Sossenheim
- 631 - Sossenheim - West
- 632 - Sossenheim East
Sossenheim is, since April 1, 1928, a district of Frankfurt am Main.
- 5.1 Transportation
- 5.2 street
- 6.1 Sports Community Sossenheim 1878
- 6.2 RV Sossenheim 1895
- 7.1 Brothers Moss Memorial Race
- 7.2 Muhlgasse hard
- 7.3 notch
- 7.4 Christmas Market
Location
The district is located in the northeast of the local district Frankfurt-West, and forms part of the Northwest boundary of the City of Frankfurt am Main. The adjacent neighborhoods and communities in the West Unterliederbach and maximum, in the north of Eschborn, Schwalbach am Taunus Sulzbach ( Taunus), to the east and south Roedelheim Griesheim, Nied. In addition, counts a large part Sossenheims - the Sossenheimer subfield a nature reserve in Frankfurt Green Belt.
The easternmost downtown Frankfurt (Main Station ) is about 6.2 km away.
Population
Sossenheim had end of December 2010 000000000015767.000000000015.767 inhabitants.
Buildings, sites and cultural monuments
→ Main article: List of cultural monuments in Frankfurt- Sossenheim
A landmark Sossenheims is the septic wells. The fountain, which was already known in the 19th century, was in 1926 taken as " Sossenheimer bubble ". By hydrogen sulfide in the water, the water smells of rot and is therefore unsuitable for drinking, but is occasionally drunk as a healing water. In neighboring Bad Soden am Taunus there are many other such healing springs.
The Lazy fountain across the street is the former town hall, a neo-classical sandstone building, which is now used as a police station. A few meters to the maximum is the traditional restaurant / Apfelweinwirtschaft Zum Löwen, multiple winner of the catering price Hesse. The wooden-framed house was built in 1838.
Town hall
Zum Löwen
Religion
Catholic Church
Ever since the documentary first mention Sossenheims in 1218 there was a chapel, which was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The new chapel was consecrated in 1582 was made in 1706 to the Archangel Michael. Other new buildings were made in 1829 and most recently in 1967 in the context of population growth of the Catholic parish of St. Michael, Sossenheimer Kirchberg 2
Since time immemorial, Kirchberg is the center of the resort, on the protruding nor the church tower was built in 1582 and today.
Evangelical Church
Increasingly since the end of the 19th century also attracted Protestant Population by Sossenheim, mostly workers at the nearby Hoechst. 1897, the foundation stone for the Protestant church was laid. The architect of today listed building was Ludwig Hofmann. 1904, the Protestant community Sossenheims became independent. In 1998, today's rainbow community formed in Sossenheim from Tiberias and the Dunant community. By 2012 there were thus two community houses: The house Tiberias near the church and the house demolished in 2012 Dunant Dunant in the settlement. The latter area, meanwhile, is built with a new children's home.
Emergency responders Chapel
The emergency responders chapel on the outskirts towards Höchst was first established in 1755 under Pastor Johann Peter Becker. 1883 done by Pastor Jacob Mitnacht under the assistance of many citizens of the district of reconstruction in neo-Gothic style. It serves as a field chapel in procession and to appeal to the 14 helpers.
Cemetery
On the Sossenheimer cemetery known by numerous portraits and paintings for the Frankfurt Schirn painter Wilhelm Hongxin (1887-1972) is buried.
Traffic
Transportation
With public transport (bus ) of the district over Roedelheim (55 ), maximum (50, 55, 58), the Uni- location Bock home or the Frankfurt Messe (50) and Eschborn (56, 58) to achieve, at night by night bus N1, by train from maximum or Bad Soden / Sulzbach. Up to Frankfurt Central Station it takes about 30 minutes. In addition, there is a direct bus connection to Frankfurt International Airport.
The Sossenheim railway station is on the southwestern edge of the district at the Sodener railway and is served by the regional train line 13. Until 1997 there perverted the S-Bahn line S3. The commercial area Wilhelm- Fay Street is in the north next to the bus 56 via the S-Bahn station Eschborn -Süd ( S3, S4) connected to the rail network, or in the south on the number 55 bus
Sossenheim is to be developed by multiple breakpoints of future rail link " Regional tangent West". In addition to the existing station Sossenheimer a station on the settlement Dunant and close to the historic town center is being considered in each case; planned is the latter station at the end of the Michael Street. A citizens' initiative from the district fights against the course of the route on Sossenheimer area; the proposed breakpoint was much too far away from the town center and the route goes through a conservation area. The breakpoint and the routing should therefore on Eschborner area - fields and fields - be shifted north of the motorway, the passengers should be accessible via a pedestrian tunnel under the or a pedestrian bridge over the highway there zehnstreifige.
Road
Sossenheim limited traffic- favorable to the Federal Highway 66 in the north and the Federal Highway 5 in the east. Through the eastern Sossenheim through, but mostly away from the inhabited area runs the federal highway 648
Sports
Sports Community Sossenheim 1878
The sports community Sossenheim is 1878 eV, a local sports club. It offers various sports, also in their own premises, with its own football field.
RV Sossenheim 1895
Go from the cycling club RV Sossenheim 1895 eV numerous professionals out, such as Christian Werner, Fabian Wegmann, Matthias Kessler or Kai Hundertmarck.
Regular events
Brothers Moss Memorial Race
The cycling club RV Sossenheim alljährliches since before 1962 already organized on Corpus Christi a bicycle race with various names, most recently, the brothers Moss Memorial Race.
Muhlgasse hard
Regularly in the summer, the Sossenheimer Muhlgasse held a street party for young and old, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2004.
Notch
Traditionally, the notch is celebrated annually, with notch brunch and amusement park on the Sossenheimer notch place.
Christmas Market
For many years a Christmas market is held on the first Sunday of Advent on the Sossenheimer Kirchberg.
Sons and daughters Sossenheims
- William Fay (1911-1980), former Mayor of Frankfurt am Main
- Heini Noß (* July 15, 1921; † January 27, 1969 ), former racing cyclist
- Theo Intra (1930-1981), former racing cyclist
- Eberhard Thust ( born 1947 ), boxing promoter and writer
- Robert Lange (1947-2000), racing cyclist and track cycling national coach
- Andreas Möller ( born 1967), football player and coach
- Mark Spoon (1966-2006), known among other things as Mark Spoon Jam & Spoon
- Vito Vendetta ( born 1981 ), professional boxer and rapper
Trivia
The cartoonist Clovis Poth, who lived in Sossenheim since 1990, documented until his death in 2004, the wild mixture architecture of the neighborhood in the series of pictures Last Exit Sossenheim. The series appeared every month in the satirical magazine Titanic. Against the background of recognizable Sossenheimer scenes he drew anonymous contemporaries and wrote them time typical thoughts and dialogues. As he himself stated that the ideas came to him often from scraps of conversation, which he captured in the neighborhood or at bus trips overheard or had to listen. To the memory of Poth dedicated in Sossenheimer subdivision south of Ortsrandes the Clovis - Poth system. Two image sequences of the subscriber on -screen totems are on permanent display on site.