The Town Clerks of Frankfurt am Main
As early as the Middle Ages, Frankfurt am Main was one of the most important cities in Germany and has remained so over the centuries until today.
Learn more about the history, art and culture of this city that is so much more than an international financial centre.
The Town Clerks of Frankfurt am Main
As early as the Middle Ages, Frankfurt am Main was one of the most important cities in Germany and has remained so over the centuries until today.
Learn more about the history, art and culture of this city that is so much more than an international financial centre.
THE FRANKFURT TOWN CLERKS
Peter Nething
Peter Nething is a tourism expert, airline pilot and certified tour guide for Frankfurt/M. and, due to his profession, is at home all over the world.
He writes here about the history and stories of Germany’s smallest metropolis.
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Frankfurt on the Main
The city owes its name Frankfurt to Charlemagne – he christened it the “ford of the Franks”.
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Fountain
Frankfurt has 150 fountains, the oldest of which dates back to 1478. The city spends 321,000 euros annually on their upkeep.
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St. Catherine’s Church
The Protestant Katharinen Church is Frankfurt’s Protestant cathedral, so to speak. It is the baptismal church of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
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Main station
Frankfurt has always been characterised by a liberal spirit. For some of the ‘rebels’, their quest for freedom ended in a cell at the Hauptwache.
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Römer
Those deemed worthy are allowed to receive the homage of the people on this representative balcony. However, it is not even 125 years old.
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Skyline
Every few floors there is a garden in the tallest building of the European Union. Before the glass façade was closed, suitable trees were hoisted by crane to their new location.
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Sights in Frankfurt
Romans on the Römerberg
The town hall of the city of Frankfurt. This is where the newly crowned rulers of the Holy Roman Empire were served their banquet after the coronation ceremony in the cathedral.
Imperial Cathedral
An honorary title for a normal Catholic church. St. Bartholomew’s was never the seat of a bishop, but is honorarily called ‘cathedral’ because of the imperial coronations.
Old Opera House
Citizen engagement has always been a priority in Frankfurt. For example, the opera house was financed twice by the citizens’ initiative. Firstly, its original construction and secondly its reconstruction after the destruction during the Second World War.
Goethe House
The birthplace of Frankfurt’s greatest son gives an impression of how well-off citizens of the city lived in the 18th century.
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