Maadi

Location Maadis

Maadi ( Arabic المعادي al-Maʿādī ) is a suburb in the south of the Egyptian capital Cairo . It is inhabited to a large extent by Europeans and Americans and is one of the more affluent residential areas around Cairo. Administratively, the city belongs to the governorate of al-Qahira .

history

Even if el-Maʿadi is a relatively recent city foundation, the area has been inhabited since prehistoric times.

In connection with the construction of the railway line between Cairo and Helwan in 1904, this city was built, which was originally intended to be laid out along this line. The planning was carried out since 1905 by the Canadian officer Captain Alexander J. Adams. The result was a western city with wide streets and numerous mansions with gardens. Unfortunately, the modern city is now burying numerous archaeological evidence.

From 1940 to 1946 troops from New Zealand were stationed in el-Maadi ( Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force ).

In the 1950s and 1960s, numerous German war criminals were hiding in Maadi, including the former concentration camp doctor Hans Eisele .

Today Maadi stretches along the Nile and borders Helwan in the south . In recent years, several high-rise buildings have also been built, especially near the Corniche, and el-Maadi has been expanded to include two more districts, New Maadi (Maadi el-gedida) and Degla (Maadi degla).

Economy and Infrastructure

232nd Street in Maadi

Companies

In Maadi, the American inventor Frank Shuman built one of the world's first solar thermal power plants in 1912/13 .

Education and Research

Colleges

The Modern Academy for Engineering & Technology is located in Maadi.

schools

traffic

The street names are systematically numbered. A bridge connects the district with Giza on the western bank of the Nile .

Line 1 of the Cairo Metro runs through Maadi.

literature

Samir W. Raafat: Maadi, 1904–1962: society and history in a Cairo suburb . 2nd Edition. Palm Press, Cairo 1995, ISBN 977-5089-10-7 .

Personalities

Hans Eisele (1913–1967), German SS-Hauptsturmführer and concentration camp doctor; lived last and died in Maadi

Web links

Wikivoyage: Maʿādī - travel guide

German Archaeological Institute in Maadi ( Memento from August 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

↑ See e.g. B. Zaki Y. Saad: The excavations at Helwan: Art and Civilization in the First and Second Egyptian Dynasties. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1969.

29.966666666667 31.25Coordinates: 29 ° 58 ' N , 31 ° 15' E

[saad-1] See e.g. B. Zaki Y. Saad: The excavations at Helwan: Art and Civilization in the First and Second Egyptian Dynasties. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman 1969.