Zeilsheim borders
Kriftel in the west,
Liederbach am Taunus in the north, the district of
Unterliederbach in the northeast,
Höchst in the east, and
Sindlingen in the southeast. In the north and west, it is bordered by the
Bundesautobahn 66 Wiesbaden-Frankfurt.
Infrastructure The main street of the district is the
Landesstraße 3018 that lead through the
L 3016 from
Kelkheim through
Unterliederbach, through Zeilsheim until
Hofheim am Taunus. It is sometimes nicknamed the
Pfaffenwiese or the
Hofheimer Straße (Hofheim Street). It is also a major street used in public transport. Zeilsheim is linked by bus to the observation tower in
Bockenheim, to
Griesheim and to
Niederrad, as well as by regional bus lines to
Schwalbach am Taunus und Hofheim.
Settlement A settlement in Zeilsheim was initiated by
Hoechst AG to provide worker housing located near its factories. A similar settlement is
Heimchen in
Unterliederbach. The main street of the settlement was called
Neu-Zeilsheim. Nearly all of the intersecting streets are ordered alphabetically. Today in the center lies a church erected in 1912. On the western borders stands the building of the Käthe-Kollwitz School erected in 1902.
Taunusblick und Märchensiedlung In the north and southeast of the district arose the settlements
Taunusblick (Taunus view) and
Märchensiedlung (Fairy tale settlement). The name of the northwestern settlement derives from the ability to see the Taunus mountains on a clear day. Märchensiedlung is located south of the main road. The name refers to façades of the houses that contain images from the stories of the
Brothers Grimm. ==History==