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    Old Town & Römerberg

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    Old Town & Römerberg

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    Frankfurt's Old Town, at around half a square kilometer, is the city's smallest district yet its historic heart.

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    Frankfurt's Old Town, at around half a square kilometer, is the city's smallest district yet its historic heart. In the air raids of March 1944, it was almost completely destroyed; of approximately 2,000 half-timbered houses, only Haus Wertheim at the Fahrtor remained unscathed. Between the Dom and Römer, the Neue Altstadt emerged from 2012 to 2018 with 35 houses, 15 of them faithfully reconstructed. The Coronation Way, taken by emperors after their coronation in the Dom, once again runs through it.Here, you can stroll across the re-established Hühnermarkt with the Stoltze-Brunnen, visit exhibitions at the Schirn Kunsthalle, the Historisches Museum or the Museum für Moderne Kunst, and view the excavated foundation remains in the Archäologischer Garten in front of the Dom. Take the U4 and U5 subway lines to the Dom/Römer station, directly beneath the historic core. Tram lines 11, 12, and 14 also stop in the Altstadt.
    At just half a square kilometer, Frankfurt's Old Town is its smallest district and historic heart, between Dom, Römer, and Main. Since the New Old Town's 2018 opening, the Imperial Coronation Path again spans 35 houses, 15 being reconstructions. Museums like Historisches Museum and MMK are steps apart, encouraging full exploration on foot. U4 and U5 subways stop at Dom/Römer; trams 11, 12, 14 also serve the Old Town.

    Sights in Old Town & Römerberg

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    Historical Museum Frankfurt
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    1Historical Museum Frankfurt

    The museum showcases Frankfurt's history from the Middle Ages to the present day. It is connected to the Saalhof, a Staufer royal castle dating from the mid-12th century, and received a new building in 2017.
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    Fowl Market
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    2Fowl Market

    The square in the New Old Town has been accessible again since May 2018 and is surrounded by reconstructed houses like the New Red House and new buildings. In the middle, the Stoltze Fountain has stood again in its original place since 2016.
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    Kaiserpfalz Franconofurd
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    3Kaiserpfalz Franconofurd

    Beneath the Town Hall at the Market Square, you'll discover Frankfurt's oldest preserved structural remains: a Roman bath with underfloor heating, walls of the Carolingian Imperial Palace, and late medieval cellars. Admission is free.
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    Museum MMK for Modern Art
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    4Museum MMK for Modern Art

    The 1991 building by Viennese architect Hans Hollein on Domstraße is known as the "Tortenstück" due to its triangular shape. The collection comprises some 4,500 works.
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    Restaurants in Old Town & Römerberg

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    The Black Star

    Restaurant at Römerberg with Schnitzel and Hessian beer, from the terrace you see the City Hall opposite.
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    To the Registry Office

    Regional classics like Schnitzel and Schweinshaxe in a timber-framed house with a terrace on the square.
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    Margarete

    Restaurant on Braubachstrasse on the edge of the New Old Town.
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    Nightlife

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    The Red Bar

    Cocktail lounge on the Mainkai in the style of a speakeasy, with an inconspicuous facade and vintage decor.
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    The Tiny Cup

    Small bar at Mainkai 4, right on the Main's Old Town riverfront.
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    Rollanderhof Winery Wine Terrace

    Wine bar in the Kleinmarkthalle, operated by a winery.
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    Frankfurt am Main

    Frankfurt am Main

    Frankfurt am Main is the heart of the Rhein-Main region, blending a skyline of skyscrapers with an Old Town centered around the Römerberg. Since 1405, the Römer has served as the city hall; nearby, in 1848/49, St. Paul's Church hosted the first German National Assembly. From the 200-meter-high Main Tower, the city's only skyscraper with a public viewing platform, you can take it all in from above.On the south bank of the Main, 13 museums line the Museum Embankment (Museumsufer), including the Städel, showcasing art from seven centuries. Behind it begins Sachsenhausen, where you can drink Ebbelwoi from a Bembel in the apple wine taverns and try Grüne Soße (Green Sauce) with seven herbs.
    Sachsenhausen

    Sachsenhausen

    Sachsenhausen, located on the south side of the Main, was first documented in 1193 and now boasts over 60,000 residents. In Old Sachsenhausen, around Klappergasse, beats the heart of cider culture; at Schellgasse 8 stands the city's oldest preserved half-timbered house, built in 1291/92. Along the Main riverbank, the houses of the Museum Embankment, including the Städel, are lined up, and towering above all is the approximately 80-meter-high spire of the Neo-Gothic Dreikönigskirche.By day, you stroll along Schaumainkai from museum to museum; in the evening, you sit in a cider tavern with a Bembel. You can reach Sachsenhausen on foot from the Old Town via the Eiserner Steg. S-Bahn lines S3, S4, S5, and S6 pass through the district, while U-Bahn lines U1, U2, U3, and U8 connect it to the city center.
    Station Quarter

    Station Quarter

    The Bahnhofsviertel emerged on the site of the former Westbahnhöfe after the Centralbahnhof opened in 1888, with the land parcelled from 1889. Wide streets in an almost symmetrical grid and enclosed blocks with historicist facades make it a typical Gründerzeit district. At just over half a square kilometre, it is Frankfurt's second-smallest district after the Altstadt.Today, you primarily come here to eat: restaurants, snack bars, and grocery stores from all over the world characterise Kaiserstraße and Münchener Straße. Towards the Main lies the Nizza, one of the city's most popular green spaces. The U-Bahn stops at Willy-Brandt-Platz (U1 to U5 and U8), the S-Bahn at Taunusanlage, and the Hauptbahnhof in neighbouring Gallus is located right at the edge of the district.
    Nordend

    Nordend

    Nordend received its name around 1850 when the area north of the old city boundary was designated as a residential district. It is characterized by four-story Gründerzeit buildings with red sandstone bases; further north, the development becomes lower and more villa-like. With a good 54,000 inhabitants, it is Frankfurt's most densely populated district.Green oases lie between the residential streets: Holzhausenpark with its baroque moated castle, Bethmannpark with its Chinese Garden, and Günthersburgpark on the border with Bornheim. Three subway lines – U1, U2, U3 and U8, U4, and U5 – serve the district at ten stations; tram lines 12 and 18 run along Friedberger Landstraße.
    Westend & Banking Quarter

    Westend & Banking Quarter

    The Westend originated in the mid-19th century as a bourgeois villa district, with Paris serving as a model for the city's boulevards and star-shaped squares. When many Gründerzeit buildings were slated to make way for offices from the 1960s onwards, it led to the Frankfurt Housing Struggle (Frankfurter Häuserkampf), which peaked between 1970 and 1974. Today, the south of the district has merged with the banking district: Here stand, among others, the Opernturm, the twin towers of Deutsche Bank, and the 208-meter-tall skyscraper Westendstraße 1. On its western edge, you'll find the Messeturm, which was Europe's tallest building from 1991 to 1997.Between skyscrapers and villas, you'll discover some of the city's most beautiful green spaces, including the Palmengarten, Grüneburgpark, and Rothschildpark, as well as the Senckenberg Naturmuseum and the Westend Synagogue. Below Bockenheimer Landstraße are the U-Bahn stations Alte Oper, Westend, and Bockenheimer Warte, while the S-Bahn stops at Taunusanlage and Messe.