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Frankfurt`s Green Belt
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Klaus Wichert
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GreenBelt Map
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Ginkgo Maps (www.ginkgomaps.com)
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Contents
Frankfurt am Main in figures
Development of Frankfurt’s GreenBelt
Protecting Frankfurt’s GreenBelt
GreenBelt in the Rhine-Main Regional Park
GreenBelt Frankfurt 2030
Outlook
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Frankfurt am Main in figures
688,000 inhabitants
490,000 jobs
227 banks
2.2 million trade fair visitors
335,000 commuters a day
464,000 flight movements
350,000 passengers a day at the main railway station
300,000 vehicles a day – Frankfurter Kreuz motorway
junction
52% green open space
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The first ring – the Wallanlagen
Transforming the former military ring around the
historic city centre into a tree-lined promenade
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The second ring – the Alleenring
The Allenring was laid out as part of the major city
extension plans in the late nineteenth century.
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The third ring – the GreenBelt
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Landscape protection area
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Landscapes in the GreenBelt – Nidda
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Landscapes in the GreenBelt – orchard meadow
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Landscapes in the GreenBelt – forest
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Landscapes in the GreenBelt – field
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Herbs for a national dish
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Monument to a national dish
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Frankfurt green sauce
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Nature conservation – the Schwanheimer Düne
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Recreation – the Schwanheimer Düne
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Disused airfield in Bonames
Military airfield from 1950 to 1992
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Nature reconquering the area
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2003 2010
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Landing strip as a play space
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Countryside guides
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Tower Cafe run by the Werkstatt Frankfurt e.V.
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Landscape protection through PR work
75 km GreenBelt – cycle track
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Landscape protection through PR work
62 km GreenBelt – circular hiking route
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Landscape protection through PR work
Guided walks in the GreenBelt
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Landscape protection through PR work
GreenBelt leisure map
Leaflets on places to visit
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Landscape protection through PR work
GreenBelt creature by Robert Gernhardt
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Discover, explore and learn
Educational facilities for children in the GreenBelt
65 different topics
6,000 children a year
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Comic art – shock-headed Peter
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Comic art – squirrel king
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Comic art – monster child
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Comic art – owl in Norwegian pullover
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Comic art – “I” monument
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Rhine-Main Regional Park
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Rhine-Main Regional Park
Enhancing the value of the countryside as a
recreation area
50 municipalities (> 3 million inhabitants)
200 attractions
350 km road network
5,600 km²
1,500 km planned
GreenBelt – the “heart of the Regional Park”
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Path in the Regional Park
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Garden in the Regional Park
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Historic object in the Regional Park
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Landmark in the Regional Park
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Observation tower in the Regional Park
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Work of art in the Regional Park
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GreenBelt Frankfurt 2030
Strategy for connecting, emphasising and activating the
GreenBelt until 2030
Urbanisation
Aestheticisation
Social programming
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Urbanisation
Thinking of Frankfurt’s
development from the
GreenBelt
Quality of open spaces,
open spaces as an
important resource
GreenBelt forges inward
links and radiates out into
the region
Linking the GreenBelt to
the city and region
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Aestheticisation
Target emphasis of
individual areas
Developing the dissection
of the GreenBelt into a
programmatic strength
Reinforcing the qualities of
the GreenBelt as an
aesthetic area of recreation
and discovery
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Social programming
As a social compensation
area, GreenBelt is opened
up to new forms and use
and adoption.
Environmental justice
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Outlook
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