Niederrad

Niederrad
Niederrad
Stadtteil of Frankfurt am Main
	Coat of arms
	Location of Niederrad (red) and the Ortsbezirk Süd (light red) within Frankfurt am Main
	Niederrad Niederrad
	Coordinates: 50°05′18″N 08°38′37″E / 50.08833°N 8.64361°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Urban district
Town	Frankfurt am Main
Area
• Total	2.894 km2 (1.117 sq mi)
Population (2007-12-31)
• Total	22,667
• Density	7,800/km2 (20,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	60528
Dialling codes	069
Vehicle registration	F
Website	www.niederrad.de

Niederrad is a city district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Süd and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Niederrad-Nord and Niederrad-Süd.

History

The district is mainly designated as residential area. It includes the settlement Bruchfeldstraße which was planned by the urban planners in the 1920s under the direction of Ernst May, the Adolf-Miersch settlement and the high-rise Mainfeld residential area.^[1]

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 "Bürostadt" belongs almost exclusively to the District Schwanheim, more precisely, its settlement Goldstein. Also the sewage treatment plant is located at the Niederrad-Schwanheim district border.