Living in Frankfurt - Frankfurt am Main

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oldest church lend a special distinction to the main district
of Höchst. This is the location where the Nidda joins the
Main River in a picturesque setting, where timber-frame
buildings and cobblestone streets make it easy to forget
the big city around the corner. And yet, like no other part of
the city, the West is characterized by an industrial culture:
a railroad repair shop that was shut down a long time ago
in Nied, waste dips in Griesheim (jokingly referred to as the
“Alps”), the former compound of Hoechst AG in Sindlingen,
and workers’ housing estates everywhere, many of them
with small gardens: In the West, work and recreation are
more intertwined than in other parts of Frankfurt. And the
jobs themselves have also changed – old paint factories
have been taken over by IT and bio-tech companies, and the
Höchst industrial park has become one of Europe’s largest
research centers, which also includes production facilities.
And yet there is plenty of space for nature: Zeilsheim, for
example, the westernmost district, is entirely surrounded
by woods, and an alley of chestnut trees leads into town.
Schwanheim, on the other side of the Main River, offers refuge
to rare species of animals in the “Schwanheim Dunes”
conservation area, and the districts of Unterliederbach and
Sossenheim, as different as they are, are located at the foot
of the Taunus mountains, linking the big city with nature. Hundertwasser
NORTHERN DISTRICTS
kindergarten
Rödelheim, Hausen, Praunheim, Niederursel,
in Heddern-
Heddernheim, Riedberg, Bonames, Nieder-Eschbach, heim and view
Berkersheim, Harheim, Nieder-Erlenbach,
of the Nidda
Frankfurter Berg.
River
Few districts are as quaint and peaceful as Frankfurt’s
North and Northwest. Hausen, Rödelheim, Praunheim,