Frankfurt

Frankfurt am Main, commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2008 population of 670,000. The urban area had an estimated population of 2.26 million in 2001. The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region which has a population of 5.3 million and is Germany's second largest metropolitan area.

In English, this city's name translates to "Frankfurt on the Main" (pronounced like English mine or German mein). The city is located on an ancient ford on the river Main, the German word for which is "Furt". A part of early Franconia, the inhabitants were the early Franks. Thus the city's name receives its legacy as being the "ford of the Franks".

Situated on the Main River, Frankfurt is the financial and transportation centre of Germany and the largest financial centre in continental Europe. It is seat of the European Central Bank, the German Federal Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Trade Fair, as well as several large commercial banks. Frankfurt Airport is one of the world's busiest international airports, Frankfurt Central Station is one of the largest terminal stations in Europe, and the Frankfurter Kreuz (Autobahn interchange) is the most heavily used interchange in continental Europe. Frankfurt is the only German city listed as one of ten Alpha world cities.Frankfurt lies in the former American Occupation Zone of Germany, and it was formerly the headquarters city of the U.S. Army in Germany.

Among English speakers the city is commonly known simply as "Frankfurt", though Germans occasionally call it by its full name when it is necessary to distinguish it from the other (significantly smaller) "Frankfurt" in the state of Brandenburg, Frankfurt (Oder). ( source Wikipedia )

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[yuricoxa1996]

Muy bien, Very Good, The City and Wonder!!

[visitar2dias]

Me parece muy intereante el video voy a compartirlo en mi blog

[legende989]

OMG I MISS FRANKFURT :(

[OfMiceandTransmen]

@xDdraigCymraeg Haha...a Welshie who speaks German! Nice! I thought I was the only one in the world :P

[OfMiceandTransmen]

I lived in Frankfurt for a year - it was brilliant. I miss it so much.

[pumuckl1982]

Frankfurt ist keine Abschaumstadt!!!Man sollte sich halt vorher erkundigen,wo man zu einem guten Mietpreis wohnen kann!Wenn man im Bahnhofsviertel oder Gallus,Nordweststadt natürlich ne günstige Wohnung bekommt,dann darf man sich nicht über assis wundern!!Das ist aber auch in anderen Städten der Welt genau so!!Frankfurt kann auch anders.Nah zum Flughafen,schöne Feste und die schöne Altstadt mit der Skyline im Hintergrund!!Und wenn sich frankfurts Lichter im Main spiegeln bin ich wieder daheim!!!

[xDdraigCymraeg]

ich wollte schon immer mal in frankfurt wohnen. als ich dann tatsächlich dort gewohnt habe, konnte ich es kaum abwarten wieder wegzuziehen! wenn man nicht gerade ein loft in sachsenhausen hat, ist es richtig assi dort zu leben

[seitz30]

i miss my home

[mahmoud84able]

DANKE !

[noname75a]

frankfuuuuuuurt

beste stadt der welt!