Frankfurt (Germany)

Frankfurt is one of the most important economic and financial centers in Europe. The river Main and the high-rise buildings led to the nickname "Mainhatten". In fact Frankfurt is to my knowledge the only European city besides Paris that could claim to have a skyscraper skyline.

The city of Frankfurt itself has only about 600,000 citizens but lies in the heart of the very densely populated Rhein-Main area. Nevertheless you can find green acres only some miles away from the city center.

The ten closest neighbours in the database:

Rhein-Main Airport (12 km), Hanau (Germany) (17 km), Saalburg Roman Fort (19 km), Alzenau (Germany) (28 km), Ronneburg (Germany) (29 km), Mainz (Germany) (32 km), Gelnhausen (Germany) (37 km), Aschaffenburg (Germany) (37 km), Büdingen (Germany) (37 km), Rüdesheim am Main (Germany) (57 km)

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Deutsche Bank headquarters in Frankfurt
Terminal 1, Frankfurt Rhein-Main airport
LSG Sky Chefs are restocking a Lufthansa Airbus
Baggage carts waiting for their next assignment
A plane is refuelled while workers are loading luggage into the cargo hold
View over the maneuvering area of Rhein-Main airport. In the distance you can see Cargo City South and the new tower.
View of the maneuvering area in front of Terminal of the Rhein-Main airport
Passengers leaving a Lufthansa Airbus
Plane is standing on a parking position with a direct gangway to Terminal 1
View from Terminal 1 B to Terminal 1 A which is exclusively used by Lufthansa
Visitors on the terrace above Terminal 1 B
Lufthansa logo on a plane
Lufthansa cargo containers waiting for a plane
Front view of a Lufthansa plane parking at Terminal 1B. In the back you can see to Terminal 1A which is exclusively used by Lufthansa.
A tractor is preparing to pull a Lufthansa Airbus A300-200 to a new position.
Luggage is unloaded from a Condor plane. Meanwhile a transporter of Lufthansa Service SKY Chefs has docked to supply the plane with food and other stuff.
View into Terminal 1B
View into Terminal 1A
Lufthansa Quick Checkin
Lufthansa Quick Checkin
This very large modern mechanical information panel shows the next departures from Rhein-Main airport
This very large modern mechanical information panel shows the next departures from Rhein-Main airport
This very large modern mechanical information panel shows the next departures from Rhein-Main airport
View form the Airport "Skytrain" between terminal 1 and 2
Airport "Skytrain" between terminal 1 and 2
McDonald's Food Plaza in Terminal 2
Terminal 2
Terminal 2
Frankfurt Airport, Terminal 2
Frankfurt Airport, Terminal 2
Information panel with departure times
Information panels
Passageway from the airport to the station for long distance trains
Information panel with departures times in the station for long-distance trains
Some kind of bar in the train station
Airport railway station
Airport railway station
Airport railway station
Airport railway station
Airport railway station
Intercity Express
Dome above the airport train station
Passageway from the airport to the station for long distance trains
 
Schirn Kunsthalle
Tower of the European Central Bank (ECB)
The Euro symbol in front of the ECB tower.
The Frankfurt headquarter of Commerzbank
Main Tower on the left; Japan Center on the right.
Römer Townhall
Skyline of Frankfurt with the Eurotower and the Commerzbank during sunset
Car hanging on the wall in the Museum of Modern Art in Frankfurt
Main Tower
View over Frankfurt
View from the roof of the Commerzbank to other skyscapers in Frankfurt. You can see the Main Tower in the middle.
Entrance to the Senckenberg Museum for natural history
Tyrannosaurus rex
Tyrannosaurus rex
Foot of a "Tyrannt Lizard" in the Senckenberg museum
Tyrannosaurus rex
Senckenberg Museum
Tyrannosaurus rex
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs
Head of a Tyrannosaurus rex
Macrocheira kaempferi
The old Carmelite Monastery of Frankfurt hosts the Archaeological Museum
Cloister of the former carmelite monastery in Frankfurt
Fresco in the cloister of the former carmelite monastery in Frankfurt
Roman altar
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the siege by Sultan Baibars in 1271.
Krak des Chevaliers (also Crac des Chevaliers, "fortress of the knights" in a mixture of Arabic and French) was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria during the Crusades. The original fortress had been built in 1031 for the emir of Aleppo. It was captured by Raymond IV of Toulouse early in 1099, during the First Crusade, but was abandoned when the Crusaders continued their march to Jerusalem. It was reoccupied again by Tancred, Prince of Galilee in 1110. Raymond II, count of Tripoli, gave it to the Hospitallers in 1144. The Hospitallers rebuilt it and expanded it into the largest Crusader fortress in the Holy Land, adding an outer wall 30 meters thick with seven guard towers 8-10 meters thick, to create a concentric castle. The picture shows a part of this massive outer wall. Archers and smaller Trebuchets are trying to fight back the attacking Mameluks of Sultan Baibars.
Model (1:25) of a stone catapult on the outer walls of Krak des Chevaliers
The big Mameluk army of Sultan Baibars gathers before the walls of Krak des Chevaliers to attack with ladders and catapults.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the large hospital under the courtyard of the inner fortress.
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the large hospital under the courtyard of the inner fortress.
One of the archers on the model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria
Refectory of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Kitchen of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Refectory of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria (Model 1:25)
Model (scale 1:25) of the crusader fortress Krak des Chevaliers in Syria. Shown is the large hospital under the courtyard of the inner fortress.
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades. An elephant carries goods to the souk.
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
Model (scale 1:25) of the Bazaar of Aleppo during the Age of the Crusades
Fan Arena during the Soccer World Championship 2006
Fan Arena during the Soccer World Championship 2006
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