Oberrad is one of the District of Germany. It has 2.745 Km2 and 12,662 population. It has the 4,613
/Km2 Density. A postal code
is 60599 and area code is 069. In the north of the district River Main. Beyond
it, On the Eastern Harbor (Osthafen) of Frankfurt in the Ostend borough. To the
northeast, Oberrad is bordered by Offenback’s Kaiserlei district, to the south
and west lie parts of Frankfurt-Sachsenhausen.
History
Prehistory and Early History
Even in Roman times, a Roman road ran through the upper wheels district, during which the German Herrenstraße followed on Bernard Street to a suspected Roman bridge in Offenbach Bürgel and also to Steinheim.
Middle Ages
Since about 1100 the hunting ground Dreieich clearings were made. The oldest mention of the place comes from perhaps the 1151st It is unclear, however, whether here or upper Niederrad is meant. The oldest mention of the village safe Oberrad is from 1315, as the name Rode superior Imperial Forestry Dreieich, is mentioned in royal property. Oberrad then part of the court and later Office Bornheimer mountain. The oldest mention of a church comes from the 1270th It is dedicated to the saints Margaret. 1321 the church belonged to the parish of St. Bartholomew in Frankfurt, which also exercised the right of patronage. Church Safety Authority was the Archdeacon of the provost of St. Bartholomew in Frankfurt. 1304 donated the Beguine Mechthild von Rode a hermitage, a small monastery in the cemetery behind Rode. 1311, the water court has become known later as radiation Hof has been mentioned. He walked over to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1601 and 1803, the city of Frankfurt. With the Flesch castle since 1293, the Hospitallers in Oberrad were wealthy. 1317 is Oberrad was as pawns in the hands of Eberhard of Breuberg, Governor of the Wetterau. After his death in 1330 King Louis IV transferred the village of his daughters, the wives of Count Rudolf von Wertheim and Gottfried von Eppstein. 1331 shared the Lords of Eppstein Hanau and the village government. 1425 came and village court Oberrad after she redeemed the pledge shaft to the city of Frankfurt. 1320 pledged King Louis IV the Bornheimer mountain to Ulrich II of Hanau. 1336 allowed the Emperor of the City of Frankfurt, to redeem the Bornheimer mountain in his place of Hanau. 1351 Emperor Charles IV, however, this renewed pledge to stem Hanau. 1434 Count Reinhard II of Hanau by Emperor Sigismund was invested with the Bornheimer mountain. This behavior of the Empire, which was contrary to the rights of the city of Frankfurt in Oberrad and elsewhere in the Bornheimer's led, of course, to the controversy between Frankfurt and Hanau, which lasted until 1481 and then ended up in a comparison: Hanau gave his claim to individual villages of the Office Bornheimer mountain on, including Oberrad, and got the rest of this post Bornheim awarded. 1484 King Frederick III gave. these previously on Bornheimer mountain villages belonging, inter alia including Oberrad, the Council of Frankfurt as a fief. Oberrad was now a rural community of the city of Frankfurt. In this time the construction of the upper wheels Landwehr, a section of the Frankfurter Landwehr falls in the south of the village. 1441 was followed by the installation of a trench.
Historical forms of names
History
Prehistory and Early History
Even in Roman times, a Roman road ran through the upper wheels district, during which the German Herrenstraße followed on Bernard Street to a suspected Roman bridge in Offenbach Bürgel and also to Steinheim.
Middle Ages
Since about 1100 the hunting ground Dreieich clearings were made. The oldest mention of the place comes from perhaps the 1151st It is unclear, however, whether here or upper Niederrad is meant. The oldest mention of the village safe Oberrad is from 1315, as the name Rode superior Imperial Forestry Dreieich, is mentioned in royal property. Oberrad then part of the court and later Office Bornheimer mountain. The oldest mention of a church comes from the 1270th It is dedicated to the saints Margaret. 1321 the church belonged to the parish of St. Bartholomew in Frankfurt, which also exercised the right of patronage. Church Safety Authority was the Archdeacon of the provost of St. Bartholomew in Frankfurt. 1304 donated the Beguine Mechthild von Rode a hermitage, a small monastery in the cemetery behind Rode. 1311, the water court has become known later as radiation Hof has been mentioned. He walked over to the Archbishopric of Mainz 1601 and 1803, the city of Frankfurt. With the Flesch castle since 1293, the Hospitallers in Oberrad were wealthy. 1317 is Oberrad was as pawns in the hands of Eberhard of Breuberg, Governor of the Wetterau. After his death in 1330 King Louis IV transferred the village of his daughters, the wives of Count Rudolf von Wertheim and Gottfried von Eppstein. 1331 shared the Lords of Eppstein Hanau and the village government. 1425 came and village court Oberrad after she redeemed the pledge shaft to the city of Frankfurt. 1320 pledged King Louis IV the Bornheimer mountain to Ulrich II of Hanau. 1336 allowed the Emperor of the City of Frankfurt, to redeem the Bornheimer mountain in his place of Hanau. 1351 Emperor Charles IV, however, this renewed pledge to stem Hanau. 1434 Count Reinhard II of Hanau by Emperor Sigismund was invested with the Bornheimer mountain. This behavior of the Empire, which was contrary to the rights of the city of Frankfurt in Oberrad and elsewhere in the Bornheimer's led, of course, to the controversy between Frankfurt and Hanau, which lasted until 1481 and then ended up in a comparison: Hanau gave his claim to individual villages of the Office Bornheimer mountain on, including Oberrad, and got the rest of this post Bornheim awarded. 1484 King Frederick III gave. these previously on Bornheimer mountain villages belonging, inter alia including Oberrad, the Council of Frankfurt as a fief. Oberrad was now a rural community of the city of Frankfurt. In this time the construction of the upper wheels Landwehr, a section of the Frankfurter Landwehr falls in the south of the village. 1441 was followed by the installation of a trench.
Historical forms of names
- Rode (1151)
- Rode (1225)
- Wheel et
- Rode (1270)
- Turn over (1315)
- Rod (1317)
- Superior Rode (1321)
- Abirn Rade (1331)
- Obirrode (1332)
- Abirn Rade
- Oberrodde
- Aberrade (1333)
- Obern Rade (1452)
- Oberrodt (1562)
Modern Times
In 1530 the Reformation was introduced in Oberroden. At the siege of Frankfurt by Margrave Albert II Alcibiades of Brandenburg Oberrad destroyed the 1552nd. After long dominated in Oberrad livestock, agricultural activities changed from 16 Century increasingly grain, wine, fruit and finally mainly on growing vegetables. In the 18th and 19 Century Oberrad by its rural character and reputation of catering to a popular destination and the summer residence of wealthy Frankfurt. Thus, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe met with Marianne von Willemer 1814 and 1815 at the Gerbermühle. After the annexation of Frankfurt by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1867 Oberrad was until 1886 part of the urban district of Frankfurt, then the district of Frankfurt. In 1900 it was incorporated together with Seckbach and Niederrad in the city of Frankfurt. With the railway station Frankfurt Oberrad the Frankfurt-Offenbach Local Railway Oberrad awarded in 1848 rail connection. From 1873 also used the Frankfurt-Bebraer railway station this. In 1987, he was abandoned. Today receivables after a stop on the S-Bahn Rhein-Main at this point. The tram reached the district in 1884, when the 18th line of the Old Bridge in Frankfurt Sachsenhausen until Buchrain street in Oberrad on Opened on 10 February and April of the same year, was extended until Mathildenplatz in Offenbach. The Catholic Sacred Heart Church was built from 1891 to 1893. Protestant Church of the Redeemer from 1912 to 1914. During World War II by bombing Oberrad was the Royal Air Force in October 1943 and March 1944, 90% destroyed. 1951, reconstruction began on a large scale. Since the settlement area of the village, despite the proximity to the city centers of Frankfurt and Offenbach not directly connected to the neighboring districts, but the town charm has been preserved until today. Since 1950 the Sankt Georgen Graduate School of Philosophy and Theology in Frankfurt-Oberrad is located. In 2007, the volunteer-run museum Oberrad opened in Vienna street.
Population Development
- 1425: 24 men and 7 widows
- 1484 35 men, 6 sons and 4 servants
- 1726: 110 Gemeindsleute, 17 widows, 13 sojourners and 3 Beisassenweiber
- 1812: 1378 inhabitants
- 1834: 1899 inhabitants
- 1840: 2060 inhabitants
- 1846: 2089 inhabitants
- 1852: 2198 inhabitants
- 1858: 2310 inhabitants
- 1864: 2707 inhabitants
- 1871: 3377 inhabitants
- 1875: 4609 inhabitants
- 1885: 5868 inhabitants
- 1895: 7179 inhabitants
- 1900: 8,400 inhabitants
- 1910: 8943 inhabitants
- 1925: 8703 inhabitants
- 1933: 8345 inhabitants
- 1939: 7540 inhabitants
- 1946: 3286 inhabitants
- 1950: 4897 inhabitants
- 1961: 8382 inhabitants
- 1975: 11 367 inhabitants
Economy
The northern part of Oberrad between center and Main is marked by vast fields of nursery plants and therefore the district got its reputation as a "gardener village". Twelve agricultural holdings farm in Oberrad together an area of approximately 130 hectares, almost half of the total area of the district. In addition to the herbs for the Frankfurt green sauce, lettuce and arugula are mainly grown. Since 21 May 2007, there are in Oberrad the Green Sauce monument. It consists of seven greenhouses in various shades of green, each of which represents one of the ingredients. By contrast, there are few industries and no major shopping centers, but smaller businesses of retail and extensive residential neighborhoods. More than 300 companies register contains the members of the trade association Oberrad. Most of the shops has the Offenbacher Landstrasse, whose central location also transients encouraged to shop here.
Traffic
Today, the lines 15, 16 and 18 run (Saturday) of the tram through the district and ending at the stop Offenbach's city limits. Since the timetable for the 2010/11 through Oberrad the bus lines 81 and 82.
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