Niederrad

Niederrad
Stadtteil of Frankfurt
Niederrad
Location of Niederrad within Frankfurt
Coordinates	50°05′18″N 8°38′37″E / 50.08833°N 8.64361°E / 50.08833; 8.64361Coordinates: 50°05′18″N 8°38′37″E / 50.08833°N 8.64361°E / 50.08833; 8.64361
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Urban district
Town	Frankfurt
Basic statistics
Area	2.894 km2 (1.117 sq mi)
Population	22,667  (31 December 2007)
- Density	7,832 /km2 (20,286 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	F
Postal code	60528
Area code	069
Website	www.niederrad.de

Niederrad is a district or Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main, Germany with about 23.000 Inhabitants. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Süd, and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Niederrad-Nord and Niederrad-Süd.

Frauenhof, a baroque building in Niederrad from 1761

History

The district is mainly designated as residential area. It includes the urban planners in the 1920s by Ernst May, resulting Allotment Bruchfeldstraße and the Adolf-Miersch settlement and the settlement in the main field. The purchasing power is 22,067 euros per capita (as of 2009).

Situation

Niederrad is the site of the western part of the University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt naming of some important institutions, but the racecourse Niederrad is located administratively in the district of Sachsenhausen and the Niederrad business district belongs almost exclusively to the District Schwanheim, more precisely, its settlement Goldstein. Also the sewage treatment plant is located just adjacent to Niederrad Schwanheim.

Weblinks

• Niederrad on the Francfortsite (german)