Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Frankfurt, Germany

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 75 m
Descend 71 m

Experience Frankfurt in Germany in a whole new way with our free 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: Hammering Man

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Hammering Man is a series of monumental kinetic sculptures by Jonathan Borofsky. The two-dimensional painted steel sculptures were designed at different scales, were painted black, and depict a man with a motorized arm and hammer movement to symbolize workers throughout the world. They were structurally engineered by Leslie E. Robertson Associates (LERA).

Wikipedia: Hammering Man (EN), Url

386 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: 13er Husaren-Denkmal

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13er Husaren-Denkmal

The Hussar Monument is a memorial of the city of Frankfurt am Main.

Wikipedia: Husarendenkmal (Frankfurt am Main) (DE)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Senckenberg Naturmuseum

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The Naturmuseum Senckenberg (SMF) is a museum of natural history, located in Frankfurt am Main. It is the second-largest of its kind in Germany. In 2010, almost 517,000 people visited the museum, which is owned by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. Senckenberg's slogan is "world of biodiversity". As of 2019, the museum exhibits 18 reconstructed dinosaurs.

Wikipedia: Naturmuseum Senckenberg (EN), Website

491 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Christuskirche

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Christuskirche

The Christuskirche is a church built in the late 19th century in the style of historicism in the Westend-Süd district of the city of Frankfurt am Main. The church building has been used as an ecumenical centre since 1978. The local Protestant Christus-Immanuel congregation, a Serbian Orthodox congregation and the Protestant, East African Oromo congregation of Frankfurt are involved. The building is a listed building by the state of Hesse.

Wikipedia: Christuskirche (Frankfurt-Westend) (DE)

802 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 5: Livingston'sches Stallgebäude

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Livingston'sches Stallgebäude

The Livingston Horse Stable in Frankfurt am Main, on the corner of Ulmenstraße 20 / Kettenhofweg, was built between 1880 and 1882 and is now a listed building.

Wikipedia: Livingstonscher Pferdestall (DE)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: Hölderlin-Denkmal

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The Triton House is an office building complex at Bockenheimer Landstraße 42 and 44 in Frankfurt am Main.

Wikipedia: Triton-Haus (DE), Url

316 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Westend Synagoge

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Built between 1908 and 1910, the Westend Synagogue is the largest synagogue in Frankfurt am Main and the spiritual center of the city's Jewish community life. It was the only one of the former four large synagogues to survive the November pogroms of 1938 and the bombing raids of the Second World War badly damaged. Until the demise of Jewish life in Frankfurt during the National Socialist era, it served as a place of worship for the liberal reform wing. It was re-inaugurated in 1950 after provisional renovation and restored true to the original from 1989 to 1994.

Wikipedia: Westend-Synagoge (DE), Website

566 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: Amerika-Haus

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Westend-Nord and Westend-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as the Westend is generally considered an entity. Both city districts are part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt II.

Wikipedia: Westend (Frankfurt am Main) (EN), Heritage Website

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Sankt Ignatius

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Sankt Ignatius Elke Wetzig (Elya) / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Ignatius is a Roman Catholic church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The current church, consecrated in 1964, is the work of the important church builder Gottfried Böhm. Originally the parish church of the parish of St. Ignatius, which has existed since 1930, the Ignatius Church has been a rectorate church of the new cathedral parish of St. Bartholomew since 2014 after the merger of the Catholic inner city parishes.

Wikipedia: St. Ignatius (Frankfurt am Main) (DE)

420 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Rothschildpark

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Rothschild Park is a public park in Frankfurt, Germany. It is located within the central business district known as the Bankenviertel, to the north of the Opera Tower, adjacent to the Opera Square. The park is named for the Rothschild family, a banking family originating in Frankfurt.

Wikipedia: Rothschild Park (Frankfurt) (EN)

404 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 11: Alte Oper

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Alte Oper is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel. Today's Alte Oper was built in 1880 as the city's opera house, which was destroyed by bombs in 1944. It was rebuilt in the 1970s as a concert hall with a large hall and smaller venues, opened in 1981. The square in front of the building is still known as Opernplatz.

Wikipedia: Alte Oper (EN), Website, Heritage Website

270 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Bockenheimer Anlage

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The Frankfurt ramparts form a ring-shaped green area around the city centre of Frankfurt am Main. They were built at the beginning of the 19th century on the site of Frankfurt's city fortifications, which were razed between 1804 and 1812. The Frankfurt Anlagenring runs around the ramparts.

Wikipedia: Bockenheimer Anlage (DE)

358 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Altes Volksbildungsheim

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Altes Volksbildungsheim

The Volksbildungsheim is a listed building at the Eschenheimer Tor in Frankfurt am Main with the address Eschenheimer Anlage 40. The name is a reminder of its many years of use as an education and event centre of the Frankfurter Bund für Volksbildung. From 1963 to 1995, the Theater am Turm was located here. Today, behind the preserved façade is the CineStar Metropolis, which is used as a multiplex cinema. The cinemas are operated by the CineStar Group.

Wikipedia: Volksbildungsheim Frankfurt am Main (DE)

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