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Heddernheim

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Heddernheim
Quarter of Frankfurt am Main
Typical street
Typical street
Coat of arms of Heddernheim
Coat of arms
Location of Heddernheim (red) and the Ortsbezirk Nord-West (light red) within Frankfurt am Main
Heddernheim is located in Germany
Heddernheim
Heddernheim
Heddernheim is located in Hesse
Heddernheim
Heddernheim
Coordinates: 50°09′55″N 08°38′50″E / 50.16528°N 8.64722°E / 50.16528; 8.64722
CountryGermany
StateHesse
Admin. regionDarmstadt
DistrictUrban district
CityFrankfurt am Main
Area
 • Total
2.488 km2 (0.961 sq mi)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[1]
 • Total
17,073
 • Density6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
60439
Dialling codes069
Vehicle registrationF
Websitewww.heddernheim.de
Hundertwasser-Kindergarten
19th/20th century Jewish cemetery

Heddernheim is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Nord-West and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Heddernheim-Ost and Heddernheim-West.

History

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Antiquity

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The Roman town of Nida was situated in the south-western part of Heddernheim.

There have been three Mithraea (temples to Mithras) discovered at Heddernheim.[2] A hoard of silver votive plaques was discovered in the Roman settlement of Nida near Heddernheim in the nineteenth century, some of which are in the British Museum.[3] The offerings appear to have been deposited in a shrine dedicated to the Roman God of Jupiter Dolichenus.

Middle Ages

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Heddernheim was first mentioned in documents in 801 AD as Phetterenheim.

Modern history

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In Heddernheim there has been plants for metalworking from the midth 19th century to the 1970s, including a huge plant of Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke. Meanwhile a big housing estate was built, named Nordweststadt, including a shopping center called Nordwestzentrum, and Mertonviertel.

During World War II, in 1942, a forced labour camp was established in the district by the Nazis.[4] Due to American advance, in 1945, it was dissolved and its prisoners were deported to the Buchenwald concentration camp.[4]

Subway stations

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Subway station Heddernheimer Landstraße near the tunnel to the shopping center Nordwestzentrum, incineration plant in the back.

In Heddernheim there are six stations of the Frankfurt U-Bahn: Heddernheim, Zeilweg, Sandelmühle, Heddernheimer Landstraße, Nordwestzentrum and Römerstadt. They are serving five lines: U1, U2, U3, U8 and U9.

See also: List of Frankfurt U-Bahn stations

References

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  1. ^ "Frankfurt Statsitik Aktuell 07/2021". Stadt Frankfurt am Main. July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  2. ^ "How do we know that Mithras' sidekicks were called "Cautes" and "Cautopates"?". 19 November 2011.
  3. ^ British Museum Collection
  4. ^ a b "Arbeitserziehungslager Frankfurt-Heddernheim". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2022.


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