Prehistory and Roman era The district contains prehistoric sites. From Roman times, remains of a
Jupiter giant column were found, now kept in the
Historical Museum Frankfurt.
Middle Ages The earliest record of Seckbach as
Seckibah dates to 882. Around the same time it appears in the Lorscher Codex as
Seckebac. On 14 February 947, King
Otto I granted his steward Wetti a royal
Hufe in Seckbach. In 1178, the village of Kirchberg between Seckbach and Bergen is mentioned; its church was initially also the parish church of Seckbach. Seckbach belonged to the Amt Bornheimerberg. In 1320 King
Louis IV pledged the Bornheimerberg, including Seckbach, to Ulrich II of Hanau. Despite Frankfurt's attempts to resist, Seckbach became part of
Hanau-Münzenberg in 1481.
Name forms • Seckebac (830–850) • Seckibah (882) • Seggibah (947) • Siccenbach (977) • Sekebach (11th/12th century) • Seckebach (1247)
Early modern period In the
German Peasants' War, villagers demanded rights from Count
Philip II. During the
Reformation, most residents remained
Lutheran despite Hanau's adoption of
Calvinism. In 1710, the Lutheran Marienkirche was consecrated.
Under Hesse-Kassel After the extinction of Hanau-Münzenberg in 1642, Seckbach passed to
Hesse-Kassel. In 1759 the
Battle of Bergen was partly fought on Seckbach land. In 1790 Landgrave
Wilhelm IX hosted Emperor
Leopold II near Seckbach, commemorated by the Leopoldsäule.
19th century In 1821 Seckbach joined the united Protestant church (Hanauer Union). In 1866 Hesse-Kassel was annexed by Prussia. Seckbach became part of the Province of Hesse-Nassau, later of the district of Frankfurt. On 1 July 1900 it was incorporated into Frankfurt.
20th century During
World War II air raids killed 33 residents and destroyed the Marienkirche. Postwar rebuilding included new housing, schools, the Maria Rosenkranz Catholic church, and the Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik. In 1981 economics minister Heinz-Herbert Karry was assassinated at his home in Seckbach. == Population development ==