FKK Darling Nidderau/Frankfurt (D)

Nidderau

Name origin

The town of Nidderau was formed by the voluntary merger of the town of Windecken and the municipality of Heldenbergen on 01.01.1970. The name refers to the river that runs through the town.

First documented mention

1970 AD

Population

21,000

Area

46.73 km²

Federal state

Hessen

Administrative region

Darmstadt

District

Main-Kinzig-Kreis

Vehicle registration

MKK, GN, HU, SLÜ

River

Nidder

The club FKK Darling is located in Nidderau in the Gewerbegebiet Nord.

Frankfurt am Main:

It's 420 km to Berlin, 390 km to Hamburg, 150 km to Köln and 200 km to München (each as the crow flies): Frankfurt am Main is an ancient trading city in the heart of Germany, with around 750,000 inhabitants smaller than the four German million-metropolises, yet in many respects a city of superlatives, far outshining all other German cities in importance.

That's true even in the literal sense: the impressive skyline of Frankfurt's skyscrapers is unique in Germany. The ten tallest buildings in Germany are, without exception, all located in Frankfurt, including the Commerzbank Tower, the Messeturm, the Main Tower and the ECB building.

But Frankfurt is also one of the most important business centres in the entire world, many German or former German major corporations have or had their headquarters there, including the once world's largest chemical group Hoechst, Metallgesellschaft, VDM, Cassella, Hartmann & Braun, Degussa, VDO or Deutsche Bahn as well as, of course, numerous banks and financial institutions, first and foremost Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse AG. Frankfurt is home to Germany's largest financial exchange, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank. In keeping with the significance of the old trade routes, the Frankfurter Autobahnkreuz is Europe's busiest traffic interchange, Frankfurt Airport is one of the world's most important aviation hubs, and naturally you'll also find one of Germany's most important trade fair venues here.

According to surveys, the lively trading metropolis ranks among the big cities with the highest quality of life even by international comparison, even if negative aspects such as a relatively high crime rate and rents slightly dampen the overall impression. Frankfurt is in any case not just a must-do for business travellers, but also draws tourists thanks to its many attractions. This starts with the historic old town backdrop near the banks of the Main with the Kaiserdom, Römerberg, Goethe-Haus and Paulskirche, all the more so since the city has now, in a 200-million-euro project covering seven hectares, had an ensemble of a total of 15 buildings reconstructed around the historic Krönungsweg and had a further 20 built in a historic style. From 1562 onwards - after the venue for elections and coronations moved from Aachen to Frankfurt - the Roman-German emperors took this route to the Kaiserdom right up until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. Frankfurter Dom - built between 1250 and 1514 - is thus one of the most significant buildings in German imperial history. In the nearby Paulskirche, meanwhile, the Deutsche Nationalversammlung met from May 1848 to May 1849, attempting for the first time on German soil to establish a democratic-parliamentary German nation state.

A hundred years later, the city - first documented in 794 AD and once a Free Imperial City - very nearly became the capital of the young Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Even though that didn't come to pass, the city has seen rapid growth in recent decades and brought great prosperity to its citizens. In the city centre, the above-average purchasing power of the public is reflected in the temples of consumption along one of Germany's biggest shopping streets: the Frankfurter Zeil with the adjoining Goethestraße. Meanwhile, whoever can afford it and wants to escape the big-city hustle and bustle looks for a home in the idyllically situated spa towns of the neighbouring Hochtaunus: Königstein, Bad Homburg or Kronberg are home to numerous well-earning Frankfurters and rank among the wealthiest municipalities in Germany.

For those who prefer to stay in the city, there's plenty on offer just in terms of culture and leisure: the Oper Frankfurt, the Theater am Turm or the long-established Gallus Theater, the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen side of the Main with houses such as the Städel, the Liebighaus or the Museum der Weltkulturen, as well as, beyond that, a pulsating nightlife. Frankfurt is not only home to the tradition-rich football club Eintracht Frankfurt, but also the seat of Germany's most important sports associations such as the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB), Deutscher Turner-Bund (DTB) or Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB).

Among Frankfurt's well-known sons and daughters are numerous members of the banking dynasties Rothschild and Oppenheim(er), Caspar & Maria Sibylla Merian as well as Theodor W. Adorno, Bettina von Arnim, Heinrich Hoffmann, Friedrich Wöhler, Otto Emil Hahn, Arthur Schopenhauer and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Hoffmann, Erich Fromm, Anne Frank, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Albert Mangelsdorff, Dieter Wedel, Wolfgang Spier, Marika Kilius, Jean Frankfurter, Michael Groß, Thor Kunkel, Hans Zimmer, Peter Kloeppel, Hannes Jaenicke, Birgit Prinz, Jessica Wahls, Namika, Sonya Kraus, Moses Pelham and Sabrina Setlur.

Nidderau:

The town of Nidderau lies on the northeastern edge of the Rhein-Main-Gebiet and is the fifth-largest town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis. It is around 25 km from Frankfurt am Main. The town of Nidderau was formed by the voluntary merger of the town of Windecken and the municipality of Heldenbergen as part of the territorial reform of the state of Hessen on 1 January 1970. On 31 December 1971, the more northerly located places of Eichen and Erbstadt joined. Finally, Ostheim followed on 1 July 1974.