Rhine-Main area - Rhein-Main-Gebiet

The Rhine Main Area is the metropolitan area in southern Hesse and, to a small extent, in Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Hesse metropolis: Skyline of Frankfurt am Main

Regions

State capital Wiesbaden: Kurhaus and Bowling Green with the two cascade fountains
Gravel pits are recultivated and in the RheinMain Regional Park integrated: "Bird's Nest" viewing platform near Hochheim

The Rhine-Main area is predominantly part of the large landscape Upper Rhine Plain

There is an overlap with the following landscapes:Wetterau, Hessian Ried, Mountain road, Odenwald, Taunus, Rheingau

places

There are different definitions of the size of the Rhine-Main area. Places are listed here that are within the Rhein-Main-S-Bahn network, including the eastern extension to Aschaffenburg in Lower Franconia.

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Frankfurt am Main - City view from the Mainuferweg. The Eiserne Steg can be seen in the foreground
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Frankfurt am Main - City view from the Mainuferweg. The Eiserne Steg can be seen in the foreground

Other goals

background

The proximity of the five large cities of Frankfurt, Offenbach, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Darmstadt and the many medium-sized and smaller cities lead to a metropolitan area of ​​at least 2.5 million inhabitants. The metropolitan area is not clearly delimited, and some definitions include Limburg, Wetlar, Gießen and even Marburg as well as Bergstrasse and the Rhine-Hessian Worms in the south, which actually belong to the Rhine-Neckar area counting. So you get a total of 5.5 million inhabitants.

getting there

mobility

The Rhine-Main area is well developed with nine S-Bahn lines and several regional express lines. However, there is a lack of well-developed cross-connections. The tariff area of ​​the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) extends far beyond the Rhine-Main area and covers two thirds of Hesse and the city of Mainz.

Tourist Attractions

  • Maintower in Frankfurt am Main - great panoramic view from a height of 200 m over the entire city.
  • RheinMain Regional Park - The regional park was founded by the cities and municipalities in the late 1990s. The aim was to make the open spaces between the buildings more attractive for local recreation and tourism. Numerous routes with adventure points (rest areas, works of art, visual axes, etc.) have been rebuilt in the green belts.
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Löwenterrasse on the Neroberg near Wiesbaden: View over Wiesbaden and the Rhine-Main area towards the Odenwald
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Löwenterrasse on Neroberg near Wiesbaden: View over Wiesbaden and the Rhine-Main area towards the Odenwald

activities

kitchen

nightlife

security

climate

The Rhine-Main area has predominantly westerly winds. The humid air masses from the Atlantic mostly rain down in the Eifel and Westerwald and on the northwest side of the Hochtaunus. In the Rhine-Main area, therefore, there is little rain. The area belongs to the warm-temperate rainy climate, which has hot summers and mild winters. In some places, palm trees and other exotic species such as B. olives, figs and much more. You can tell that the climate here is very mild: winter usually doesn't start until after Christmas, the night frosts are usually quite moderate compared to other areas of Germany. There are few ice days, in some years even none at all. Spring begins early, so daytime temperatures over 20 degrees can often be reached in March.

trips

literature

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