Eschersheim (Frankfurt am Main)

Eschersheim
Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main
Eschersheim
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Urban district
Town Frankfurt am Main
Basic statistics
Area 3.339 km2 (1.289 sq mi)
Population 14,693  (31 December 2007)
 - Density 4,400 /km2 (11,397 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate F
Postal codes 60433, 60431
Area code 069
Website www.eschersheim.com

Eschersheim is a district or Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with some 14,000 inhabitants. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Mitte-Nord, and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Eschersheim-Nord and Eschersheim-Süd.

Eschersheim, with a historical record beginning around 1000, is a district in the north of Frankfurt. It sits above the Nidda River and on the opposite bank from Heddernheim. The old part of Eschersheim, "Alt-Eschersheim," is situated between the railroad and the public swimming pool.

Around 1900 Eschersheim, previously a rural village without industry, became a wealthy residential area; it was incorporated into Frankfurt in 1910. In the twenties and thirties Walter Gropius built the new settlement "Am Lindenbaum," around the water tower in the southern part of the district. In the fifties, more living complexes were built.

One of Eschersheim's oldest landmarks is an ancient lime tree planted sometime shortly after 1648 to mark the end of the Thirty Years' War.