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Frankfurt Germany

Frankfurt Germany City Skyline	Frankfurt skyline (poster)
	GERMANY
	VISUAL TOUR
Frankfurt Germany has a population of 2.6 million to as many as 6 million throughout the extended metro region, depending on who is doing the counting. At any rate, Frankfurt is located in the middle of one of the great urban centers of the world. Technically it is the fifth largest city in Germany, with an in city population of 670,000. Frankfurt is considered to be an alpha minus city and highly important in the global economy

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CITY STATISTICS
GEO LATITUDE	50° 6′ 42″ N
GEO LONGITUDE	8° 41′ 9″ E
REGIONAL POPULATION	6,200,000
METRO AREA POPULATION	3,700,000
CITY POPULATION	652,600
CITY SIZE RANK (GLOBAL)	70
NATIONALITY	GERMAN
Frankfurt is a major city which encompasses 46 boroughs. As with all major cities the technical boundaries and the practical boundaries overlap. Frankfurt is at the heart of a major industrial urbanized area and population figures vary considerably depending on where the borders are actually drawn for purposes of discussion. The city limits, metropolitan area and extended metropolitan area (encompassing lesser cities on the outskirts, but well within the influence of the city) are the basis for the population numbers shown above.

CITY RESOURCES

CITY CULTURE

CITY SPORTS		League
SOFTBALL	Hamburg Knights	DBV
HOCKEY	Frankfurt Lions
SOCCER	Eintracht Frankfurt
BASKETBALL	Deutsche Bank Skyliners

CITY MUSEUMS
Senckenberg Museum
MMK	modern museum
Historisches Museum	museum of history
Museum Riverbank
Deutsches Architekturmuseum	German Architecture
Stadel Museum
German Film Museum
Museum of Applied Art
Schirne Kunsthalle
These are just a few of the museums in Frankfurt which has over 60 museums and over 2 million annual visitors to these facilities.

CULTUAL HIGHLIGHTS
CITY MUSIC SCENE
SHOPPING	The Zeil
The Zeihl is the most famous of Frankfurts shopping districts

This is a foot tour of the Zeil by two visitors to the district, enough to get a feel for this popular foot traffic only street

CITY GOVERNMENT
EMBASSY	US consulate in Frankfurt
TRAVEL ALERTS	German Travel Info
PASSPORTS	German passport requirements
CITY OFFICIAL WEBSITE	frankfurt.de (english)
CIA FACTBOOK ENTRY	Germany

CITY BUSINESS
The city is home to the XETRA stock exchange, the second largest in Europe, and has an unusual European distinction to being home to a large number of skyscrapers. As an industrial and commercial center as well as an economic and cultural center, Frankfurt is at the heart of the world’s most powerful national economies. Deutsche Bank, the German Federal Bank and the European Central Bank all make their homes in this city. Without a doubt, Frankfurt Germany is the financial center of Germany and one of the key cities in the European Economic Union.
CLASSIFIEDS 1	Craigslist Frankfurt
CLASSIFIEDS 2	Expat Blog
MAJOR INDUSTRIES
Pharmaceuticals
Automotive
Banking
Software Technology
Internet Exchange	DE-CIX
Chemicals
Air Travel	HQ of Lufthansa
Media	Frankfurt has a huge media and advertising sector
Legal
There are numerous multi-national legal firms based in Frankfurt, so many that as many as 1% of all citizens in the city itself are directly involved in the legal profession
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FWB) is the largest stock exchange in Germany and an important market indicator.
There are over 50,000 companies located in Frankfurt Germany, with a net growth of over 3,000 companies in 2010

CITY AIRPORTS AND TRANSIT
MAIN AIRPORT	Frankfurt International Airport
Frankfurt International is Germany's largest airport and has a throughput of 50.9 million passengers per year, an astounding amount of traffic for a city of this size which is a direct result of its regional and international significance
MASS TRANSIT
Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof	Major Train Station
There are several major train stations in Frankfurt, with Hoptbahnhof being the most significant with 127 million passengers a year. These stations are completely integrated into the regional and long distance train networks and other transport systems in the city. The transport network in Frankfurt is the second largest integrated system of this type in the world.
AUTOBAHN
Frankfurt is a key junction on the autobahn, with two major interchanges (A3 and A6) over 116,000,000 cars passing through this key economic area per year

Coverage of some vehicles that are at the annual Frankfurt Auto Show

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SISTER CITIES
City	Country
Birmingham	United Kingdom
Budapest	Hungary
Cairo	Egypt
Dubai	UAE
Granada	Nicaragua
Guangzhou	China
Leipzig	Germany
Lyon	France
Milan	Italy
Prague	Czech Republic
Tel Aviv	Israel
Toronto	Canada

FAMOUS PEOPLE
Martin Lawrence	Actor
Hans Zimmer	Composer
Anne Frank	Novelist
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe	Writer (Faust)
Erich Fromm	Philosopher and psychologist

CITY FUN AND TRIVIA
MOST FAMOUS LANDMARK
FOUNDING DATE	794 AD (specific date unknown)
HISTORICAL TIMELINE	Frankfurt City Timeline