Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #12 in Frankfurt, Germany
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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 FrankfurtSight 1: Gethsemanekirche
The Protestant Gethsemane Church in Frankfurt am Main (Nordend) is the last large new church building in Frankfurt in the 20th century.
Wikipedia: Gethsemanekirche (Frankfurt am Main) (DE), Website
Sight 2: Stalburger Oede
The Stalburger Oede, previously also known as Ödenburg, was one of numerous medieval aristocratic and patrician residences in the district of Frankfurt am Main. The moated castle, which was at least temporarily adjoined by gardens, meadows, ponds and a vineyard, was located at the level of today's Glauburgstraße in the Frankfurt-Nordend district.
Sight 3: Stalburg Theater
The Stalburg Theater is a theatre in the Nordend district of Frankfurt, founded in the late 1990s by journalist Michael Herl.
Sight 4: Epiphaniaskirche
The Epiphany Church is the church building of the Protestant parish of St. Peter's in Frankfurt am Main. It was built from a church ruin in the years 1954 to 1956 according to plans by the architect Karl Wimmenauer.
Sight 5: Holzhausenschlösschen
The Holzhausenschlösschen is a moated former country house built by the patrician Holzhausen family on their farm, then just north of Frankfurt and now in the city's Nordend. The present building was completed in 1729, built for Johann Hieronymus von Holzhausen on the foundations of a moated castle from the Middle Ages after a design by Louis Remy de la Fosse. Today, it serves as a venue for cultural events.
Sight 6: Adolph-von-Holzhausen-Park
Holzhausenpark is the 3.5-hectare remnant of the former Holzhausen Oed estate of the patrician Holzhausen family in Frankfurt am Main.
Sight 7: Elisabethenschule
The Elisabethenschule is a grammar school in Frankfurt am Main, in the Nordend district. The school was named after Catharina Elisabeth Goethe (1731–1808), the mother of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832).
Sight 8: Lessing-Gymnasium
The Lessing-Gymnasium is the oldest Gymnasium in Frankfurt. Named after Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, it was founded in 1519 by the city council.
Wikipedia: Lessing-Gymnasium, Frankfurt (EN), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 9: IG Farben Building
The I.G. Farben House or the Poelzig Building in Frankfurt am Main was designed by Hans Poelzig and built as the central administration for I.G. Farben from 1928 to 1931. After the end of the war, the American military administration moved in. Since 2001, the building has housed part of the Goethe University.
Sight 10: Wollheim Memorial
The Wollheim Memorial is a Holocaust memorial site in Frankfurt am Main.
Sight 11: Westend Synagoge
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.
Sight 12: Coach house
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)
Sight 13: Grüneburgpark
The Grüneburgpark is a public park in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany, located in the Westend quarter. It began as a park for the Grüne Burg, a castle from the 14th century. In 1789, the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property, and had the park designed. In 1837, the property was bought by the Rothschild family, who erected a palace-like mansion in the style of a French Loire palace. They commissioned Heinrich Siesmayer to develop an English garden, completed in 1877. Under the Nazi regime, Albert von Goldschmidt-Rothschild had to give up his family home. The palace was destroyed in an air raid in 1944.
Sight 14: Palmengarten
The Palmengarten is one of three botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction.
Sight 15: Papageno-Theater
The Papageno Music Theatre is a small music theatre in Frankfurt am Main. It is based on Zeppelinallee next to Frankfurt's Palmengarten.
Sight 16: Bockenheimer Depot
The Bockenheimer Depot is a former tram depot and main workshop of the Straßenbahn Frankfurt am Main, built around 1900. It is located in the Bockenheim quarter of Frankfurt. A listed monument, it now serves as a theatre venue of the Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt, mostly for Baroque and contemporary opera.
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