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The town of Höchst am Main, now the Höchst district of Frankfurt, has a history stretching back over twelve hundred years. For a long time, Höchst was an independent town and an outpost of the Kurmainz region at the gates of Frankfurt. It was not incorporated into Frankfurt until 1928.
Höchst am Main became part of Frankfurt am Main in 1928. [6] Until 1987, Höchst was the administrative seat of an independent Landkreis. [16] Höchst is now the center of the Frankfurt-West Ortsbezirk (administrative district) with 135,000 residents.
On 1 April 1928 the City of Höchst became part of Frankfurt, as well as its city districts Sindlingen, Unterliederbach and Zeilsheim. Simultaneously the Landkreis Höchst was dispersed with its member cities either joining Frankfurt (Fechenheim, Griesheim, Nied, Schwanheim, Sossenheim) or joining the newly established Landkreis of Main-Taunus ...
In 1928 the town’s independence came to an end when it became part of the city of Frankfurt. Alt-Höchst, the old town of Höchst, has some of the most picturesque streets and houses in all of Frankfurt. Narrow, pedestrianised streets lined with half-timbered houses lead to the Schlossplatz (Castle Square).
Höchst became world famous as the location of the industrial site of the former Hoechst AG company. Much less well known is that the district in the western section of Frankfurt has an interesting historical Old Town with a closed timber-framed development.
After French occupation during the Napoleonic era, Höchst was ruled by the Duchy of Nassau and, from 1866 onwards, by Prussia. The foundation for the present-day chemical giant was laid in 1863 by the master craftsman, Lucius. Höchst officially became a city district of Frankfurt in 1928.
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