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Roseneck (Frankfurt Am Main)
The Roseneck was a group of Timber framing, half-timbered houses in Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main. The small square was a tourist attraction and, alongside the Five-Finger Square, was one of the most popular postcard motifs in the picturesque Altstadt (Frankfurt am Main), old town (altstadt) of Frankfurt. The Roseneck was destroyed in the Bombing of Frankfurt am Main in World War II, air raids on Frankfurt in 1944. When it was rebuilt in 1952, the properties and alleys of the ensemble were redesigned with simple residential and commercial buildings. Location The ''Roseneck'' platz was a small square south of Frankfurt Cathedral, St. Bartholomew's imperial cathedral. It was on the east side of a small street named ''Große Fischergasse'', which branched off to the south between ''Garküchenplatz'' in the east and ''Weckmarkt'' in the west as can be seen on the 1861 map. To the west of the Roseneck was the Stadtwaage, which was demolished in 1873 and replaced by a Gothic Revival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt Am Main-Roseneck 1900-colourised
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian dialects, Hessian: , "Franks, Frank ford (crossing), ford on the Main (river), Main"), is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its namesake Main (river), Main River, it forms a continuous conurbation with the neighboring city of Offenbach am Main and Frankfurt Rhein-Main Regional Authority, its urban area has a population of over 2.3 million. The city is the heart of the larger Rhine-Main metropolitan region, which has a population of more than 5.6 million and is Germany's Metropolitan regions in Germany, second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region. Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel, lies about northwest of the geographic centre of the EU, geographic center of the EU at Gadheim, Lower Franconia. Like France and Franc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
