Frankfurt district of Ginnheim
With around 17,200 inhabitants, Ginnheim is one of the quieter live-and-sleep districts of the city. It is located in the central north of the city, surrounded by the districts of Eschersheim, Dornbusch, Westend and Bockenheim.
The district is characterized by a very high level of diversity, with almost 60 percent of residents having a migration background, and the figure for children and young people under the age of 18 is almost 80 percent. People from more than 80 nations live here, although these figures vary greatly in the individual neighborhood areas. Ginnheim is also characterized by an above-average number of young people compared to the rest of Frankfurt.
There are relatively few local jobs in Ginnheim, the commercial structure is declining and, despite a lively network of social actors, there are still too few leisure, cultural and educational facilities. For example, there is no cinema, theater or museum in Ginnheim.
Important issues for the Ginnheim population are therefore the lack of easily accessible meeting rooms and the lack of attractive offers, especially for children and young people.
Territorially, the district area around the almost tranquil, former village center of Alt-Ginnheim is divided into individual settlements that are clearly separated from each other in terms of construction and social structure – neighborhood areas that oscillate very little among themselves.
In addition to the Höhenblick estate, these are the Reichelstrasse estate and the Rebgärten estate. A particular focus of support is on the former large American housing area with the Hügelsiedlung, the von Steuben estate and the Platensiedlung North and South. While major construction projects such as the redensification of the Platensiedlung Nord and the “Green Ypsilon” green space enhancement measure in the “Housing Area” show clear signs of renewal in the district, other areas of the neighborhood have yet to be upgraded.
Ginnheim is cut through and bordered by major roads and railroad tracks. Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße in particular cuts through the district as a bridge in a large S-curve like a wall. The face of Ginnheim is therefore characterized by large traffic routes.
Ginnheim’s actual center as the main shopping street is Ginnheimer Landstraße. However, it lacks the infrastructure and the face of a real center. Some of the immediately surrounding neighborhoods are structurally weak and/or have little life.
In one of these neighborhood spaces, right between the three high-rise buildings in the Reichelstraße estate, just a stone’s throw away from the Ginnheim terminus (U1) and close to Ginnheimer Landstraße, will be the Ginnheim Flying Artists’ Room. It is intended to activate and encourage residents to participate in improving the design of their living environment and their district.