The best traffic-free bike rides around Heusenstamm

a beautiful floodplain and biotope

Until the beginning of the 20th century, in addition to a few private bathhouses, DA only had the Großer Woog as a public bathing facility. However, as the importance of hygiene became known and the desire for a public bath grew louder, the city of DA decided in 1905 to build a public bath and announced a competition, which was won by Franz Thyriot from Berlin. Nevertheless, the city commissioned August Buxbaum to revise his own design and implement it. The Zentralbad, completed in 1909, had two gender-separated swimming halls on the west side, steam, air, and medical baths in the middle between the two swimming halls, and on the east side also gender-separated tub and shower baths. They extended over two floors and primarily served as a cleaning bath for citizens on the ground floor, whose houses were mostly not equipped with bathrooms (Bessunger Turnhalle). In the basement, in addition to the technical facilities, the laundry and the dog bath were housed. The cold water reservoir was located in the tip of the tower above the main entrance. In front of the bath on the south and north sides stood two temples, which were used as waiting rooms and public restrooms. During the First World War, the pools of the Volksbad were covered with wooden beams and used as a workshop for sewing soldiers' uniforms; during the Second World War, the Zentralbad was used exclusively for delousing soldiers and prisoners of war. On the night of the fire, the women's bath burned down completely, the slate-covered roof and the copper tower dome were lost, and the outdoor area with the two pavilions was destroyed. To make the bath usable again as soon as possible, provisional reconstruction and modernization of the interior fittings were begun. In 1962, a training pool was built in place of the heavily damaged women's bath by Ernst Samesreuther, and the outdated boiler house was replaced by a modern facility. The steam and air bath was renovated and completely altered in 1967. A new building in the contour of the old building but in modern architecture was created on the site of the former women's bath. The Zentralbad, renamed "Jugendstilbad", received the Hessian Heritage Protection Prize in 2009. Source: https://www.darmstadt-stadtlexikon.de/z/zentralbad.html

The Luderbachaue nature reserve in Dreieich, with an area of around 300 hectares, is one of the most important protected areas in the Offenbach district. It extends along the Luderbach stream, which gives it its name, and as an FFH area, it forms a valuable mosaic of near-natural oak-beech forests, moist floodplain meadows, and still waters. The ecological significance lies primarily in the protection of rare species: the area provides habitat for the protected stag beetle, the green broom moss, as well as numerous endangered bird and amphibian species. For visitors, the floodplain is an important local recreation area with a well-developed network of paths. Popular destinations in the immediate vicinity include Hayn Castle in Dreieichenhain and the modern land art installation, the Stangenpyramide. To avoid endangering the sensitive flora and fauna, a strict path requirement applies throughout the entire area, as well as a leash requirement for dogs.

A better panoramic view of the Frankfurt skyline than from the pole pyramid.

Nothing happens here without water ;-)

In autumn/winter, when the fountain is off, the square looks somewhat bare in my opinion.

Currently no water is running

There are some beautiful historic buildings here.