Apr 10, 2012

Niederrad the district of Frankfurt

The District has 2.89 Km2 area. The population of this District is around about 22,667 and density of this district is 7,832 /Km2. Postal code of this district is 60528 and area code is 069. This District is divided into two parts one is name as Niederrad-Nord and Niederrad-Süd. This district is mainly designed as residential area. Niederrad is the site of the western part of the University hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt naming of some important institutions, but the racecourse Niederrad is located administratively in the district of Sachsenhausen and the Niederrad business district belongs almost exclusively to the District schwanheim, more precisely, its settlement Goldstein. Also the sewage treatment plant is located just adjacent to Niederrad Schwanheim.

History

First mention of the year 1900, which joined the district took to Frankfurt in 1151 as Rode (slash) in the then Imperial Forest. At the time, the place already consisted of 15 houses. The mention of the sand court, a royal Wasserburg was the first time in a document of 1193, was witnessed in that the knight Konrad von Hagen had acquired 200 acres of land. The forest between Frankfurt and Niederrad, who would later be referred to as part of the Frankfurt City Forest, the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt already acquired the 1372nd Since ideally situated on a loop of the Main, was formed in Niederrad out an ancillary activity of the rural population for washing and staining, especially the farmland was also very limited. For a long time it referred to as the Frankfurt scrubber village, as soon as more than 100 companies leading the laundry on a soft water stream cleaned (called large Waschbach) and then bleached. In 1850 Niederrad had 2000 inhabitants. 15 years later took place the opening of the racecourse and again after 15 years in 1880, a railway bridge built over the river Main in Frankfurt. The construction of a lock (1883) and the commissioning of a sewage treatment plant (1887) followed before the final incorporation together with Oberrad Seckbach and the incorporation into the city of Frankfurt. Niederrad had at that time the first Population in July 1900 8800. Niederrad in the merchant Eugene René Lacroix was built in 1925 with 350 employees now have an international delicatessen business and for which he also produces the turtle soup, which made ​​him famous. An eyewitness said that the whole court was full of turtles and Lacroix eyeing each individual. Since 1994 there is no longer the low gearing, after its demolition there were homes built. After the war had Niederrad (1950) population of 18,000 and has grown steadily in the coming years. 11 years later, there were 25,000 residents and by 1963 began building the "office green city", now known as Niederrad business district, the district was also known in the business world. 

Traffic

Commuting

Niederrad is linked to the network of S-Bahn Rhein-Main as well as to the city's tram and bus network. The train station in Frankfurt, Hesse is a stop on the S-Bahn lines S7, S8 and S9 and regional trains RE70 (Mannheim main station) and RE80 (Koblenz Hauptbahnhof). It was built in 1977 for the S-Bahn station operation as a high, replacing the more northerly station. The station is located at the Lyons Road at the eastern boundary to the office city. The 7 line runs from Riedstadt-Goddelau over Niederrad Frankfurt Central Station. The lines S8 and S9 go from Wiesbaden station either Mainz Hauptbahnhof (S8) or Mainz-Kastel (S9), Rüsselsheim, Frankfurt Airport, Frankfurt Stadium, Niederrad, Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt's main station and Offenbach Ost to Hanau Hauptbahnhof. At the station Niederrad direct interchanges consist of the tram lines 12 and 19 as well as the bus lines 78 and 79. The tram lines 12, 15, 19 (only runs at certain times), 20 (runs only at events in Commerzbank-Arena) and 21 have their roots in the Frankfurt Forest Railway network. Line 12 connects Niederrad Schwanheim, Sachsenhausen, station, city center, Northrend, Bornheim, Ostend and Fechenheim. Line 15 has its end point in the Niederrad Haardtwaldplatz and from there, via Sachsenhausen, South Station and to the city limits Oberrad Offenbach. The line 19 is purely a student line with only two trips a day between Schwanheim Niederrad Sachsenhausen and South Station. The line 21 leads from the station Niederrad Sachsenhausen, Central Station and Gallus after Nied, as an amplifier line is the line 20 is inserted between the stadium and the main station. The bus lines 51 (Niederrad Schwanheim, High, Industrial Park), 61 (airport, stadium, Niederrad Sachsenhausen, South Station) and 78 (Schwanheim office city's Niederrad Sachsenhausen, South Station) and the ring bus 79 (Niederrad station, office town Haardtwaldplatz , Niederrad station) complete the range of public transport in Niederrad. 

Road

Niederrad is located in the vicinity of Frankfurt Cross and is easily accessible from the motorway 5 from the south via the exit Frankfurt, Hesse. A departure from the north does not currently exist, but is built since 2011. Of the Federal Highway 3 Niederrad can be reached via the exit Frankfurt-Süd. Niederrad by the federal highway 43 from Wiesbaden to Hanau and the federal highway 44 leads to Ludwigshafen am Rhein.

Bike trails

The Main river run several cycle tracks:

  • The Hessian Radfernweg R3 (Rhein-Main-Kinzig-cycle) takes the theme in the footsteps of the late vintage rider. along the Rhine, Main and Kinzig over Fulda after Tann in the Rhön. On section to Eltville - Hochheim leads the R3 via the Rheingau Riesling Route.
  • The main path leads from the sources of the White and Red River Main to Mainz to the mouth of the Rhine.
  • The D-Route 5 (Main Saar-Moselle) of Saarbrücken over Trier, Koblenz, Mainz, Frankfurt, Würzburg and Bayreuth to the Czech border (1,021 miles).
Attractions

  • As a factory building from 1761 to 1781 was the wife of the baroque courtyard built. The property with the archway over the road Kelsterbacher was originally on the outskirts of the village. From 1841 she was temporarily in possession of Catherine's and white woman pen. 1937 large parts of the property were demolished, preserving only the archway with the two side wings. In 1944, the archway was hit by a bomb damaged and repaired only temporarily.
  • The 1927 resulting urbanization Bruchfeldstraße ("zigzag Hausen") is part of the major project New Frankfurt, which was created under the Frankfurt urban planner and architect Ernst May. Their specific angular facade arrangement she owes the nickname "Zigzag Hausen".
Not to mention the former Main pool "light and air bath Niederrad", located on an island in the Main.


Regular events

  • Usually in June as district festival finds the "Black Forest Street Festival".
  • Forest Day is always held on the Tuesday after Pentecost, but already begins on the preceding Saturday before Pentecost.

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