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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Zeil | The Zeil is a street in the city centre of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The name, which dates back to the 14th century, is derived from the German word Zeile 'row' and originally referred to a row of houses on the eastern end of the north side; the name was not extended to the entire street until la... |
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St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt | 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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Tower 185 | The Tower 185 is a 55- storey 200 m (660 ft) skyscraper in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is the 4th tallest building in Frankfurt and the 4th tallest in Germany, tied with the Main Tower. The anchor tenant of the Tower is PricewaterhouseCoopers Germany, which has 60,000 m (650,000 sq ft) leased. Th... |
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Main Tower | Main Toweris a 56- storey, 200 m (656 ft) skyscraper in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is named after the nearby Main river. The building is 240 m (787 ft) when its antenna spire is included. The tower has five underground floors and two public viewing platforms. It is th... |
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Frankfurt Stock Exchange | The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (German: Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse, FWB) is the world's 10th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. Located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange is owned and operated by Deutsche Börse (FWB: DB1), which also owns the European futures e... |
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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, ?)
- St. Paul's Church in Frankfurt (1789 - ?, ?)
- Grüneburgpark (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
- Christoph Mäckler (2)
- Madern Gerthener (2)
- Richard Lucae (1)
- Norman Foster (1)
- Franz Josef Denzinger (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)