Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Frankfurt, Germany

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Number of sights 12 sights
Distance 6.7 km
Ascend 108 m
Descend 105 m

Experience Frankfurt in Germany in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in FrankfurtIndividual Sights in Frankfurt

Sight 1: Maria Hilf

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Maria Hilf is a church and a Roman Catholic parish in Frankfurt am Main, in the Gallus district.

Wikipedia: Maria Hilf (Frankfurt) (DE)

851 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: Technische Sammlung Hochhut

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The Hochhut Technical Collection is a foundation for the preservation of historic motor vehicles, motorcycles and engines based in the Gallus district of Frankfurt. It is part of the Rhine-Main Industrial Heritage Route.

Wikipedia: Technische Sammlung Hochhut (DE), Website

1904 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 3: Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage

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The Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage is a main street-like square in the western inner city area of Frankfurt am Main, which forms an access unit for traffic coming from the west, together with the Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage, the Platz der Republik and the Düsseldorfer Straße. It was the location of important institutions, including the headquarters of the Deutsche Bundesbahn. In recent years, it has increasingly developed into an expansion area of Frankfurt's banking district.

Wikipedia: Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage (DE)

255 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: Goethe-Gymnasium

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Goethe-Gymnasium

The list of cultural monuments in Frankfurt-Westend lists all cultural monuments within the meaning of the Hessian Monument Protection Act in Frankfurt-Westend, a district of Frankfurt am Main. Due to its size, the list is divided into two partial lists.

Wikipedia: Liste_der_Kulturdenkmäler_in_Frankfurt-Westend_(A–K) (DE)

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Matthäuskirche

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St. Matthew's Church is a Protestant church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Gallus district between the exhibition grounds and the main train station on the west side of the Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage.

Wikipedia: Matthäuskirche (Frankfurt am Main) (DE)

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Kai Middendorff Galerie

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The Kai Middendorff Gallery is a private art gallery in Frankfurt am Main. It was founded in 2008 and is based in the building of a former car factory from 1900 in Frankfurt's Bahnhofsviertel.

Wikipedia: Kai Middendorff Galerie (DE), Website

491 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Sankt Antonius

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St. Antonius is a Roman Catholic church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was built in 1899/1900 in the neo-Gothic style in the Westend district. After its destruction in the Second World War and reconstruction, it served as the parish church of the parish of St. Antonius. From 1 September 2007 to 31 December 2013 it was a branch church of the parish of St. Ignatius and St. Antonius, and since 1 January 2014 it has been a church of the cathedral parish of St. Bartholomew. It is not to be confused with the Antoniuskirche in the Frankfurt district of Rödelheim.

Wikipedia: St. Antonius (Frankfurt-Westend) (DE)

1076 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 8: Fürstenhof

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The Fürstenhof, formerly Hotel Fürstenhof-Esplanade, is a neo-baroque building built in 1902 in Frankfurt am Main. It has a usable area of around 18,450 square metres and is located in the station district between Münchener Straße, Gallusanlage and Kaiserstraße. The building, which was renovated in 1992 by the real estate investor Jürgen Schneider, is leased to Commerzbank on a long-term basis. From 1994, Dresdner Bank, which was merged with Commerzbank in May 2009, had used it as the parent company for its private customer business.

Wikipedia: Fürstenhof (Frankfurt am Main) (DE)

593 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: Goethe House

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The Goethe House is a writer's house museum located in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the birthplace and childhood home of German poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is also the place where Goethe wrote his famous works Götz von Berlichingen, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and the first drafts of Urfaust. The house has mostly been operated as a museum since its 1863 purchase by the Freies Deutsches Hochstift, displaying period furniture and paintings from Goethe's time in the house.

Wikipedia: Goethe House (EN), Website

250 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 10: St. Paul's Church

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St. Paul's Church Photo: Andreas Praefcke / CC BY 3.0

St Paul's Church is a former Protestant church in Frankfurt, Germany, used as a national assembly hall. Its important political symbolism dates back to 1848 when the Frankfurt Parliament convened there, the first publicly and freely-elected German legislative body.

Wikipedia: St. Paul's Church, Frankfurt am Main (EN), Website

535 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Museum für Moderne Kunst

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The Museum für Moderne Kunst, or short MMK, in Frankfurt, was founded in 1981 and opened to the public 6 June 1991. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein. It is part of Frankfurt's Museumsufer . Because of its triangular shape, the MMK is popularly called the Tortenstück. Since 2018, Susanne Pfeffer has been director of the MMK.

Wikipedia: Museum für Moderne Kunst (EN)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Heiliggeistkirche

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Heiliggeistkirche Die Autorenschaft wurde nicht in einer maschinell lesbaren Form angegeben. Es wird Mylius als Autor angenommen (basierend auf den Rechteinhaber-Angaben). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Dominican monastery in Frankfurt am Main is the seat of the Evangelical City Dean of Frankfurt am Main and Offenbach and the Evangelical Regional Association, an amalgamation of the Frankfurt and Offenbach Evangelical communities. In the Dominican monastery, the synod of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau also meets twice a year.

Wikipedia: Dominikanerkloster (Frankfurt) (DE)

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