Frankfurt Am Main - tourist attractions
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Messeturm | The Messeturm (English: Trade Fair Tower) is a skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt and also the second tallest building in Germany. The Messeturm's ground floor area is just 1,681 m (18,090 sq ft). The Messeturm is directly located near the Fran... |
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Mainhattan | Mainhattan is a business and financial district in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Its name comes from the city river which crosses the district, the river Main and is a clear allusion to Manhattan, a business center full of skyscrapers in New York. Nowadays Mainhattan is one of the most important fin... |
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Opernturm | The Opernturm (English: Opera Tower) is a skyscraper in the Westend of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. he property is situated opposite Alte Oper on the corner of Bockenheimer Landstraße and Bockenheimer Anlage. The building was designed by Christoph Mäckler. The project developer was Tishman Speyer, a... |
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Palmengarten | The Palmengarten is one of two botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main and the largest garden of its kind in Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. Like many public sites in Frankfurt, it was privately financed and implemented by the architect Heinrich Siesmayer. Work was completed in 1... |
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Europaturm | The Europaturm (Tower of Europe) is a 337.5 metre (1,107.3 ft) high telecommunications tower in Frankfurt, Germany. Designed by architect Erwin Heinle, the tower's construction began in 1974. At its completion five years later, it became the tallest free-standing structure in the Federal Republic o... |
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Römer | The Römer is a medieval building in Frankfurt am Main nad one of the most important monuments of the city. During six hundred years Römer has been the City Council, but nowadays is used for other official purposes. The Haus Römer is actually the central building of a set of three buildings located ... |
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Commerzbank Tower | Commerzbank Tower is a 56- storey, 259 m (850 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. An antenna spire with a signal light on top gives the tower a total height of 300 m (980 ft). It is the tallest building in Frankfurt am Main, the tallest building in Germany and t... |
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Palais Thurn und Taxis | The Palais Thurn und Taxis in Frankfurt, Germany was built from 1731 to 1739 by Robert de Cotte commissioned by the Prince Anselm Franz von Thurn und Taxis. The palace has a very checkered history: 1748 was the seat of the Imperial Headquarters of Thurn and Taxis post, from 1805 to 1813 the residenc... |
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St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt am Main | St Paul's Church (Paulskirche) in Frankfurt am Main is a church with important political symbolism in Germany. It was started as a Lutheran church in 1789—coincidentally the same year as the French Revolution. By 1849, it had become the seat of the Frankfurt Parliament, the first publicly and freely... |
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Commerzbank-Arena | The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion("Forest Stadium"), the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium... |
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Relevant data
Geographical coordinates:
50.1167, 8.6833
Approximate population: 671,927
Approximate population: 671,927
The oldest constructions
- Eschenheimer Turm (1400 - 1428, ?)
- St. Catherine's Church in Frankfurt (1678 - 1681, ?)
- Palais Thurn und Taxis (1731 - 1739, ?)
- Grüneburgpark (1789 - ?, ?)
- St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt am Main (? - ?, 1789)
The highest points
- Europaturm (337 m.)
- Commerzbank Tower (259 m.)
- Tower 185 (200 m.)
- Main Tower (200 m.)
- Opernturm (170 m.)
The longest objects
- Messeturm (1,681 m.)
- Holy Cross Church in Frankfurt (53.2 m.)
Objects with the biggest surface
- Tower 185 (1 ha.)
Most active architects
- Madern Gerthener (2)
- Christoph Mäckler (2)
- Franz Josef Denzinger (1)
- Erwin Heinle (1)
- Richard Lucae (1)
Famous architects born in the city
- Madern Gerthener (2)
- Christoph Mäckler (2)
- Friedrich Mettegang (1)
Famous architects who died in the city
- Joseph Stübben (1)