Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 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: Theater Willy Praml
The Willy Praml Theatre was founded in 1991 by Willy Praml and Michael Weber as an independent theatre in Frankfurt am Main. The theatre works with a professional ensemble. Since 2000, the Willy Praml Theatre has been located in the Naxoshalle in Frankfurt's Ostend.
Sight 2: Die KäS
The cabaret alteration tailoring was founded in 1997 as a cabaret stage by "Kabarett Knobi-Bonbon" Şinasi Dikmen and his wife Ayşe Aktay. As the first German-Turkish cabaret in Germany with its own program and fixed venue, the KÄS also offers other cabaret artists a venue. Guests of the KÄS were and are Josef Hader, Dieter Hildebrandt, Gerhard Polt, Urban Priol, Georg Schramm, Emil Steinberger and many others.
Sight 3: Mousonturm
Künstlerhaus Mousonturm is an independent theatre in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The theatre is run by the municipal Künstlerhaus Mousonturm Frankfurt am Main GmbH.
Sight 4: Merianbad
The Merianbad was a municipal bathhouse, a so-called "Volksbrausebad", in the Frankfurt district of Nordend. The octagonal building on Merianplatz on Berger Straße is now a café.
Sight 5: Garten des himmlischen Friedens
The Garden of Tiananmen is a Chinese garden in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Bethmannpark in the Nordend, the main entrance is near the entrance to the Bethmannpark at the beginning of Berger Straße.
Sight 6: Bethmannpark
Der Bethmannpark ist eine 3,1 Hektar große Grünanlage in Frankfurt am Main. Der Park liegt in einem Dreieck zwischen Friedberger Landstraße, Berger Straße und Mauerweg im östlichen Teil des Stadtteils Nordend, außerhalb der Wallanlagen. Der Name des Parks leitet sich von der Frankfurter Familie Bethmann ab.
Sight 7: Hessendenkmal
The Hessendenkmal is a monument in Frankfurt's Nordend.
Sight 8: Frankfurter Engel
The Frankfurter Engel is a memorial in the city of Frankfurt am Main in southwestern Germany; it is dedicated to homosexual people who were persecuted under Nazi rule, and as well as under Paragraph 175 of the German Criminal Code during the 1950s and 1960s.
Sight 9: Peterskirche
The Church of St Peter is a former evangelical church located in the Innenstadt area of Frankfurt, Germany. It has been known as jugend-kultur-kirche sankt peter since 2007, when it became a youth centre.
Sight 10: Philipp-Reis-Denkmal
The Philipp Reis Monument is a monument created in 1919 in the Eschenheimer Anlage in Frankfurt am Main. It honors the inventor of the telephone, Philipp Reis.
Wikipedia: Philipp-Reis-Denkmal (DE), Website, Heritage Website
Sight 11: 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.
Sight 12: Goepfert-Brunnen
The Goepfert fountain is a decorative fountain in front of the Eschenheim tower in Frankfurt am Main. She is named after her creator, the sculptor Hermann Goeppert.
Sight 13: Eschenheimer Turm
Eschenheimer Turm was a city gate, part of the late-medieval fortifications of Frankfurt am Main, and is a landmark of the city. The tower, which was erected at the beginning of the fifteenth century, is at once the oldest and most unaltered building in the largely reconstructed Frankfurter Neustadt, now better known as the Innenstadt.
Sight 14: Stock Exchange
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is the world's 3rd oldest and 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. It has operations from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm.
Sight 15: Nebbiensches Gartenhaus
The Nebbiensche Gartenhaus is a neoclassical pavilion in the Bockenheimer Anlage in Frankfurt am Main. It is a cultural monument.
Sight 16: Bockenheimer Anlage
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.
Sight 17: Alte Oper
Join Free Tour*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.
Sight 18: Rothschildpark
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.
Sight 19: Hölderlin-Denkmal
The Triton House is an office building complex at Bockenheimer Landstraße 42 and 44 in Frankfurt am Main.
Sight 20: 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.
Sight 21: Kontinuität
The sculpture Continuity by Max Bill is a major work of the Zurich School of Concrete Art and was commissioned by Deutsche Bank for the forecourt in front of the twin towers of its headquarters on the Taunusanlage in Frankfurt am Main.
Sight 22: Sankt Antonius
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.
Sight 23: 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)
Sight 24: Matthäuskirche
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.
Sight 25: Hammering Man
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).
Sight 26: 13er Husaren-Denkmal
The Hussar Monument is a memorial of the city of Frankfurt am Main.
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