Heddernheim is a quarter of

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. It is part of the '' Ortsbezirk Nord-West'' and is subdivided into the ''Stadtbezirke'' Heddernheim-Ost and Heddernheim-West.

History

Antiquity

The Roman town of Nida was situated in the south-western part of Heddernheim. There have been three Mithraea (temples to

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) discovered at Heddernheim. A hoard of silver votive plaques was discovered in the Roman settlement of Nida near Heddernheim in the nineteenth century, some of which are in the

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/ref> The offerings appear to have been deposited in a shrine dedicated to the Roman God of Jupiter Dolichenus.

Middle Ages

Heddernheim was first mentioned in documents in 801 AD as ''Phetterenheim''.

Modern history

In Heddernheim there has been plants for

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from the midth 19th century to the 1970s, including a huge plant of Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke. Meanwhile a big housing estate was built, named ''Nordweststadt'', including a

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called ''Nordwestzentrum'', and ''Mertonviertel''. During

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, in 1942, a forced labour camp was established in the district by the Nazis. Due to American advance, in 1945, it was dissolved and its prisoners were deported to the

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Subway stations

In Heddernheim there are six stations of the Frankfurt U-Bahn: Heddernheim, Zeilweg, Sandelmühle, Heddernheimer Landstraße, Nordwestzentrum and Römerstadt. They are serving five lines: U1, U2, U3, U8 and U9.

References

Districts of Frankfurt {{Hesse-geo-stub