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4 unusual facts about Bockenheim


Bockenheim

Stein-Bockenheim, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate (Alzey-Worms)

Bockenheim an der Weinstraße, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate (Bad Dürkheim)

Gœrlingen

By the thirteenth century Gœrlingen (albeit not spelled according to twenty-first century spelling) was numbered among the parishes under the archpriests of Bockenheim, the village being under the county of Sarrewerden to which the tithe was paid.

William Ralph Merton

Additionally, a vocational business school and a street in Bockenheim are named after him.


Bockenheim an der Weinstraße

In 770, Bockenheim had its first documentary mention in the Lorsch codex.

Europaturm

Among Frankfurt's residents, the tower is colloquially known as the "Ginnemer Spaschel" (dialect of Frankfurt for "The Ginnheimer Asparagus", or "Ginnheimer Spargel" in standard German), even though it is located in the Bockenheim district rather than close-by Ginnheim.

Zeilsheim

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.


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