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
The German Confederation as the Free City of Frankfurt (1815–66)
Ceremonial acceptance of the civic oath for the Free City of Frankfurt on October 16, 1816, in front of the Römer. Contemporary lithograph, J. Susenbeth, Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt am Main
The Alte Börse (Old Stock Exchange) in 1845
The Palais Thurn und Taxis, here a photo from around 1900, was the former seat of the Bundestag, the assembly of the German states.
Goethe memorial, established in 1844 by Ludwig Michael Schwanthaler
Frankfurt am 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, and it is the only city in the country rated as an "alpha world city" according to GaWC. Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighbouring city of Offenbach am Main and its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.8 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region and the fourth biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Frankfurt is home to the European Central Bank, one of the institutional seats of the European Union, while Frankfurt's central business district lies about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the geographic center of the EU at Gadheim in Lower Franconia. Like France and Franconia, the city is named after the Franks. Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhenish Franconian dialect area.
Image: Frankfurter Altstadt mit Skyline 2019 (100MP)
Image: Frankfurt Am Main St Bartholomaeus Ansicht von der Untermainbruecke 20110328
Image: Europäische Zentralbank European Central Bank (19190136328) (cropped)
Image: 01 01 2014 Messeturm trade fair tower Frankfurt Germany 05