Zeilsheim (Frankfurt am Main)
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| Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main | ||
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Location of Zeilsheim (red) and the Ortsbezirk West (light red) within Frankfurt am Main
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| Coordinates: 50°05′49″N 08°29′33″E / 50.09694°N 8.49250°ECoordinates: 50°05′49″N 08°29′33″E / 50.09694°N 8.49250°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt | |
| District | Urban district | |
| Town | Frankfurt am Main | |
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| • Total | 4.300 km2 (1.660 sq mi) | |
| Population (2007-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 11,914 | |
| • Density | 2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 65931 | |
| Dialling codes | 069 | |
| Vehicle registration | F | |
| Website | www.zeilsheim.de | |
Zeilsheim is a city district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk West and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Zeilsheim-Ost, Zeilsheim-Süd and Zeilsheim-Nord.
As the westernmost district of Frankfurt, Zeilsheim is somewhat rural in character and the surrounding fields can give a clear view of the Taunus mountains.
Zeilsheim borders Kriftel in the west, Liederbach am Taunus in the north, the district of Unterliederbach in the northeast, Höchst in the east, and Sindlingen in the southeast. In the north and west, it is bordered by the Bundesautobahn 66 Wiesbaden-Frankfurt.
The main street of the district is the Landesstraße 3018 that lead through the L 3016 from Kelkheim through Unterliederbach, through Zeilsheim until Hofheim am Taunus. It is sometimes nicknamed the Pfaffenwiese or the Hofheimer Straße (Hofheim Street). It is also a major street used in public transport. Zeilsheim is linked by bus to the observation tower in Bockenheim, to Griesheim and to Niederrad, as well as by regional bus lines to Schwalbach am Taunus und Hofheim.
A settlement in Zeilsheim was initiated by Hoechst AG to provide worker housing located near its factories. A similar settlement is Heimchen in Unterliederbach. The main street of the settlement was called Neu-Zeilsheim. Nearly all of the intersecting streets are ordered alphabetically. Today in the center lies a church erected in 1912. On the western borders stands the building of the Käthe-Kollwitz School erected in 1902.
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