weg , Fechenheim

Überlingen am Bodensee, town in the Lake Constance district , Baden-Wuerttemberg

Uhlandstrasse , Ostend

Johann Ludwig Uhland (1787–1862) was a German poet, literary scholar, lawyer and politician. 1848 Member of the National Assembly in Frankfurt .

Uhlfelderstrasse , Fechenheim

Hermann Uhlfelder (1867–1949) was head of the Port and Bridge Construction Office in Frankfurt from 1900 to 1932. The east port was built under his aegis .

Ulmenstrasse , Westend

after the many elms that once lined the street. Some street names are so easy to derive.

Ulrichstrasse , Eschersheim / Dornbusch

after several prominent representatives from the Hanau counts, to whose rule Eschersheim previously belonged.

Lower Rützelstrasse , Griesheim

Street between Main and Hartmannsweilerstraße, popularly also called "Maa-Gass", Maingasse. You could use it to get to the ferry to Goldstein (see also explanations on the neighboring little road “An der Fähre”).

Lower Atzemer , Ostend

Field name that can be traced back to the 15th century and is said to go back to the Germanic name Azzo.

Untermainkai , old town / station district

Riverside promenade and docks between the Alter Brücke and Friedensbrücke, with the "Nice Gardens", which were laid out between 1866 and 1875. From 1933 to 1945 it was renamed Hermann-Göring-Ufer after the Reichsmarschall and war criminal Hermann Göring (1893-1946), a leading exponent of National Socialism .

Urnbergweg , Harheim

Urnberg, field name in Harheim, actually "ears mountain"; first recorded in the 2nd half of the 15th century as "Orenberg", later also as "Ohrnberg" or "Vrnberg"

Urseler Weg , Nieder-Eschbach

Oberursel , town in the Hochtaunus district

Ursinusstrasse , Bockenheim

Carl Oskar Ursinus (1878–1952) was a German aviation pioneer and founder of German gliding on the Wasserkuppe (Rhön).

Usastraße , Bergen -Enkheim

not the USA, but the small river Usa , on which Usingen, Friedberg and Bad Nauheim are also located, gave the street its name. Tributary of the Wetter , after which the Wetterau is named.

Usinger Strasse , Bornheim

Usingen , town in the Hochtaunus district

Utrillostrasse , Kalbach

Maurice Utrillo (1883–1955) was a French painter.

Individual evidence

  1. Jump up ↑ all documents relating to ears-mountain. Hessian field names. (As of November 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).

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