Frankfurt am Main, Németország

Frankfurt am Main, angol Frankfurt am Main, város, Hessen tartomány (tartomány), Nyugat-Németország. A város a Fő folyó mentén fekszik, körülbelül 19 mérföldre (30 km) felfelé a Mainznál a Rajna folyóval való összefolyásától. Pop. (2011) város, 667 925; (2000 becslés) városi agglom., 3 681 000.

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Bizonyítékok vannak a város kelta és germán településeiről az I. században, valamint az 1. és 2. századi római maradványokról. A Frankfurt neve („A frank Ford (átkelés vagy átlépés)”) valószínűleg körülbelül 500 cec-en keletkezett, amikor a frank az Alemanni-t délre vezette, ám Franconofurt első írásbeli említése Charlemagne személyes életrajzírójának, Einhardnek a nyolcadik század végén származik.. A Pfalz (császári kastély) a 9. századtól a késő középkorig a keleti frank karolingiak fontos királyi rezidenciája volt. A 12. században a Hohenstaufen-dinasztia új várat állított fel Frankfurtba, és fallal borította a várost. Igen Frederick (Frederick Barbarossa) hohenstaufeni uralkodót 1152-ben választották királynak,és 1356-ban IV. Károly császár Aranybika (a Szent Római Birodalom alkotmánya) Frankfurtot jelölte meg a német királyok megválasztásának állandó helyszínéül.

Frankfurt am Main was a free imperial city from 1372 until 1806, when Napoleon I made it the seat of government for the prince primate of the Confederation of the Rhine. In 1810 the city became the capital of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt, created by Napoleon. From 1815, when Napoleon fell, Frankfurt was again a free city, where in 1848–49 the Frankfurt National Assembly met. From 1816 to 1866 the city was the seat of the German Bundestag (Federal Diet) and thus the capital of Germany. After the Seven Weeks’ War in 1866, Frankfurt was annexed by Prussia and thereby lost its free-city status. It was only after its integration into a united Germany that Frankfurt developed into a large industrial city.

The contemporary city

Until World War II, Frankfurt’s Old Town, which had grown up around the imperial castle, was the largest medieval city still intact in Germany. The Old Town was mostly destroyed by Allied bombing campaigns in 1944, however, and was subsequently rebuilt with multistory office buildings and other modern structures. Among the city’s most famous old structures are the Römer (“the Roman”; formerly the site of the Holy Roman emperor’s coronation ceremonies and now Frankfurt’s city hall) and two other gabled houses on the Römerberg (the city square surrounding the Römer). Other historical landmarks include the 155-foot- (47-metre-) tall Eschenheimer Tower (1400–28); the red sandstone cathedral, which was dedicated to St. Bartholomew in 1239; and the Paulskirche, which was the meeting place of the first Frankfurt National Assembly.

International trade fairs have been held in Frankfurt since 1240, and the city is now a leading commercial, financial, and high-technology centre. There is an important stock exchange (first established in 1585). The Rothschild family started building its international banking empire in Frankfurt. The city also is the home of the European Union’s central bank. Annual book, automobile, and computer fairs are popular events, and there are many other fairs held throughout the year. Manufactures include automobiles, machinery, chemical and pharmaceutical products, printing materials, and foodstuffs. The city is traditionally known for its production of high-quality sausages (frankfurters).

Frankfurt has long been a key stopping point for river, rail, and road traffic from Switzerland and southern Germany northward along the Rhine River to the Ruhr region and across the Main River to north-central Germany. It is still the chief traffic hub for western Germany and has also been an important inland shipping port since the canalization of the Main in the 1880s. Frankfurt Airport is the largest airport in Germany and one of the busiest in Europe.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt (1914) is among the largest institutions of higher education in Germany. The Frankfurt am Main City Zoological Garden is one of the country’s finest zoos. Among the city’s other attractions are the Städel Art Institute and Municipal Gallery, the Senckenberg Natural History Museum, and the Liebieghaus Museum of Sculpture. The birthplace of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was burned to the ground in World War II but was later restored. Adjoining it is the Goethe Museum and Library.