Europäische Stammtafeln - German for European Family Trees - is a series of twenty-nine books which contain sets of genealogical tables of the most influential families of Medieval European history . It is a standard reference work for those researching medieval, imperial , royal and noble families of Europe.
63-411: A reference to this work is usually to the third series. A fourth series, identified as Neue Folge , was being written by Rev. Detlev Schwennicke who was the sole author who started at volume 17 and is currently being published Frankfurt am Main , by Verlag Vittorio Klostermann. Twenty-nine volumes are available. Detlev Schwennicke died on 24 December 2012. The preceding 16 volumes of the third series of
126-534: A Reichsstadt ( Imperial Free City ), i.e., directly subordinate to the Holy Roman Emperor and not to a regional ruler or a local nobleman. In 1585, Frankfurt traders established a system of exchange rates for the various currencies that were circulating to prevent cheating and extortion. Therein lay the early roots for the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Frankfurt managed to remain neutral during
189-576: A Frankish king named Zuna, who ruled over the province then known as Sicambri . He hoped thereby to perpetuate the name of his lineage. This is chronologically incompatible, however, with the archaeologically demonstrated Roman occupation of the area around Nida fortress in modern Heddernheim . The name is derived from the Franconofurd of the Germanic tribe of the Franks ; Furt ( cf. English ford ) where
252-623: A camp for Sinti and Romani people (see Romani Holocaust ), the Dulag Luft West transit camp for Allied prisoners of war, and a subcamp of the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp . Frankfurt was severely bombed in World War II (1939–1945). About 5,500 residents were killed during the raids, and the once-famous medieval city center , by that time one of the largest in Germany,
315-648: A city divided into four sectors , could no longer rival it. In 1948, the Allies founded the Bank deutscher Länder , the forerunner of Deutsche Bundesbank . Following this decision, more financial institutions were re-established, e.g. Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank . In the 1950s, Frankfurt Stock Exchange regained its position as the country's leading stock exchange. Frankfurt also reemerged as Germany's transportation hub and Frankfurt Airport became Europe's second-busiest airport behind London Heathrow Airport in 1961. During
378-458: A district committee and chairperson. The largest city district by population and area is Sachsenhausen , while the smallest is Altstadt , Frankfurt's historical center. Three larger city districts (Sachsenhausen, Westend and Nordend ) are divided for administrative purposes into a northern ( -Nord ) and a southern ( -Süd ) part, respectively a western ( -West ) and an eastern ( -Ost ) part, but are generally considered as one city district (which
441-538: A free city, becoming the seat of its Bundestag , the confederal parliament where the nominally presiding Habsburg Emperor of Austria was represented by an Austrian "presidential envoy". After the ill-fated revolution of 1848 , Frankfurt was the seat of the first democratically elected German parliament, the Frankfurt Parliament , which met in the Frankfurter Paulskirche (St. Paul's Church) and
504-563: A newly established primogeniture in Italy), Grand Duke of Frankfurt after Dalberg's death (since the latter as a Catholic bishop had no legitimate heirs). The Grand Duchy remained a short episode lasting from 1810 to 1813 when the military tide turned in favor of the Anglo-Prussian-led allies that overturned the Napoleonic order. Dalberg abdicated in favor of Eugène de Beauharnais, which of course
567-548: A part of early Franconia , the inhabitants were the early Franks , thus the city's name reveals its legacy as "the ford of the Franks on the Main". Among English speakers, the city is commonly known simply as Frankfurt, but Germans occasionally call it by its full name to distinguish it from the other (significantly smaller) German city of Frankfurt an der Oder in the Land of Brandenburg on
630-541: A population of 5.5 million. Other important cities in the region are Wiesbaden (capital of Hesse ), Mainz (capital of Rhineland-Palatinate ), Darmstadt , Offenbach am Main , Hanau , Aschaffenburg , Bad Homburg vor der Höhe , Rüsselsheim , Wetzlar and Marburg . The city is divided into 46 city districts ( Stadtteile ), which are in turn divided into 121 city boroughs ( Stadtbezirke ) and 448 electoral districts ( Wahlbezirke ). The 46 city districts combine into 16 area districts ( Ortsbezirke ), which each have
693-652: A population of more than 5.8 million and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region and the fourth biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union . Frankfurt is home to the European Central Bank , one of the institutional seats of the European Union, while Frankfurt's central business district lies about 90 km (56 mi) northwest of the geographic center of
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#1733086249381756-541: A simplified manner (e.g., Römer , St. Paul's Church , and Goethe House ). The collection of historically significant Cairo Genizah documents of the Municipal Library was destroyed by the bombing. According to Arabist and Genizah scholar S.D. Goitein , "not even handlists indicating its contents have survived." The end of the war marked Frankfurt's comeback as Germany's leading financial hub, mainly because Berlin, now
819-758: Is "FRA", the IATA code for Frankfurt Airport. Roman Empire , pre 475 Francia , ca. 475–843 East Francia , 843–962 [REDACTED] Holy Roman Empire , 962–1806 [REDACTED] Free City of Frankfurt , 1372–1806 [REDACTED] Grand Duchy of Frankfurt , 1806–1813 [REDACTED] Free City of Frankfurt , 1813–1866 [REDACTED] Kingdom of Prussia , 1866–1871 [REDACTED] German Empire , 1871–1918 [REDACTED] Weimar Republic , 1918–1933 [REDACTED] German Reich , 1933–1945 [REDACTED] American occupation zone , 1945–1949 [REDACTED] West Germany , 1949–1990 [REDACTED] Germany , 1990–present At
882-625: Is 248.31 km (95.87 sq mi) and extends over 23.4 km (14.54 mi) east to west and 23.3 km (14.48 mi) north to south. Its downtown is north of the river Main in Altstadt district (the historical center) and the surrounding Innenstadt district. The geographical center is in Bockenheim district near Frankfurt West station . Frankfurt at the heart of the densely populated Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region with
945-453: Is also not an administrative city district (it covers parts of the western Innenstadt district, the southern Westend district and the eastern Bahnhofsviertel district). Many city districts are incorporated suburbs ( Vororte ) or were previously independent cities, such as Höchst . Some like Nordend and Westend arose during the rapid growth of the city in the Gründerzeit following
1008-830: Is home to influential educational institutions, including the Goethe University with the Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt ( de ) (Hesse's largest hospital), the FUAS , the FUMPA , and graduate schools like the FSFM . The city is one of two seats of the German National Library (alongside Leipzig ), the largest library in the German-speaking countries and one of the largest in the world. Its renowned cultural venues include
1071-596: Is one of the world's busiest international airports by passenger traffic and the main hub for Germany's flag carrier Lufthansa . Frankfurt Central Station is one of the largest rail stations in Europe and the busiest junction operated by Deutsche Bahn , the German national railway company, with 342 trains a day to domestic and European destinations. Frankfurter Kreuz , also known as the Autobahn interchange and located close to
1134-488: Is one of the few cities in the European Union (EU) to have such a skyline, which is why Germans sometimes refer to Frankfurt as Mainhattan , combining the local river Main and " Manhattan ". The other well-known nickname is Bankfurt . Before World War II , the city was noted for its unique old town , the largest timber-framed old town in Europe. The Römer area was later rebuilt and is popular with visitors and for events such as Frankfurt Christmas Market . Other parts of
1197-33397: Is over combined Berlin Tegel Airport and Berlin Schönefeld Airport traffic in 2020. 2020 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2019-2020 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 18,768,601 [REDACTED] 0 73.4% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 11,112,773 [REDACTED] 0 76.8% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 6,577,392 [REDACTED] 0 74.2% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 5,870,756 [REDACTED] 0 75.8% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 4,562,014 [REDACTED] 0 73.6% 6 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 3,227,032 [REDACTED] 0 71.7% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 3,207,440 [REDACTED] 0 74.8% 8 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 3,081,159 [REDACTED] 0 75.1% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 1,452,361 [REDACTED] 0 77.0% 10 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,220,624 [REDACTED] 0 55.1% 11 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 916,963 [REDACTED] 0 77.7% 12 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 690,780 [REDACTED] 0 59.9% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 594,680 [REDACTED] 0 74.2% 14 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 530,221 [REDACTED] 0 79.7% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 436,862 [REDACTED] 0 70.8% 16 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 391,696 [REDACTED] 0 70.7% 17 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 383,568 [REDACTED] 0 76.0% 18 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 275,220 [REDACTED] 0 77.6% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 220,381 [REDACTED] 0 77.7% 20 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 119,040 [REDACTED] 0 75.7% 21 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 92,547 [REDACTED] 0 86.7% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 51,542 [REDACTED] 0 85.9% 23 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 27,542 [REDACTED] 0 82.4% 24 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - - 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse - - 26 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein - - 27 Heringsdorf HDF Heringsdorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - - 2019 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2018-2019 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 70,556,072 [REDACTED] 0 1.5% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 47,941,378 [REDACTED] 0 3.6% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 25,507,566 [REDACTED] 0 5.0% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 24,227,570 [REDACTED] 0 10.1% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 17,308,773 [REDACTED] 0 0.4% 6 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 12,721,441 [REDACTED] 0 7.6% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 12,368,519 [REDACTED] 0 4.5% 8 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 11,417,435 [REDACTED] 0 10.3% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 6,301,366 [REDACTED] 0 0.4% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 4,111,689 [REDACTED] 0 8.0% 11 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,615,801 [REDACTED] 0 1.9% 12 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 2,719,566 [REDACTED] 19.1% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,308,338 [REDACTED] 0 9.9% 14 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,595,765 [REDACTED] 0 9.3% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 1,496,362 [REDACTED] 28.5% 16 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,335,957 [REDACTED] 0 7.1% 17 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 1,722,764 [REDACTED] 15.4% 18 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,231,100 [REDACTED] 26.3% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 986,260 [REDACTED] 0 3.3% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 693,404 [REDACTED] 0 5.8% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 489,921 [REDACTED] 0 9.4% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 366,574 [REDACTED] 0 2.1% 23 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - [REDACTED] 0 0.0% 24 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 156,326 [REDACTED] 0 40.5% 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse - [REDACTED] 0 0.0% 26 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein - [REDACTED] 0 0.0% 27 Heringsdorf HDF Heringsdorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - [REDACTED] 0 0.0% 2018 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2017-2018 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 69,510,269 [REDACTED] 0 7.8% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 46,253,623 [REDACTED] 0 3.8% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 24,283,967 [REDACTED] 0 1.4% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 22,000,430 [REDACTED] 0 7.5% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 17,234,229 [REDACTED] 0 2.2% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 12,957,828 [REDACTED] 0 4.6% 7 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 12,725,937 [REDACTED] 0 1.1% 8 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 11,820,612 [REDACTED] 0 7.8% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 6,324,634 [REDACTED] 0 7.7% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 4,466,864 [REDACTED] 0 6.7% 11 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,567,583 [REDACTED] 0 8.7% 12 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,561,535 [REDACTED] 0 0.8% 13 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 2,284,176 [REDACTED] 14.2% 14 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,092,868 [REDACTED] 15.3% 15 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,758,913 [REDACTED] 0 3.1% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,669,476 [REDACTED] 11.5% 17 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 1,492,553 [REDACTED] 26.5% 18 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,246,969 [REDACTED] 0 0.5% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 1,020,302 [REDACTED] 0 6.0% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 736,158 [REDACTED] 0 0.3% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 540,782 [REDACTED] 0 4.6% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 358,868 [REDACTED] 0 9.6% 23 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 296,027 [REDACTED] 0 1.8% 24 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 262,530 [REDACTED] 0 7.1% 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 131,817 [REDACTED] 0 88.8% 26 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 125,000 [REDACTED] 0 10.7% 27 Heringsdorf HDF Heringsdorf Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31,038 [REDACTED] 0 3.0% 2017 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2016-2017 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 64,500,386 [REDACTED] 0 6.1% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 44,577,241 [REDACTED] 0 5.5% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 24,640,564 [REDACTED] 0 4.8% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 20,460,688 [REDACTED] 0 3.7% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 17,622,997 [REDACTED] 0 8.6% 6 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 12,865,312 [REDACTED] 10.4% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 12,384,223 [REDACTED] 0 4.0% 8 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 10,962,247 [REDACTED] 0 3.2% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,870,104 [REDACTED] 0 8.5% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 4,186,961 [REDACTED] 20.1% 11 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,540,084 [REDACTED] 0 1.3% 12 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,471,900 [REDACTED] 0 5.3% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,361,534 [REDACTED] 0 7.8% 14 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 2,000,695 [REDACTED] 0 4.3% 15 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,885,811 [REDACTED] 0 1.7% 16 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,706,563 [REDACTED] 0 2.5% 17 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,240,551 [REDACTED] 12.3% 18 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 1,179,875 [REDACTED] 18.4% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 962,348 [REDACTED] 23.1% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 738,474 [REDACTED] 0 4.6% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 517,209 [REDACTED] 0 1.3% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 396,849 [REDACTED] 0 7.2% 23 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 290,654 [REDACTED] 0 31% 24 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 282,731 [REDACTED] 20.1% 2016 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2015-2016 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 60,786,937 [REDACTED] 0 0.4% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 42,261,309 [REDACTED] 0 3.1% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 23,521,919 [REDACTED] 0 4.7% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 21,253,959 [REDACTED] 0 1.2% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 16,224,154 [REDACTED] 0 3.9% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 11,910,138 [REDACTED] 15.2% 7 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 11,652,922 [REDACTED] 36.7% 8 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 10,626,430 [REDACTED] 0 1.1% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,408,814 [REDACTED] 0 0.8% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,485,372 [REDACTED] 0 3.1% 11 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,608,984 [REDACTED] 0 2.1% 12 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,573,502 [REDACTED] 0 3.3% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,189,804 [REDACTED] 0 5.5% 14 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,918,845 [REDACTED] 0 3.4% 15 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,853,818 [REDACTED] 0 2.9% 16 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,664,676 [REDACTED] 0 3.4% 17 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,105,103 [REDACTED] 0 5.1% 18 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 996,714 [REDACTED] 12.8% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 781,753 [REDACTED] 0 4.3% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 706,268 [REDACTED] 0 8.5% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 523,888 [REDACTED] 0 6.4% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 427,566 [REDACTED] 0 8.5% 23 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 250,199 [REDACTED] 0 31% 24 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 235,331 [REDACTED] 0 2.1% 2015 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2014-2015 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 61,032,022 [REDACTED] 0 2.5% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 40,981,522 [REDACTED] 0 3.2% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 22,476,685 [REDACTED] 0 2.9% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 21,005,196 [REDACTED] 0 1.5% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 15,610,072 [REDACTED] 0 5.8% 6 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 10,512,225 [REDACTED] 0 8.2% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 10,338,375 [REDACTED] 0 9.4% 8 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 8,526,268 [REDACTED] 16.9% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,452,669 [REDACTED] 0 3.0% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,381,681 [REDACTED] 0 3.8% 11 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,665,105 [REDACTED] 0 8.9% 12 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,660,754 [REDACTED] 0 4.1% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,317,255 [REDACTED] 0 0.5% 14 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,985,379 [REDACTED] 0 1.0% 15 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,909,704 [REDACTED] 0 5.7% 16 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,722,863 [REDACTED] 0 1.9% 17 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,051,435 [REDACTED] 0 6.9% 18 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 883,490 [REDACTED] 17.8% 19 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 817,049 [REDACTED] 0 8.6% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 771,749 [REDACTED] 0 1.0% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 559,985 [REDACTED] 0 6.1% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 467,092 [REDACTED] 17.3% 23 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 230,436 [REDACTED] 0 1.7% 24 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 190,869 [REDACTED] 12.3% 2014 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2013-2014 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 59,566,132 [REDACTED] 0 2.6% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 39,700,515 [REDACTED] 0 2.7% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 21,850,489 [REDACTED] 0 2.9% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin , Potsdam Berlin 20,688,016 [REDACTED] 0 5.6% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 14,760,280 [REDACTED] 0 9.3% 6 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9,718,438 [REDACTED] 0 1.5% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9,450,493 [REDACTED] 0 4.1% 8 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 7,292,517 [REDACTED] 0 8.4% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,291,882 [REDACTED] 0 1.1% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,257,348 [REDACTED] 0 1.6% 11 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,773,129 [REDACTED] 0 6.1% 12 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,447,140 [REDACTED] 0 8.3% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,328,341 [REDACTED] 0 4.2% 14 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,965,723 [REDACTED] 0 2.1% 15 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,807,543 [REDACTED] 27.3% 16 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,756,459 [REDACTED] 0 0.1% 17 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 983,451 [REDACTED] 0 7.2% 18 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 894,390 [REDACTED] 0 4.7% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 763,872 [REDACTED] 0 3.9% 20 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 750,334 [REDACTED] 0 8.9% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 591,343 [REDACTED] 10.3% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 398,128 [REDACTED] 0 1.8% 23 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 226,586 [REDACTED] 0 5.4% 24 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 169,946 [REDACTED] 0 4.2% 2013 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2012-2013 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 58,036,948 [REDACTED] 0 0.9% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 38,672,644 [REDACTED] 0 0.8% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 21,228,226 [REDACTED] 0 1.9% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin Berlin 19,591,838 [REDACTED] 0 7.9% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 13,502,553 [REDACTED] 0 1.4% 6 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9,577,551 [REDACTED] 0 1.5% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9,077,346 [REDACTED] 0 2.2% 8 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 6,727,306 [REDACTED] 0 5.2% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,234,909 [REDACTED] 0 1.0% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,309,629 [REDACTED] 0 8.0% 11 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,667,402 [REDACTED] 0 4.4% 12 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,612,627 [REDACTED] 0 6.8% 13 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 2,487,843 [REDACTED] 12.7% 14 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,234,231 [REDACTED] 0 2.0% 15 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,924,386 [REDACTED] 0 1.2% 16 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,754,139 [REDACTED] 0 7.0% 17 Baden Airpark FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,059,227 [REDACTED] 17.7% 18 Münster Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 853,904 [REDACTED] 16.4% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 794,889 [REDACTED] 0 9.0% 20 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 838,969 [REDACTED] 0 9.7% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 536,029 [REDACTED] 0 1.7% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 405,265 [REDACTED] 0 4.7% 23 Zweibrücken ZQW Zweibrücken Rhineland-Palatinate 220,740 [REDACTED] 0 9.1% 24 Erfurt ERF Erfurt Thuringia 214,948 [REDACTED] 16.8% 25 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 177,464 [REDACTED] 13.0% 2012 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2011-2012 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 57,520,001 [REDACTED] 0 1.9% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 38,360,604 [REDACTED] 0 1.6% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 20,833,246 [REDACTED] 0 2.4% 4 Berlin Tegel TXL Berlin Berlin 18,164,023 [REDACTED] 0 7.4% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 13,697,402 [REDACTED] 0 0 1% 6 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9,720,877 [REDACTED] 0 1.4% 7 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9,280,070 [REDACTED] 0 3.6% 8 Berlin Schönefeld SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 7,097,274 [REDACTED] 0 0.2% 9 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,287,831 [REDACTED] 0 0 1% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,597,136 [REDACTED] 0 9.2% 11 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,790,961 [REDACTED] 0 3.6% 12 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 2,447,007 [REDACTED] 0 4.4% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,279,221 [REDACTED] 0 0.7% 14 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 2,208,429 [REDACTED] 0 8.8% 15 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,902,133 [REDACTED] 0 4.4% 16 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,886,425 [REDACTED] 0 1.6% 17 Baden Airpark FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,287,382 [REDACTED] 15.5% 18 Münster Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 1,020,917 [REDACTED] 22.9% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 873,244 [REDACTED] 10.4% 20 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 869,937 [REDACTED] 13.7% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 545,121 [REDACTED] 0 4.7% 22 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 425,429 [REDACTED] 0 5.9% 23 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 203,990 [REDACTED] 0 8.7% 24 Erfurt ERF Erfurt Thuringia 183,999 [REDACTED] 34.5% 2011 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2010-2011 1 Frankfurt Airport FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 56,436,255 [REDACTED] 0 6.5% 2 Munich Airport MUC Munich Bavaria 37,763,701 [REDACTED] 0 8.8% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 20,339,466 [REDACTED] 0 7.1% 4 Berlin Tegel Airport TXL Berlin Berlin 16,919,820 [REDACTED] 12.6% 5 Hamburg Airport HAM Hamburg Hamburg 13,558,261 [REDACTED] 0 4.6% 6 Cologne/Bonn Airport CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9,623,398 [REDACTED] 0 2.3% 7 Stuttgart Airport STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9,582,265 [REDACTED] 0 4.0% 8 Berlin Schönefeld Airport SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 7,113,989 [REDACTED] 0 2.5% 9 Hanover Airport HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,340,264 [REDACTED] 0 5.5% 10 Nuremberg Airport NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,962,617 [REDACTED] 0 2.6% 11 Frankfurt-Hahn Airport HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 2,894,109 [REDACTED] 17.2% 12 Bremen Airport BRE Bremen Bremen 2,560,023 [REDACTED] 0 4.3% 13 Weeze Airport NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 2,421,108 [REDACTED] 16.4% 14 Leipzig/Halle Airport LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,263,668 [REDACTED] 0 3.6% 15 Dresden Airport DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,917,915 [REDACTED] 0 4.1% 16 Dortmund Airport DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,822,066 [REDACTED] 0 4.3% 17 Münster Osnabrück Airport FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 1,323,689 [REDACTED] 0 0.7% 18 Baden Airpark FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,114,535 [REDACTED] 0 5.3% 19 Paderborn Lippstadt Airport PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 974,775 [REDACTED] 0 5.2% 20 Memmingen Airport FMM Memmingen Bavaria 764,782 [REDACTED] 16.1% 21 Friedrichshafen Airport FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 571,709 [REDACTED] 0 3.2% 22 Rostock Airport RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 223,516 [REDACTED] 0 1.8% 2010 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2009-2010 1 Frankfurt Airport FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 53,009,221 [REDACTED] 0 4.1% 2 Munich Airport MUC Munich Bavaria 34,721,605 [REDACTED] 0 6.2% 3 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 18,988,149 [REDACTED] 0 6.7% 4 Berlin Tegel Airport TXL Berlin Berlin 15,025,600 [REDACTED] 0 6.0% 5 Hamburg Airport HAM Hamburg Hamburg 12,962,429 [REDACTED] 0 6.0% 6 Cologne/Bonn Airport CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9,849,779 [REDACTED] 0 1.1% 7 Stuttgart Airport STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 9,218,095 [REDACTED] 0 3.2% 8 Berlin Schönefeld Airport SXF Berlin , Potsdam Brandenburg 7,297,911 [REDACTED] 0 7.4% 9 Hanover Airport HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 5,059,800 [REDACTED] 0 1.8% 10 Nuremberg Airport NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 4,068,799 [REDACTED] 0 2.6% 11 Frankfurt-Hahn Airport HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 3,438,298 [REDACTED] 0 7.9% 12 Weeze Airport NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 2,896,999 [REDACTED] 20.5% 13 Bremen Airport BRG Bremen Bremen 2,676,297 [REDACTED] 0 9.2% 14 Leipzig/Halle Airport LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,348,597 [REDACTED] 0 3.1% 15 Dresden Airport DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 1,847,166 [REDACTED] 0 7.2% 16 Dortmund Airport DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,740,642 [REDACTED] 0 1.4% 17 Münster Osnabrück Airport FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 1,337,879 [REDACTED] 0 4.3% 18 Baden Airpark FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,192,894 [REDACTED] 0 8.2% 19 Paderborn Lippstadt Airport PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 1,030,802 [REDACTED] 0 4.7% See also [ edit ] List of airports in Germany References [ edit ] ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2023" (PDF; 919 KB) . adv.aero . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2024-02-14 . Retrieved 2024-10-10 . ^ "ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2022" (PDF; 919 KB) . adv.aero . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2023-02-13 . Retrieved 2023-02-17 . ^ "ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2021" (PDF; 823 kb) . www.adv.aero/ . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2022-01-31 . Retrieved 2022-01-10 . ^ "ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2020" (PDF; 298 kb) . www.adv.aero/ . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2021-02-02 . Retrieved 2020-09-12 . ^ "ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2019" (PDF; 316 kb) . www.adv.aero/ . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2020-02-13 . Retrieved 2020-04-13 . ^ "ADV-Monatsstatistik - ADV Monthly Traffic Report 12/2018" (PDF; 374 kb) . www.adv.aero/ . Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Verkehrsflughäfen e.V. 2019-02-11 . 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1260-435: Is why often only 43 city districts are mentioned, even on the city's official website). Some larger housing areas are often falsely called city districts, even by locals, like Nordweststadt (part of Niederursel , Heddernheim and Praunheim ), Goldstein (part of Schwanheim ), Riedberg (part of Kalbach-Riedberg ) and Europaviertel (part of Gallus ). The Bankenviertel ( banking district ), Frankfurt's financial district,
1323-562: The Main ") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse . Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany . Located in the foreland of the Taunus on its namesake Main , it forms a continuous conurbation with Offenbach am Main ; its urban area has a population of over 2.7 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has
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#17330862493811386-531: The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority and European Systemic Risk Board in 2011. Frankfurt is the largest city in the state of Hesse in the western part of Germany. Frankfurt is located on both sides of the river Main , south-east of the Taunus mountain range. The southern part of the city contains the Frankfurt City Forest , Germany's largest city forest. The city area
1449-510: The Free City of Frankfurt . The Prussian administration incorporated Frankfurt into its province of Hesse-Nassau . The Prussian occupation and annexation were perceived as a great injustice in Frankfurt, which retained its distinct western European, urban and cosmopolitan character. The formerly independent towns of Bornheim and Bockenheim were incorporated in 1890. In 1914, the citizens founded
1512-517: The Thirty Years' War , but suffered from the bubonic plague that refugees brought to the city. After the war, Frankfurt regained its wealth. In the late 1770s the theater principal Abel Seyler was based in Frankfurt, and established the city's theatrical life. Following the French Revolution , Frankfurt was occupied or bombarded several times by French troops. It remained a Free city until
1575-540: The Unification of Germany , while others were formed from territory which previously belonged to other city district(s), such as Dornbusch and Riederwald . Until the year 1877 the city's territory consisted of the present-day inner-city districts of Altstadt , Innenstadt , Bahnhofsviertel , Gutleutviertel , Gallus , Westend , Nordend , Ostend and Sachsenhausen . Bornheim was part of an administrative district called Landkreis Frankfurt , before becoming part of
1638-811: The Wallanlagen , Volkspark Niddatal , Grüneburgpark , the City Forest , two major botanical gardens (the Palmengarten and the Botanical Garden Frankfurt ) and the Frankfurt Zoo . Frankfurt is the seat of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund – DFB) , is home to the first division association football club Eintracht Frankfurt , the Löwen Frankfurt ice hockey team, and
1701-2809: The Wayback Machine ^ German Airport Statistics 2011 Archived 2012-08-13 at the Wayback Machine ^ German Airport Statistics 2010 Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine v t e Airports in Germany International Major Berlin–Brandenburg Cologne/Bonn Düsseldorf Frankfurt Hamburg Munich Stuttgart Minor Bremen Dortmund Dresden Erfurt/Weimar Friedrichshafen Hahn Hannover Heringsdorf Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Kassel Leipzig/Halle Lübeck Mannheim Memmingen Münster/Osnabrück Nuremberg Paderborn/Lippstadt Rostock Saarbrücken Sylt Weeze Domestic Baltrum Borkum Emden Harle Heide–Büsum Heligoland Juist Langeoog Norden-Norddeich Norderney Nordholz-Spieka Wangerooge Unscheduled Aachen Augsburg Bayreuth Bitburg Braunschweig/Wolfsburg Cuxhaven/Nordholz Essen/Mülheim Frankfurt-Egelsbach Hamburg–Finkenwerder Hof–Plauen Ingolstadt/Manching Air Base Kiel Lahr Leipzig–Altenburg Magdeburg Mönchengladbach Müritz Neubrandenburg Parchim Sankt Peter-Ording Siegerland Stralsund–Barth Straubing Uetersen Wilhelmshaven Zweibrücken Defunct Berlin–Schönefeld Berlin–Tegel Berlin–Tempelhof Bremerhaven Cologne–Butzweilerhof Cottbus-Drewitz Munich–Riem Statistics v t e List of
1764-401: The 1970s, the city created one of Europe's most efficient underground transportation systems. That system includes a suburban rail system ( S-Bahn ) linking outlying communities with the city center, and a deep underground light rail system with smaller coaches ( U-Bahn ) also capable of travelling above ground on rails. In 1998, the European Central Bank was founded in Frankfurt, followed by
1827-421: The Allies' wartime bombardment. Frankfurt was the original choice for the provisional capital city of the newly founded state of West Germany in 1949. The city constructed a parliament building that was never used for its intended purpose (it housed the radio studios of Hessischer Rundfunk ). In the end, Konrad Adenauer , the first postwar Chancellor , preferred the town of Bonn , for the most part because it
1890-579: The Apostle and now Frankfurt Cathedral . Frankfurt was one of the most important cities in the Holy Roman Empire . From 855, the German kings were elected and crowned in Aachen . From 1562, the kings and emperors were crowned and elected in Frankfurt, initiated for Maximilian II . This tradition ended in 1792, when Francis II was elected. His coronation was deliberately held on Bastille Day , 14 July,
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2016-569: The EU at Gadheim in Lower Franconia . Like France and Franconia , the city is named after the Franks . Frankfurt is the largest city in the Rhenish Franconian dialect area. Frankfurt was a city state , the Free City of Frankfurt , for nearly five centuries, and was one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire , as a site of Imperial coronations ; it lost its sovereignty upon
2079-481: The EU. Frankfurt is one of the major financial centers of the European continent, with the headquarters of the European Central Bank , Deutsche Bundesbank , Frankfurt Stock Exchange , Deutsche Bank , DZ Bank , KfW , Commerzbank , DekaBank , Helaba , several cloud and fintech startups , and other institutes. Automotive, technology and research, services, consulting, media and creative industries complement
2142-725: The Europäische Stammtafeln (edited by Detlev Schwennicke) was a derivative work which built on the contributions of: Between 1978 and 1995 Schwennicke edited another nine volumes up completing the 16 volume third series. A full citation to the third series is: Current volume names of the Europäische Stammtafeln - Neue Folge = European family trees - new series. Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main ( / ˈ f r æ ŋ k f ər t / ; German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn] ; lit. " Frank ford on
2205-466: The Frankfurt spelling for Frankfurt am Main on 24 October 1953 and last used the Frankfort spelling on 10 June 1954. The suffix am Main has been used regularly since the 14th century. In English, the city's full name of Frankfurt am Main means "Frankfurt on the Main" (pronounced like English mine or German mein ). Frankfurt is located on an ancient ford (German: Furt ) on the river Main . As
2268-464: The Polish border. The city district Bonames has a name probably dating back to Roman times, thought to be derived from bona me(n)sa (good table). The common abbreviations for the city, primarily used in railway services and on road signs, are Frankfurt (Main) , Frankfurt (M) , Frankfurt a. M. , Frankfurt/Main or Frankfurt/M . The common abbreviation for the name of the city is "FFM". Also in use
2331-566: The University of Frankfurt, later named Goethe University Frankfurt . This marked the only civic foundation of a university in Germany; today it is one of Germany's largest. From 6 April to 17 May 1920, following military intervention to put down the Ruhr uprising , Frankfurt was occupied by French troops . The French claimed that Articles 42 to 44 of the peace treaty of Versailles concerning
2394-479: The airport, is the most-heavily used interchange in the EU, used by 320,000 cars daily. In 2011 human-resource-consulting firm Mercer ranked Frankfurt as seventh in its annual 'Quality of Living' survey of cities around the world. According to The Economist cost-of-living survey, Frankfurt is Germany's most expensive city and the world's tenth most expensive. Frankfurt has many downtown high-rise buildings that form its renowned Frankfurt skyline . In fact, it
2457-779: The anniversary of the storming of the Bastille . The elections and coronations took place in St. Bartholomäus Cathedral , known as the Kaiserdom (Emperor's Cathedral), or its predecessors. The Frankfurter Messe ('Frankfurt Trade Fair') was first mentioned in 1150. In 1240, Emperor Frederick II granted an imperial privilege to its visitors, meaning they would be protected by the empire. The fair became particularly important when similar fairs in French Beaucaire lost attraction around 1380. Book trade fairs began in 1478. In 1372, Frankfurt became
2520-576: The basketball club Frankfurt Skyliners , and is the venue of the Frankfurt Marathon and the Ironman Germany . Frankfurt is the largest financial hub in continental Europe . It is home to the European Central Bank , Deutsche Bundesbank , Frankfurt Stock Exchange and several large commercial banks. The Frankfurt Stock Exchange is one of the world's largest stock exchanges by market capitalization and accounts for more than 90 percent of
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2709-10634: The busiest airports in Germany From Misplaced Pages, the 💕 This is a list of the busiest airports in Germany . In graph [ edit ] [REDACTED] Map of Germany 's domestic commercial flight routes as of 2016 [REDACTED] Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org . Annual passenger traffic at FRA MUC DUS TXL HAM SXF STR CGN HAJ DTM NUE BER airports. See Wikidata query . 2023 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2022-2023 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Rhine-Main Hesse 59,355,389 [REDACTED] 0 0 16.3% 2 Munich MUC Munich Metropolitan Region Bavaria 37,037,070 [REDACTED] 0 17.0% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 23,071,865 [REDACTED] 0 0 16.3% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 19,118,928 [REDACTED] 0 19.0% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg 13,559,912 [REDACTED] 0 22.2% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 9,763,127 [REDACTED] 0 11.5% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 8,438,084 [REDACTED] 0 0 20.8% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 4,599,823 [REDACTED] 0 0 16.1% 9 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,923,254 [REDACTED] 0 19.9% 10 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 2,934,316 [REDACTED] 0 0 13.5% 11 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 2,824,711 [REDACTED] 0 41.9% 12 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 2,101,425 [REDACTED] 0 34.8% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 1,814,892 [REDACTED] 0 21.6% 14 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,733,051 [REDACTED] 0 32.8% 15 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 1,673,219 [REDACTED] 0 21.5% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,595,785 [REDACTED] 0 0 53.9% 17 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 991,031 [REDACTED] 0 19.3% 18 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 929,928 [REDACTED] 0 10.9% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 723,581 [REDACTED] 0 44.0% 20 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 314,953 [REDACTED] 0 -7.2% 21 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 310,734 [REDACTED] 0 0 3.6% 22 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 136,929 [REDACTED] 0 0 -0.6% 23 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 125,745 [REDACTED] 0 0 5.0% 24 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 107,615 [REDACTED] 0 -6.9% 25 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 82,550 [REDACTED] 0 -0.0% 26 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 63,361 [REDACTED] 0 0 46.3% 27 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 53,685 [REDACTED] 0 -12.0% 28 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia 28,582 [REDACTED] 0 -15.5% 2022 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2021-2022 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt Rhine-Main Hesse 48,918,482 [REDACTED] 0 0 97.1% 2 Munich MUC Munich Metropolitan Region Bavaria 31,642,738 [REDACTED] 0 153.2% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 19,845,046 [REDACTED] 0 0 99.5% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 16,071,936 [REDACTED] 0 102.1% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Metropolitan Region Hamburg 11,096,296 [REDACTED] 0 108.6% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 8,756,712 [REDACTED] 0 105.9% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 6,986,943 [REDACTED] 0 0 95.5% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 3,961,983 [REDACTED] 0 0 92.6% 9 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 3,272,138 [REDACTED] 0 207.8% 10 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 2,586,238 [REDACTED] 0 0 52.8% 11 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 1,991,208 [REDACTED] 0 103.0% 12 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 1,558,602 [REDACTED] 0 133.4% 13 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 1,493,007 [REDACTED] 0 137.0% 14 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 1,377,087 [REDACTED] 0 103.5% 15 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 1,304,701 [REDACTED] 0 114.1% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 1,036,882 [REDACTED] 0 0 76.5% 17 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 838,387 [REDACTED] 0 155.4% 18 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 830,772 [REDACTED] 0 131.5% 19 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 502,621 [REDACTED] 0 288.7% 20 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 339,556 [REDACTED] 0 169.8% 21 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 300,034 [REDACTED] 0 0 99.7% 22 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 137,779 [REDACTED] 0 0 92.3% 23 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 119,763 [REDACTED] 0 0 17.4% 24 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 115,597 [REDACTED] 0 207.1% 25 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 82,590 [REDACTED] 0 286.5% 26 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 60,997 [REDACTED] 0 185.0% 27 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 43,315 [REDACTED] 0 0 46.4% 28 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia 33,842 [REDACTED] 0 -12.9% 2021 [ edit ] Rank Airport IATA City / metro area State Passengers Change 2020-2021 1 Frankfurt FRA Frankfurt / Rhine-Main Hesse 24,812,819 [REDACTED] 0 0 32.3% 2 Munich MUC Munich Bavaria 12,496,434 [REDACTED] 0 0 12.5% 3 Berlin Brandenburg BER Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region Brandenburg 9,946,037 [REDACTED] 0 9.3% 4 Düsseldorf DUS Düsseldorf / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 7,953,014 [REDACTED] 0 0 20.9% 5 Hamburg HAM Hamburg Hamburg 5,318,698 [REDACTED] 0 0 16.6% 6 Cologne/Bonn CGN Cologne , Bonn / Rhine-Ruhr North Rhine-Westphalia 4,253,568 [REDACTED] 0 0 38.1% 7 Stuttgart STR Stuttgart Baden-Württemberg 3,573,728 [REDACTED] 0 0 11.4% 8 Hanover HAJ Hanover Lower Saxony 2,057,452 [REDACTED] 0 0 41.7% 9 Dortmund DTM Dortmund North Rhine-Westphalia 1,693,050 [REDACTED] 0 0 38.7% 10 Nuremberg NUE Nuremberg Bavaria 1,063,153 [REDACTED] 0 0 15.9% 11 Memmingen FMM Memmingen Bavaria 980,708 [REDACTED] 0 0 41.9% 12 Hahn HHN Hahn Rhineland-Palatinate 676,829 [REDACTED] 0 0 54.9% 13 Leipzig/Halle LEJ Leipzig / Halle Saxony 667,784 [REDACTED] 0 0 25.9% 14 Bremen BRE Bremen Bremen 630,062 [REDACTED] 0 0 0 5.9% 15 Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden FKB Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden Baden-Württemberg 609,459 [REDACTED] 0 0 55.6% 16 Weeze NRN Weeze North Rhine-Westphalia 587,478 [REDACTED] 0 113.5% 17 Münster/Osnabrück FMO Münster / Osnabrück North Rhine-Westphalia 358,905 [REDACTED] 0 0 62.9% 18 Dresden DRS Dresden / Klotzsche Saxony 328,276 [REDACTED] 0 0 14.4% 19 Saarbrücken SCN Saarbrücken Saarland 150,220 [REDACTED] 0 191.5% 20 Paderborn PAD Paderborn / Lippstadt North Rhine-Westphalia 129,292 [REDACTED] 0 0 39.7% 21 Friedrichshafen FDH Friedrichshafen Baden-Württemberg 125,841 [REDACTED] 0 0 0 5.7% 22 Sylt GWT Sylt Schleswig-Holstein 101,991 [REDACTED] 0 0 15.7% 23 Erfurt/Weimar ERF Erfurt Thuringia 71,665 [REDACTED] 0 160.2% 24 Mönchengladbach MGL Mönchengladbach North Rhine-Westphalia 38,861 [REDACTED] 0 0 0 8.9% 25 Kassel KSF Kassel Hesse 37,639 [REDACTED] 0 0 65.3% 26 Braunschweig Wolfsburg BWE Braunschweig Wolfsburg Lower Saxony 29,586 [REDACTED] 0 0 26.9% 27 Rostock RLG Rostock Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 21,402 [REDACTED] 0 0 0 9.0% 28 Lübeck LBC Lübeck Schleswig-Holstein 21,366 [REDACTED] 0 113.3% ^ Increase in traffic
2772-430: The city on 1 January 1877, followed by Bockenheim on 1 April 1895. Seckbach , Niederrad and Oberrad followed on 1 July 1900. The Landkreis Frankfurt was finally dispersed on 1 April 1910, and therefore Berkersheim , Bonames , Eckenheim , Eschersheim , Ginnheim , Hausen , Heddernheim , Niederursel , Praunheim , Preungesheim and Rödelheim joined the city. In the same year a new city district, Riederwald ,
2835-683: The collapse of the Holy Roman Empire in 1805/6. In 1806, it became part of the principality of Aschaffenburg under the Fürstprimas ( Prince-Primate ), Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg . This meant that Frankfurt was incorporated into the Confederation of the Rhine . In 1810, Dalberg adopted the title of a Grand Duke of Frankfurt . Napoleon intended to make his adopted son Eugène de Beauharnais , already Prince de Venise (" prince of Venice ",
2898-469: The collapse of the empire in 1806, regained it in 1815 and then lost it again in 1866, when it was annexed (though neutral) by the Kingdom of Prussia . It has been part of the state of Hesse since 1945. Frankfurt is culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse, with half of its population, and a majority of its young people, having a migrant background . A quarter of the population consists of foreign nationals, including many expatriates . In 2015, Frankfurt
2961-474: The concert hall Alte Oper , continental Europe's largest English theater and many museums, 26 of which line up along the Museum Embankment , including the Städel , the Liebieghaus , the German Film Museum ( de ), the Senckenberg Natural Museum , the Goethe House and the Schirn art venue. Frankfurt's skyline is shaped by some of Europe's tallest skyscrapers, which has led to the term Mainhattan . The city has many notable green areas and parks, including
3024-444: The demilitarization of the Rhineland had been broken. In 1924, Ludwig Landmann became the first Jewish mayor of the city, and led a significant expansion during the following years. During the Nazi era , the synagogues of the city were destroyed and the vast majority of the Jewish population fled or was killed. During World War II , Frankfurt was the location of a Nazi prison for underage girls with several forced labour camps,
3087-434: The economic base. Frankfurt's DE-CIX is the world's largest internet exchange point . Messe Frankfurt is one of the world's largest trade fairs . Major fairs include the Music Fair and the Frankfurt Book Fair , the world's largest book fair. With 108 consulates, among which the largest is the US Consulate General , Frankfurt is second to New York City among non-capital cities in regards to consulate seats. Frankfurt
3150-442: The end of the war, Frankfurt became a part of the newly founded state of Hesse, consisting of the old Hesse-(Darmstadt) and the Prussian Hesse provinces. The city was part of the American Zone of Occupation of Germany. The Military Governor for the United States Zone (1945–1949) and the United States High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG) (1949–1952) had their headquarters in the IG Farben Building , intentionally left undamaged by
3213-428: The former West Germany , Frankfurt Airport became the busiest in Germany , one of the busiest in the world, the airport with the most direct routes in the world, and the primary hub for Lufthansa , the national airline of Germany and Europe's largest airline. Frankfurt Central Station is Germany's second-busiest railway station after Hamburg Hbf , and Frankfurter Kreuz is the most-heavily used interchange in
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#17330862493813276-440: The old town were reconstructed as part of the Dom-Römer Project from 2012 to 2018. Frankonovurd (in Old High German ) or Vadum Francorum (in Latin ) were the first names mentioned in written records from 794. It transformed to Frankenfort during the Middle Ages and then to Franckfort and Franckfurth in the modern era . According to historian David Gans , the city was named c. 146 AD by its builder,
3339-452: The river was shallow enough to be crossed on foot. By the 19th century, the name Frankfurt had been established as the official spelling. The older English spelling of Frankfort is now rarely seen in reference to Frankfurt am Main, although more than a dozen other towns and cities, mainly in the United States, use this spelling, including Frankfort, Kentucky , Frankfort, New York , and Frankfort, Illinois . The New York Times first used
3402-430: The turnover in the German market. In 2010, 63 national and 152 international banks had their registered offices in Frankfurt, including Germany's major banks, notably Deutsche Bank , DZ Bank , KfW , Deka Bank and Commerzbank , as well as 41 representative offices of international banks. Frankfurt is considered a global city (alpha world city) as listed by the GaWC group's 2012 inventory. Among global cities it
3465-446: The western borders of Frankfurt lies the Kapellenberg as part of the Taunus with one of the first Stone Age cities in Europe. The Celts had different settlements in the Taunus mountains north of Frankfurt, the biggest one the Heidetrank Oppidum . The first traces of Roman settlements established in the area of the river Nidda date to the reign of Emperor Vespasian in the years 69 to 79 AD. Nida (modern Heddernheim , Praunheim )
3528-447: Was a Roman civitas capital ( Civitas Taunensium ). Alemanni and Franks lived there , and by 794, Charlemagne presided over an imperial assembly and church synod, at which Franconofurd (alternative spellings end with -furt and -vurd) was first mentioned. It was one of the two capitals of Charlemagne's grandson Louis the German , together with Regensburg . Louis founded the collegiate church , rededicated in 1239 to Bartholomew
3591-509: Was almost completely destroyed. It became a ground battlefield on 26 March 1945, when the Allied advance into Germany was forced to take the city in contested urban combat that included a river assault. The 5th Infantry Division and the 6th Armored Division of the United States Army captured Frankfurt after several days of intense fighting, and it was declared largely secure on 29 March 1945. Frankfurt consists to over 40% of buildings from before World War II, besides all destruction. After
3654-517: Was close to his hometown, but also because many other prominent politicians opposed the choice of Frankfurt out of concern that Frankfurt would be accepted as the permanent capital, thereby weakening the West German population's support for a reunification with East Germany and the eventual return of the capital to Berlin . Postwar reconstruction took place in a sometimes simple modern style, thus changing Frankfurt's architectural face. A few landmark buildings were reconstructed historically, albeit in
3717-469: Was created on territory that had formerly belonged to Seckbach and Ostend. On 1 April 1928 the City of Höchst became part of Frankfurt, as well as its city districts Sindlingen , Unterliederbach and Zeilsheim . Simultaneously the Landkreis Höchst was dispersed with its member cities either joining Frankfurt ( Fechenheim , Griesheim , Nied , Schwanheim , Sossenheim ) or joining the newly established Landkreis of Main-Taunus-Kreis . List of
3780-405: Was home to 1,909 ultra high-net-worth individuals , the sixth-highest number of any city. As of 2023, Frankfurt is the 13th-wealthiest city in the world and the second-wealthiest city in Europe (after London ). Frankfurt is a global hub for commerce, culture, education, tourism and transportation, and is the site of many global and European corporate headquarters. Due to its central location in
3843-414: Was only a symbolic action, as the latter effectively never ruled after the ruin of the French armies and Frankfurt's takeover by the allies. After Napoleon's final defeat and abdication, the Congress of Vienna (1814–1815) dissolved the grand-duchy and Frankfurt became a fully sovereign city-state with a republican form of government. Frankfurt entered the newly founded German Confederation (till 1866) as
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#17330862493813906-435: Was opened on 18 May 1848. In the year of its existence, the assembly developed a common constitution for a unified Germany, with the Prussian king as its monarch. The institution failed in 1849 when the Prussian king, Frederick William IV , declared that he would not accept "a crown from the gutter". Frankfurt lost its independence after the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 when Prussia annexed several smaller states, among them
3969-407: Was ranked tenth by the Global Power City Index 2011 and 11th by the Global City Competitiveness Index 2012 . Among financial hubs, the city was ranked eighth by the International Financial Centers Development Index 2013 and ninth in the 2013 Global Financial Centres Index . Its central location in Germany and Europe makes Frankfurt a major air, rail, and road transport hub . Frankfurt Airport
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