Heddernheim
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Heddernheim is located in Germany Show map of GermanyHeddernheim Heddernheim Heddernheim is located in Hesse Show map of HesseHeddernheim Heddernheim | |
| Coordinates: 50°09′55′′N 08°38′50′′E / 50.16528°N 8.64722°E / 50.16528; 8.64722 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Urban district |
| City | Frankfurt am Main |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.488 km2 (0.961 sq mi) |
| Population (2020年12月31日)[1] | |
• Total | 17,073 |
| • Density | 6,900/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 60439 |
| Dialling codes | 069 |
| Vehicle registration | F |
| Website | www.heddernheim.de |
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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
[edit ]Antiquity
[edit ]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
[edit ]Heddernheim was first mentioned in documents in 801 AD as Phetterenheim.
Modern history
[edit ]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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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.
References
[edit ]- ^ "Frankfurt Statsitik Aktuell 07/2021". Stadt Frankfurt am Main. July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021年08月01日. Retrieved 2021年09月22日.
- ^ "How do we know that Mithras' sidekicks were called "Cautes" and "Cautopates"?". 19 November 2011.
- ^ British Museum Collection
- ^ a b "Arbeitserziehungslager Frankfurt-Heddernheim". Bundesarchiv.de (in German). Retrieved 21 August 2022.
