From: Carl Fields
Subject: Fwd: Fw: I.G.Farben-Haus Frankfurt / Abrams Building / Affenstein
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 1:47 PM

Harry <harry@hfx.de> wrote:

From: "Harry" <harry@hfx.de>
To: <fahswebbie@frankfurthigh.com>
Subject: Fw: I.G.Farben-Haus Frankfurt / Abrams Building / Affenstein
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:52:46 +0200
 

Hello Webbie,

 

perhaps you haven´t heared: they found a old Tower "Affenstein" on the area of the I.G.Farben / Abrams building while digging forthe "new university"  - I am looking for pictures of that little hill in the north/east corner (Lübecker Straße), a few Chestnut trees stood on top of this hill.(At the plan AfStK it is marked with "Affenstein Brunnen")

 

Before 1930 there was a psychiatric clinic on the area called "Affenstein", Heinrich Hoffmann, Emil Sioli and Alois Alzheimer, the finder of the Alzheimer’s disease, worked there. But I think the tower is much older - in a painting from 1552 the area was called "Affenstain".

 

Can you help me - I search for Pictures and further information about this part of the I.G.Farben building - I marked the position on the I.G.Farben plan.

 

And - in copy - I sent you the Email I wrote to the US Army historican Andrew Morris in Heidelberg:

 

 

Thank you and sorry for my bad english !

 

 

Greetings from Frankfurt/Main

 

Gunther Haarstark  M.A.

 

----- Original Message -----

From: Harry

To: morris@eur.army.mil

Cc: webmaster-1@eur.army.mil

Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 4:33 PM

Subject: I.G.Farben-Haus Frankfurt / Abrams Building / Affenstein

 

Hello Webmaster,

 

if the Email address (above) is wrong - please send this Email to Dr. Andrew Morris - Thank you !

 

 

Hallo Dr. Andrew Morris,

 

thank you for your information about the former I.G. Farbenhaus /Abrams Building in Frankfurt.

Just a few months ago a historical tower was found on the area of the former US-Headquarter in Frankfurt.

This is the Link to the article in  "Frankfurter Rundschau" a local newspaper:

 

Affenstein:

http://www.fr-online.de/frankfurt_und_hessen/nachrichten/frankfurt/?em_cnt=1350194&sid=7ef0009ab3a5c62d7f813d4e5ae5333e

http://www.fr-online.de/frankfurt_und_hessen/nachrichten/frankfurt/?em_cnt=1352314&sid=7ef0009ab3a5c62d7f813d4e5ae5333e

 

I wrote a letter to that article:

http://www.fr-online.de/frankfurt_und_hessen/nachrichten/frankfurt/?em_cnt=1359240&sid=7ef0009ab3a5c62d7f813d4e5ae5333e 

 

I was looking for a roman road here from Frankfurt-Heddernheim (Nida/Civitas taunensium) to the roman bridge across the river Main - this road went through the area of the former US.Headqarter in Frankfurt and found a hill - I send you a map with this road and also the former psychatric clinic ("Irren-Anstalt") on the I.G. Farben-Area (1928) along with this Email.

 

Last not least - you can see me on a picture in the newspaper and talking about the history of Frankfurt/Main:

http://www.fr-online.de/frankfurt_und_hessen/nachrichten/hessen/?em_cnt=1355922&sid=04ab51634c9b798a1a49f8c0e2d664d9

 

If  I have the time to visit you in Heidelberg - I will call you on the telefone - Thank you very much for your help !

The US-Embassy gave me the adress of John Provan - an historican here in Kelkheim near Frankfurt - perhaps he can help me.

 

If you have more informations for me - just call me 069 -390 481 00 or write a Email.

 

Thank you and sorry for my bad english !

 

 

Gunther Haarstark  M.A.

Harry vonHFX

www.hfx.de