Frankfurt Am Main - tourist attractions
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... | ||
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... | ||
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... | ||
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... | ||
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... | ||
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... | ||
Grüneburgpark | The Grüneburgpark is a park in the Westend district of Frankfurt, whose name derives from the "Green castle", which used to stand on the site from the 14 century. In 1789 the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property and designed the park. In the following years the great thin... | ||
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... | ||
Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt | The Schirn Kunsthalle is an art gallery in Frankfurt, Germany, located in the old city between the Römer and the Frankfurt Cathedral. The Schirn exhibits both modern and contemporary art. It is the main venue for temporary art exhibitions in Frankfurt. Exhibitions in recent years included retrospect... | ||
Naturmuseum Senckenberg | The Naturmuseum Senckenberg in Frankfurt am Main is the second largest museum of natural history in Germany. It is particularly popular with children, who enjoy the extensive collection of dinosaur skeletons: Senckenberg boasts the largest exhibition of large dinosaurs in Europe. One particular trea... |
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)
- Robert de Cotte (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)