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Riederwald, Frankfurt am Main — Area Guide & Where to Stay
A quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Riederwald sits within the Ortsbezirk Ost and covers under four square kilometres of mostly residential ground.
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Where to stay in Riederwald
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The Evangelische Philippuskirche Frankfurt and the Siedlung Bornheimer Hang mark out most of what Riederwald offers a visitor on foot, and neither of them comes with a hotel next door. Beds sit elsewhere. Anyone booking for Frankfurt am Main will find the supply in the wider city, while Riederwald itself keeps to flats and quiet streets under the Ortsbezirk Ost.
Few places to stay in Riederwald — most visitors book in Frankfurt am Main nearby.
About Riederwald
What are the main landmarks in Riederwald?
A church, an estate, a find site. The Evangelische Philippuskirche Frankfurt heads the list, the Siedlung Bornheimer Hang sets its housing beside the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, and a Samian ware discovery site records a find made in the ground here. The bigger draws sit in Frankfurt am Main, which leaves Riederwald as a quarter to live in rather than to tour.
What is the history of Riederwald?
The year Riederwald began is missing from Frankfurt's paperwork. What the register holds instead is a Samian ware discovery site, evidence that the ground under Riederwald was turned over long before the quarter took its place among the units of the Ortsbezirk Ost. Frankfurt am Main wrote the rest.
Its estate housing, the Siedlung Bornheimer Hang, and the Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche beside it stand as the built record of a quarter that grew as part of the city rather than apart from it.
Where is Riederwald?
Riederwald takes in a shade under four square kilometres of built ground, one of the Frankfurt am Main quarters gathered into the Ortsbezirk Ost.
Common questions
What is the best area to stay in Riederwald?
Frankfurt am Main: travellers who booked for Frankfurt am Main itself and not for one of its quarters.
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Updated September 2026