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P Römerberg VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Located in the centre of
Frankfurt’s old town, this square Practical Information
contains the Gerechtigkeits- Road map C5. * 660,000.
brunnen (fountain of justice). Its n Hauptbahnhof (069-21 23 88
highlight, how ever, is the Römer 00); Römerberg 27 (069-21 23 88
(literally the Roman). So-called 00). _ Dippemesse (spring,
after the remains of ancient autumn), Wäldchestag (Whitsun),
Portal of the Goethehaus, with the settlements, it is a complex of Kunsthandwerk Heute (May/Jun),
ancestral family crest 15th- to 18th-century houses, Mainfest (Aug), Book Fair (Oct),
Christkindlmarkt (Dec).
including the Altes Rathaus (old ∑ frankfurt-tourismus.de
R Paulskirche town hall), which were rebuilt
Paulsplatz 11. Tel (069) 21 23 49 20. after World War II. Opposite is a
Open 10am–5pm daily. group of half-timbered houses, 1464 for a Cologne silk merchant.
The distinctive Neo-Classical com monly referred to as Ostzeile. It has been reconstructed and is
rotunda of the church was begun The Steinernes Haus (stone now the home of the Frankfurter
in 1786 but not completed until house) was originally built in Kunstverein (artists’ league).
1833, due to continuous
hostilities with France. Today,
however, this building is no
longer thought of, or indeed used
as, a church. After the first, albeit
ill-fated, German National
Assembly met here following the
revolutionary upheavals of 1848–
9, the church became a symbol of
republican and liberal Germany.
The Pauls kirche now serves as a
venue for many important events.
Each year the awards ceremony
for the prestigious German
Publishers’ Peace Prize takes
place here. The Ostzeile on the Römerberg, one of the symbols of Frankfurt

Frankfurt City Centre
1 Alte Oper ES C HENHEI MER AN L A G E
2 Eschenheimer Turm BLEICHSTRASSE
Turm
3 Börse BOCKENHEIMER A N LAGE Eschenheimer Eschenheimer SEILERSTR.
4 Hauptwache WEG REUTER- HOCHSTRASSE Tor STEPHANS TR.
5 Goethehaus Alte TAUBENSTR. ESCHEN- HEIMERSTR. SCHÄFERG. STRASSE
Oper
6 Paulskirche Börse SCHILLERSTR. Konstablerwache
7 Römerberg MAINZER Alte Oper Hauptwache ZEIL K.-ADENAUER- K.-SCHUMACHER-STR.
8 St Leonhardskirche LANDSTR. Hauptwache Liebfrauen- FAHR GASSE
9 Historisches Museum JUNGHOFSTRASSE kirche Museum für
0 Nikolaikirche Maintower ROSSMARKT Kleinmarkthalle Moderne Kunst HANAU
q Kunsthalle Schirn TAUNUSANLAGE NEUE MAINZER STR.
w Kaiserdom Goethehaus BERLINER STRASSE Paulskirche
e Museum für Moderne Kunst Dom Rőmer RÖMERBERG Kaiserdom
r Ikonen-Museum Willy-Brandt- Nikolaikirche Kunsthalle
Platz
Schirn
Hauptbahnhof
t Museum für 400m (450 yards) Historisches Alte
Angewandte Kunst Oper & Archäolo- St Leonhards- Museum Brücke
gisches
kirche
y Deutsches Architekturmuseum Schauspielhaus Museum
u Jüdisches Museum GUTLEUTSTR. Main SACHSENHÄUSER UFER Ikonen-
WILHELM-
Museum
i Städelsches Kunstinstitut -LEUSCHNER-STR. Jüdisches Museum für Museum
UNTERMAINKAI
Angewandte
Untermain-
Kunst
brücke
Museum der
Deutsches
Weltkulturen
Architekturmuseum SCHWEIZER STR. WALTER-KOLB-STR.
SCHAUMAINKAI Städelsches GARTENSTR.
Kunstinstitut
0 metres 400 Schweizer
Liebieghaus Platz
0 yards 400 Flughafen
13 km (8 miles)
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