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Frankfurt is the largest city in the
German state of Hesse, and the
fifth-largest city in Germany. The city
is located on an ancient ford on the
river Main, which is a shallow crossing.
The German word is "Furt". Thus the
city's name receives its legacy as being
the "ford of the Franks".
Between October 1943 and March 1944,
the old town of Frankfurt, the largest
old Gothic town of Central Europe, was
extensively damaged by six bombardments
of the Allied Forces. Over one thousand
buildings of the old town, most of them
being half-timbered houses, were
destroyed.
The currency in Germany since 2002 is
the Euro. Beer
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Flights take about 1 hour 40 minutes
between UK Airports and Frankfurt
Airports.
Frankfurt
International Airport, for British
Airways and Flybe and
International Airlines, is situated about
7 miles southwest of Frankfurt. This is
one of the world's busiest airports.
Train and
Taxi information. For the local buses
to Frankfurt, outside the Terminal One
Arrivals Hall, you can buy your tickets
from the driver upon boarding. There is
also a shuttle service offered by
Lufthansa Airlines that will pick you up
from a designated bus stop and bring you
to the airport (or vice versa).
Ryanair provide regular
flights between Frankfurt-Hahn Airport and Dublin . Edinburgh . London/Stanstead .
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport for
Ryanair flights is situated about 75
miles east of Frankfurt. There is a
regular bus service between Frankfurt and
Frankfurt-Hann Airport. Travel time
between Frankfurt and Frankfurt-Hahn
Airport is about 1 hour 45 minutes.
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CarHire at Frankfurt Airports can be
booked through CarTrawler who will scan the
best available deals from CarHire
companies based at Frankfurt
Airports.
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Germany
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Between October 1943 and March
1944, the old town of Frankfurt,
the largest old Gothic town of
Central Europe, was extensively
damaged by six bombardments of the
Allied Forces.
Over one thousand buildings of
the old town, most of them being
half-timbered houses, were
destroyed.
The view left shows the mix of
modern buildings with the few
pre-war buildings that remain.
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The most prominent modern
building in Frankfurt is probably
The Deutsche Bank Twin Towers, the
headquarters of Deutsche Bank, at
the banking district.
It is one of the best known
buildings in Germany because of its
high media coverage.
The towers were
originally planned as a hotel for
the American Hyatt Hotel Group.
The largest
man-shaped monolith of the world,
created by the Swiss sculptor Max
Bill, is located in front of the
entrance.
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The Bull and Bear in front of
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
represents the terms bull market
and bear market, that describe
upward and downward movements
respectively.
The expressions "bullish" and
"bearish" can also mean optimistic
and pessimistic respectively
("bullish on technology stocks," or
"bearish on gold", etc).
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The main square and City Hall in
the old town of Frankfurt is the
Romerberg/Romer, an irregularly
shaped square with the Justice
Fountain in the center. This is
normally the favourite meeting
place for locals and tourist.
Reconstruction of the square,
which suffered severe destruction
during the Second World War, was
completed in 1986, with a new
"Kulturschirn" (leisure and
cultural zone - schirn being an old
Frankfurt word for the open-fronted
shops that were once a common
feature of the old town).
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Frankfurt Cathedral is the main
church of Frankfurt, constructed in
the 14th and 15th centuries, on the
foundation of an earlier church
from the Merovingian time.
From 1356 onwards, kings of the
Holy Roman Empire were elected in
this Catholic church, and from 1562
to 1792, emperors were crowned
here.
The cathedral suffered severe
bomb damage during WW II, the
interior was burned out completely.
The cathedral was reconstructed in
the 1950s, the height of the spire
is 95 m.
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The Old Opera House was
originally built 1880.
The Old Opera House was
extensively damaged During World
War II. It took forty years for
reconstruction to begin and
reopened in 1981.
The building now serves as a
congress and concert hall. The
exterior of the Opera House is in
the style of the Italian High
Renaissance. Its main hall seats
2,500 people.
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In 1815, the merchant and banker
Johann Friedrich Stadel of
Frankfurt, set forth in his will
that his “sizeable collection
of paintings, engravings and art
objects be dedicated, along with as
much of his fortune as remains at
the time, to the foundation of a
special, autonomous art institute
bearing his name to provide the
best for this town and its
citizens”, thus laying the
cornerstone for one of
Germany’s oldest art museums,
the Stadelsches Kunstinstitut.
Website: www.staedelmuseum.de/sm/
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The Senckenberg Museum in
Frankfurt is the 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 treasure is a
dinosaur fossil with unique,
preserved scaled skin. The museum
contains the world's largest and
most diverse collection of stuffed
birds with about 2000 specimens. In
2004, almost 400,000 people visited
the museum.
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Traveling along the impressive
skyline on an excursion boat, or
going on a boat cruise to
interesting towns and cities on the
Rivers Main and the Rhine, offers
numerous options for little
‘cruises’ and big
tours.
Only a few steps away from the
Romer, directly on the Main quay at
the Eiserner Steg, there is the
main landing stage and ticket kiosk
of the Primus Line. You can set off
on various excursions from this and
other landing stages on the
bank
Tours.
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A popular Full Day Coach Tour,
about 125 miles southeast of
Frankfurt, is to Rothenburg,
through the picturesque Spessart
mountains. On the banks of the
river Main you'll pass Wuerzburg
before traveling along the Romantic
Road.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, is
referred to as Germany's
well-preserved 'Jewel of the Middle
Ages' with its ramparts, city
gates, town hall and Jakobskirche
(church) and altar by the famous
wood-carver Tilman
Riemenschneider.
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