FKK Mainhattan Frankfurt (D)

Frankfurt

Name origin

Franconofurd (Germanic/Latin, = settlement at the ford of the Franks) --> Frankfurt

First documented mention

794 AD

Population

764,000

Area

248.31 km²

Federal state

Hessen

Administrative region

Darmstadt

District

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Vehicle registration

F

River

Nidda-->Main

The club FKK Mainhattan is located in Frankfurt-Ostend.

Frankfurt am Main:

It's 420 km to Berlin, 390 km to Hamburg, 150 km to Köln and 200 km to München (each as the crow flies): Frankfurt am Main is an ancient trading city in the heart of Germany, and with around 750,000 inhabitants it is smaller than Germany's four million-plus metropolises, yet in many respects it is a city of superlatives that by far outshines all other German cities in significance.

This holds true even in the literal sense: the impressive skyline of Frankfurt's skyscrapers is unique in Germany. The ten tallest buildings in Germany are, without exception, located in Frankfurt, including the Commerzbank Tower, the Messeturm, the Main Tower and the ECB building.

But Frankfurt is also one of the most important business centres in the entire world; many German or former German major corporations have or once had their headquarters there, including the once world's largest chemical company Hoechst, Metallgesellschaft, VDM, Cassella, Hartmann & Braun, Degussa, VDO or Deutsche Bahn, as well as of course numerous banks and financial institutions, above all Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank and Deutsche Börse AG. Frankfurt is home to Germany's largest financial exchange, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the European Central Bank. In keeping with the significance of the old trade routes, the Frankfurter Autobahnkreuz is Europe's busiest traffic interchange, Frankfurt Airport is one of the world's most important aviation hubs, and naturally you'll also find here one of Germany's most important trade fair venues.

According to surveys, the bustling trading metropolis also ranks among the big cities with the highest quality of life in international comparison, even if negative aspects such as a relatively high crime rate and rental prices somewhat dim the overall impression. In any case, Frankfurt is not just a must-see for business travellers, but also draws tourists with many attractions. This begins with the historic old-town backdrop near the Main riverbank with the Kaiserdom, Römerberg, Goethe-Haus and Paulskirche — all the more so since the city has now, in a 200-million-euro project covering an area of seven hectares, had an ensemble of a total of 15 houses around the historic Krönungsweg reconstructed and another 20 built in a historic style. From 1562 onwards — after the site of election and coronation was moved from Aachen to Frankfurt — the Roman-German emperors took this route to the Kaiserdom until the end of the Holy Roman Empire. The Frankfurter Dom — built between 1250 and 1514 — is thus one of the most significant buildings in German imperial history. In the nearby Paulskirche, meanwhile, the German National Assembly convened from May 1848 to May 1849, attempting for the first time on German soil to establish a democratic-parliamentary German nation-state.

A hundred years later, the once Free Imperial City — first documented in 794 AD — very nearly became the capital of the young Federal Republic of Germany. Even though that didn't come to pass, the city has undergone rapid growth in recent decades and brought great prosperity to its citizens. In the city centre, the above-average purchasing power of the public is reflected in the temples of consumption along one of Germany's biggest shopping streets: the Frankfurter Zeil with the adjoining Goethestraße. Meanwhile, whoever can afford it and wants to escape the hustle and bustle of the big city seeks residence in the idyllically situated spa towns of the neighbouring Hochtaunus: Königstein, Bad Homburg or Kronberg are home to numerous well-earning Frankfurt residents and rank among the wealthiest municipalities in Germany.

For those who prefer to stay in the city, there's plenty on offer in terms of culture and leisure alone: the Oper Frankfurt, the Theater am Turm or the long-established Gallus Theater, the Museumsufer on the Sachsenhausen side of the Main with houses such as the Städel, the Liebighaus or the Museum der Weltkulturen, as well as, away from all that, a vibrant nightlife. Frankfurt is not only home to the storied football club Eintracht Frankfurt, but also to the headquarters of the most important German sports federations such as the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB), the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB), the Deutscher Turner-Bund (DTB) or the Deutscher Motor Sport Bund (DMSB).

Among Frankfurt's well-known sons and daughters are numerous members of the banking dynasties Rothschild and Oppenheim(er), Caspar & Maria Sibylla Merian as well as Theodor W. Adorno, Bettina von Arnim, Heinrich Hoffmann, Friedrich Wöhler, Otto Emil Hahn, Arthur Schopenhauer and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Hoffmann, Erich Fromm, Anne Frank, Wolfdietrich Schnurre, Albert Mangelsdorff, Dieter Wedel, Wolfgang Spier, Marika Kilius, Jean Frankfurter, Michael Groß, Thor Kunkel, Hans Zimmer, Peter Kloeppel, Hannes Jaenicke, Birgit Prinz, Jessica Wahls, Namika, Sonya Kraus, Moses Pelham and Sabrina Setlur.