The Hochstraße () is a short street in the city centre of

Frankfurt Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

, Germany, located in the Opera Quarter in the western part of the district of Innenstadt, within the

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known unofficially as the

Bankenviertel Bankenviertel (; ''banking quarter'') is the name of the central business district in Frankfurt, Germany where many banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions are located. It is the most important German financial hub, if not o ...

(Banking District). It runs from the Opera Square and the western ends of the

Freßgass Freßgass (Fressgass, ) is an upmarket]shopping street in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany, located in the district of Innenstadt (Frankfurt am Main), Innenstadt and within the central business district known as the Bankenviertel. It is c ...

and Goethestraße high-end shopping streets to the Eschenheimer Tor, along the Wallanlagen park area to the north. The Hochstraße includes several listed buildings from the ''

Gründerzeit The (; ) was a period of Economic history of Europe (1000 AD–present), European economic history in mid- and late-19th century German Empire, Germany and Austria-Hungary between Industrialization in Germany, industrialization and the great P ...

'' era. It also notably includes the Sofitel Frankfurt Opera five star plus luxury hotelBau des Luxushotels am Opernplatz verzögert sich
''

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'', 31 May 2012 and the Hilton Frankfurt City Centre hotel, both facing the Wallanlagen park from opposite ends. The street also has a number of high-end shops, restaurants, select residential buildings and office buildings, mainly for financial institutions. The Hochstraße has a few smaller adjacent streets, including the pedestrian streets Kleine Hochstraße and

Kaiserhofstraße The Kaiserhofstraße (lit., "Emperor's Court's Street") (4–19) is a short, mostly pedestrian upmarket street in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany, located in the Opera Quarter in the western part of the district of Innenstadt, within ...

, which both lead to the

main street around hundred meters down the street, and the

Börsenstraße Börsenstraße (literally, "Stock Exchange Street") is a short side street to the Freßgass and Biebergasse major high-end shopping streets in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany, in the district of Innenstadt (Frankfurt am Main), Innenstadt a ...

(Stock Exchange Street), which leads to the

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50 metres away from the Hochstraße. The street is also located in close proximity to numerous large financial institutions. The Hochstraße is traditionally considered one of the most fashionable streets in Frankfurt, and the street has in recent years regained this position through major developments, particularly the construction of the widely praised Sofitel Frankfurt Opera hotel in a neo-historicist style as a dominant feature of the street.

Gallery

File:Frankfurt Opernplatz.JPG, Hochstraße 56, with the Opera Square to the left and the

to the right File:Frankfurt Hochstraße 54.20130305.jpg

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