Dornbusch (Frankfurt am Main)

Dornbusch
Dornbusch
Quarter of Frankfurt am Main
	U-Bahn station "Dornbusch" at the intersection Eschersheimer Landstraße/Marbachweg
	Location of Dornbusch (red) and the Ortsbezirk Mitte-Nord (light red) within Frankfurt am Main
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	Coordinates: 50°08′22″N 08°40′14″E / 50.13944°N 8.67056°E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Urban district
City	Frankfurt am Main
Area
• Total	2.325 km2 (0.898 sq mi)
Population (2020-12-31)
• Total	18,715
• Density	8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	60320, 60431, 60433
Dialling codes	069
Vehicle registration	F
Website	www.frankfurt.de

Dornbusch (literally: thornbush) is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main in Hesse, Germany. It is located north of the city center and north of the River Main, and is part of the Ortsbezirk Mitte-Nord. Dornbusch is surrounded by Eckenheim, Nordend-West, Westend-Nord, Bockenheim, Ginnheim and Eschersheim.

The name "Dornbusch" derives from the fact that there grew thornbushes on both sides of Eschersheimer Landstraße (Eschersheim Country Road) until the end of the 19th century, that were once part of the Frankfurt city fortifications. The southern border of Dornbusch approximately constituted the northern city border of Frankfurt from the Middle Ages to the annexation of Frankfurt by Prussia in 1866.

The Sinaipark (Sinaipark), named after the former Sinai-Gärtnerei (Sinai plant nursery), with the Sinai-Wildnis (Sinai-Wilderness) is located at the center of Dornbusch. It was created between 1983 and 1986.

The name "Dornbusch" is known throughout Hesse because of the "Funkhaus am Dornbusch" (broadcasting center at the thornbush) of Hessischer Rundfunk, which is, despite its name, located immediately south of the border of Dornbusch in Nordend-West.

Frankfurt U-Bahn in Dornbusch

There are three stations of the Frankfurt U-Bahn in Dornbusch. These are from south to north:

"Dornbusch (Hessischer Rundfunk)" (Thornbush (Hessian Broadcasting))
"Fritz-Tarnow-Straße" (Fritz-Tarnow-Street) and
"Hügelstraße" (Hill Street)

The stations are served by lines

U1 (Frankfurt Süd → Ginnheim)
U2 (Frankfurt Süd → Bad Homburg-Gonzenheim)
U3 (Frankfurt Süd → Oberursel-Hohemark) and
U8 (Frankfurt Süd → Riedberg)

Although the stations are called U-Bahn stations (Untergrundbahn = underground train), all of them are located above ground in the middle of Eschersheimer Landstraße (Eschersheim Country Road). The U-Bahn tracks cannot be crossed except at the stations, and hence divide Dornbusch into a western and an eastern part. The U-Bahn enters the tunnel south of Dornbusch in the direction of the city center, between the stations "Dornbusch (Hessischer Rundfunk)" and "Miquel-/Adickesallee" (Miquel-/Adickes Avenue), which is the first station located underground. Via the stations "Holzhausenstraße" (Holzhausen Street), "Grüneburgweg" (Grüneburg Way) and "Eschenheimer Tor" (Eschenheim Gate), the subway reaches the city centre of Frankfurt at the station "Hauptwache/Zeil" (Main Police Station/Zeil).

Residence of Anne Frank

Anne Frank's first residence at Marbachweg 307, where she lived from 1929 to 1931, is located closest to the station "Dornbusch", east of Eschersheimer Landstraße, while her second residence at Ganghoferstraße 24, where she resided from 1931 to 1933, is located between the stations "Fritz-Tarnow-Straße" and "Hügelstraße", west of Eschersheimer Landstraße. Ganghoferstraße is located in the "Dichterviertel" (Poets' Quarter), an upper class neighbourhood where the streets are named after famous poets. In 1933, Edith, Margot and Anne Frank moved to Edith's mother at Pastorplatz 1 in Aachen before settling in Amsterdam.