Eschborn


Eschborn is a town in the Main-Taunus district, Hesse, Germany. It is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area and has a population of 21,488. Eschborn is home to numerous corporations due to its proximity to Frankfurt and relatively low business tax rate.
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Geography

Location

Most of "old" Eschborn is on the streets Hauptstraße, near the Eschborn S-Bahn station, and Unterortstraße, including the Rathaus and some old churches.
The village of Niederhöchstadt is part of Eschborn, but with a different phone area code. Between Eschborn and the communities to the north and west are particularly green stretches with some pretty houses, nice walks in the foothills of the Taunus mountains. Eschborn is also near some popular supermarkets such as Globus.But there also some small shops like Nahkauf, and there's a pretty popular Ice Cream cafe.

Landscape

Eschborn provides expansive views of the Taunus mountain ranges, especially the 'Altkönig' and behind it the 'Feldberg' up to elevations of around 880 m above sealevel. From Eschborn to the north there are numerous hiking and biking trails leading up to these green mountain zones. In winter, along and up those hills you will even find cross country skiing slopes as well as downhill sled runs used by large crowds of people, esp. on weekends.

History

Eschborn was first mentioned at the beginning of the reign of Charlemagne as king of the Franks. The reason for this first written mention of Eschborn, spelled ‘Aschenbrunne’, was a deed of donation to the Benedictine Lorsch Abbey, which is about 60 km south of Eschborn.
The name Aschenbrunne means "well at the ash tree".

Buildings and architecture

Large areas of the town are still undeveloped and green expanses fuse in with several high-rises, with a brook passing by the Rathaus and running close to the S-Bahn railway line, that joins the river Nidda. Housing large corporations that have chosen Eschborn, the high-rises of Deutsche Bank, LG, Deutsche Telekom, Ernst & Young, Deutsche Börse Group and newly SAP, are unmissable.
The street housing the Deutsche Bank offices is named Alfred-Herrhausen-Allee, after Alfred Herrhausen, former chairman of Deutsche Bank who was killed on 30. November 1989 by the RAF assailants near his home in Bad Homburg.

Town partnerships

Eschborn is twinned with 4 towns in Europe:

Transport

The S-Bahn train station Eschborn Süd happens to be the last stop on the route still falling under the Zone 50 which covers Frankfurt, and hence means a lot to employees who can commute using the same monthly pass. Two S-Bahn lines operate to Eschborn. They both connect to Frankfurt Central Station and end at Frankfurt South station. Frankfurt Airport is located which is 15 minutes drive from the town.

Education

Eschborn has 4 schools in total:
  • Hartmutschule
  • Süd-West-Schule
  • Westerbach-Schule, in Niederhöchstadt
  • Heinrich-von-Kleist-Schule

Economy and business

Following Government offices are located in Eschborn:
Many common companies have headquarters or branches located in Eschborn. Other Companies with branches in Eschborn are: Deutsche Bank AG, Siemens SE, Deutsche Telekom AG, Ernst & Young, Continental AG, and Vodafone Germany.
Nissin Foods GmbH has its offices in Eschborn.

Sport

The FC Eschborn football team was established in 1930.
The chess club SC Eschborn 1974 was founded in 1974.

Points of interest

Notable people