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Frankfurt am Main (/ ˈ f r æ ŋ k f ər t /; German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn] ⓘ; [5] [6] lit. "Frank ford on the [a] Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse.Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany.
On November 2, 1813, the allies drew together in Frankfurt, to re-establish its old rights and set up a central administrative council under Baron vom Stein. The Congress of Vienna clarified that Frankfurt was a Free City of the German federation, and in 1816 it became the seat of the Bundestag.
1843 – Alte Börse (Frankfurt am Main) (stock exchange) built. 1846 – International Penitentiary Congress held in Frankfurt. [10] 1848 September: "Uprising." [9] Frankfurt Assembly formed. 1849 – Constitution of the German Empire proclaimed by Frankfurt Parliament. 1856 – Frankfurter Zeitung begins publication.
The Altstadt (old town) is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I and is located on the northern Main river bank. It is completely surrounded by the Innenstadt district, Frankfurt's present-day city centre.
View from Frankfurt Cathedral to the Dom-Römer area (April 2018), on the left the town house on the market. The New Frankfurt Old Town (also known as the Dom-Römer Quarter) is the centre of the old town of Frankfurt am Main, Germany, which was reconstructed from 2012 to 2018 as part of a major urban development project called the Dom-Römer Project (German: Dom-Römer-Projekt).
The United States Armed Forces were initially organized as USEFT (United States Force European Theater, from August 1, 1945 to February 28, 1946, in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, in the IG Farben building. On March 15, 1947 they were reassigned to EUCOM (European Command) in Frankfurt, 1948 moved from Frankfurt to Heidelberg, Campbell Barracks.
Germany portal; History portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. ... New Frankfurt Old Town; R. Carl Theodor ...
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)