Frankfort-German state of Hesse

Location: Europe. Germany

Frankfort is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. The city is known for its futuristics skyline and the biggest German airport.





The name of the city hall means "Roman". In fact, nine houses were acquired by the city council in 1405 from a wealthy merchant family. The middle house became the town hall and was later connected with the neighbouring buildings. In the upper floor, there is the Kaisersaal ("Emperor's Hall") where the newly crowned emperors held their banquets. The Römer was partially destroyed in World War IIand later rebuilt. It is located at the Römerberg (city hall square).



1.Saint Bartholomew's Cathedralis a Gothic building which was constructed in the 14th and 15th centuries on the foundation of an earlier church from the Merovingian time.  2.St. Paul's Church (Paulskirche) is a national historic monument in Germany with great political symbolism, because it was the seat of the first democratically elected Parliament in 1848.   3.St. Katherine's church is the largest evangelical (Lutheran) church in Frankfurt. It is located in the city centre at the entrance to the Zeil.  4.The famous old opera house (Alte Oper) was built in 1880 by the architect Richard Lucae. It was one of the major opera houses in Germany until it was heavily damaged in World War II. Now is a concert hall.