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Frankfurt Airport is located in the Frankfurt City Forest and directly connected to an Autobahn intersection called Frankfurter Kreuz where the A3 and A5 meet. It takes a 10–15 minutes by car or taxi to get to Frankfurt Central Station or the centre of the city. [275]
A 19th century statue of Charlemagne in Frankfurt. The name Frankfurt first appears in writing in the year 793, but it seems to have already been a considerable city. In 794 a letter from the Emperor to the bishop of Toledo contained "in loco celebri, qui dicitur Franconofurd", which reads "that famous place, which is called Frankfurt."
City becomes Principality of Frankfurt, under Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg. 1808 – Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester (orchestra) established. [7] 1810 – City becomes part of Grand Duchy of Frankfurt. 1812 – City refortified. 1815 – Städel founded. 1816 – Free City of Frankfurt becomes part of German Confederation.
Frankfurt also reemerged as Germany's transportation hub and Frankfurt Airport became Europe's second-busiest airport behind London Heathrow Airport in 1961. During the 1970s, the city created one of Europe's most efficient underground transportation systems. [ 29 ]
Frankfurt-Flughafen is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Süd and is subdivided into the Stadtbezirke Unterwald and Flughafen. Frankfurt-Flughafen contains the whole airport ground of Frankfurt Airport after which the district is named. With only 218 inhabitants it is the least populated (and least densely ...
For almost five centuries, the German city of Frankfurt was a city-state within two major Germanic entities. The Holy Roman Empire as the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt (German: Freie Reichsstadt Frankfurt) (until 1806) The German Confederation as the Free City of Frankfurt (Freie Stadt Frankfurt) (1815–66)
Rhein-Main Air Base was a United States Air Force air base near the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was a Military Airlift Command (MAC) and United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) installation, occupying the south side of Frankfurt Airport. Its military airport codes (IATA: FRF, ICAO: EDAF) are discontinued. Established in 1945 ...
Free City of Frankfurt (5 P) M. Military history of Frankfurt (2 C, 11 P) T. ... Pages in category "History of Frankfurt" The following 26 pages are in this category ...