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| Country | Germany |
| Region | Hesse |
| Surface | 248.31 km² |
| Population | 753 056 |
| Area code | 06101, 06109, 069 |
| Postal Code | 60308–60599, 65929–65936 |
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Frankfurt am Main (not M. Frankfurt am Main) - a large and lively city in the central Germany, located in Hesse on the River Main.
Although it is a city with a centuries-old history, it lives today. The city is a banking, financial and commercial center of great importance not only in Germany, but also in Europe and the world. The center resembles Manhattan in New York with many skyscrapers, but there is also a "tourist" Frankfurt with many interesting places, museums and monuments of architecture.
Characteristic
Frankfurt is situated on both sides of the River Main (Ger. Main, hence the German name Frankfurt am Main), at the foot of the mountains Taunus.
The city is an important transportation hub, with the airport being the second busiest in Europe and the 8th in the world. Hesse is Wiesbaden, Frankfurt is its largest city. It lies in the area of the Rhine-Main metropolitan region with a population of 5.8 million (Ger. Rhein-Main-Gebiet).
In Europe, Frankfurt is an important financial and commercial center. In the city center there are many central banks of German and global importance: Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank, ING-DiBA, as well as many important private bankers and other financial institutions. Hence this part of the city got its name Bankenviertel. Frankfurt is also the world's second largest securities trading venue, serving the vast majority of the German market. It houses the Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse stock exchange and the XETRA electronic cash market service platform. In addition, the city is also home to enterprises from the chemical industry, as well as companies from the computer software and call center industries.
Drive
By plane
The largest airport in Germany (IATA: FRA, ICAO: EDDF, in German Flughafen Frankfurt am Main or Rhein-Main-Flughafen) and the second largest airport in Europe Rhein-Main-Flughafen.
Most low-cost airlines, including WizzAir, RyanAir, Vladivostok Avia, and Iceland Express use the airport Frankfurt-Hahn100 km away from the city center. From Poland to Hahn Wizzair years Katowice operating on this route twice a week.
There is a bus (http://www.bohr-omnibusse.de); price 12 €, travel time Frankfurt - Hahn → Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof is approx. 1 hour and 45 minutes.
By train
Frankfurt is one of the largest and most important railway junctions in Germany - the junction of the Intercity-Express (ICE) high-speed line. Between Frankfurt and Cologne, ICE trains travel on a newly built high-speed line at a speed of around 300 km / h.
The system of municipal and regional public transport is managed by RMV (Rhein-Main VerkehrsverbundRailway stations:
- multi-level main station (Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof)
- and S-Bahn hub stations
- Frankfurt (Main) Hauptwache
- and Frankfurt (Main) Konstablerwache
By car
Frankfurt am Main is located at the crossroads of highways, which are important in the national and international scale A5 (Hattenbacher Dreieck - Weil am Rhein) and A3 (Arnhem – Passau).
By bus
Public transport
Frankfurt has an excellent public transport system (RMV), which is often a much more efficient way of getting around the city than by car.
- underground (U-Bahn)
- Suburban Railway (S-Bahn)
- bus communication
- trams and trolleybuses (tram for tourists Ebbelwei-Expreß).
Transport within the RMV network covers a fairly large area of southern Hesse around Frankfurt.
Ticket costs: one-time € 2.60 (on a route up to 2 km € 1.60), and a day ticket € 6.60 (also including the airport € 9.50). For tourists who plan to stay in Frankfurt for more than 4 days, the purchase of a weekly ticket (Wochenkarte) for 20.60 euro. Such a ticket can be purchased, among others at the offices of the RMV communication union, e.g. at the Hauptwache station in the city center. Groups of up to 5 people can use the group ticket (€ 10.00, airport € 16.00), which is very affordable. Again, group day tickets can be purchased from ticket machines, but weekly tickets can only be purchased at RMV branches. It is possible to purchase a day ticket for a specific day (as of: 2016).
Attention! When we travel in and around Frankfurt, and we have to make it to a specific time, it is necessary to take an appropriate amount of time, because delays are not uncommon in the Frankfurt communication network.
Worth seeing
Some newcomers may be attracted to the shopping and restaurant center of Frankfurt, which forms the Zeil and Freßgass streets. It is a heavily frequented pedestrianized area that ends on both sides by extensive squares, Hauptwache to the west and Konstablerwache to the east.
Evangelical churches
- Katharinenkirche (church of st. Catherine)
- Alte Nikolaikirche (church of st. Nicholas)
- Peterskirche (church of st. Peter)
- Dreikönigskirche (Three Kings)
Catholic Churches
- Liebfrauenkirche
- Leonhardskirche
- Cathedral (Kaiserdom St. Bartholomäus)
- Herz-Marien-Kirche (church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - Polish parish)
- Markuskirche (church of st. Mark)
Synagogues
- Westend Synagogue
- Main Synagogue
- Börneplatz synagogue
Other architectural monuments
- Römerberg market
- St. Paul (Paulskirche, former church, site of the first German parliament)
- Sachsenhausen district - full of charm and charm of the old era, differs from other districts in the intensity of nightlife
- Main station (Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof)
- Exchange building (Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse)
Nearest neighborhood
- Höchst district
- Wiesbaden - a spa town
- Friedberg
- Rüdesheim
- Kronberg – Opel-Zoo - 1400 animals, 200 from all continents and climatic zones. Admission: € 12, children aged 3-14: € 7.
- Königstein im Taunus
- Bad Homburg
- Taunus with the highest hill, the Großer Feldberg
- reconstruction of Roman buildings Saalburg
- Hessenpark
- Regionalpark RheinMain
- Heidelberg - perfect for a day trip
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Shopping
Gastronomy
Regional gastronomic curiosities
As in most German cities, also in Frankfurt we will meet the so-called dish Bratwurst (grilled sausage) or Currywurst (the same sausage cut into pieces and sprinkled with curry). A must-have snack on the menu of every tourist visiting Germany.
It is a regional gastronomic curiosity Apfelwein, i.e. fruit wine with a low alcohol content. In Hesse and the Frankfurt region, this drink is especially produced and consumed a lot, and colloquially, in the Hessian dialect, it is called Ebbelwei or Ebbelwoi. Sometimes Apfelwein is drunk with the addition of carbonated mineral water, and is sold in eateries for glasses or jugs called Bembel (1 liter volume). Prices are moderate around € 1.50-2 for a 200 ml glass.
Other Frankfurt specialties:
- Frankfurter Grüne Sosse - Frankfurt green sauce or in the Hebrew dialect Frankfurter Grie Soß, in its composition we can find 7 different herbs and spices
- Ribbsche mit Kraut
- it is an interesting appetizer with a fascinating name Handkäs mit Musik, that is Hand-made cheese with music. The cheese has a rather specific taste, and even more so it smells. The musician these are the intestinal sounds that the cheese makes after tasting the right dose.
- sweets straight from Frankfurt: Haddekuchen, Frankfurter Pudding, Frankfurter Kranz and Bethmännchen - marzipan specialty, especially popular at Christmas.
Parties
Many important exhibition and fair events take place in Frankfurt, such as the International Book Fair (Frankfurter Buchmesse) or the International Motor Show (Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung).
Accommodation
More information on hotel reservation via the Internet in the article Hotel booking portals.
Security
tourist information
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