Praunheim is a quarter of
Frankfurt am Main
Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...
,
Germany
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. It is part of the ''
Ortsbezirk Mitte-West'' and is subdivided into five ''Stadtbezirke'': Praunheim, Praunheim-Nord, Praunheim-Süd, Alt-Praunheim and Westhausen.
It is located along the north bank of the river
Nidda and is composed of two areas: ''Alt Praunheim'' (old Praunheim), a typical Hessian village with a central commercial street and some timber beam houses, located to the east and the ''Siedlung Praunheim'', a residential development built in the 1920s under the auspices of town planner
Ernst May located to the west. The development comprises 1500 houses that were built from 1926 through 1929.
Praunheim belonged to the
Archbishopric of Mainz. Ecclesiastical Middle Authority was the Archdeacon of the provost of
St. Peter in Mainz.
Notable residents of Praunheim have included the
jazz
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trombonist
Albert Mangelsdorff
Albert Mangelsdorff (September 5, 1928 – July 25, 2005) was a German jazz trombonist. Working mainly in free jazz, he was an innovator in multiphonics.
Early life
Mangelsdorff was born in Frankfurt on September 5, 1928, as the son of the book ...
, his brother, the saxophonist
Emil Mangelsdorff and film maker
Rosa von Praunheim
Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky (born Holger Radtke; 25 November 1942), known professionally as Rosa von Praunheim, is a German film director, author, producer, professor of directing and one of the most influential and famous LGBT social move ...
.
References
Districts of Frankfurt
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