Frankfurt am Main is the most populous city in the state of Hesse and the fifth -largest in Germany. Frankfurt has been one of the most important urban centers in Germany since the Middle Ages. It is an international financial centre, an important industrial, service and exhibition center and is one of the economic world cities . Frankfurt am Main is the seat of the European Central Bank , the Deutsche Bundesbank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, numerous financial institutions (including Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank, KfW ), the supervisory authorities BaFin and EIOPA and the Frankfurt Trade Fair. The city is also the seat of many national sports associations, including the German Olympic Sports Confederation and the German Football Association .

Thanks to its central location, Frankfurt am Main is a hub in the German and European transport network with Frankfurt Main Airport , the main train station and the Frankfurter Kreuz. The internet node DE-CIX is an important exchange point for data traffic on the internet.

A special feature for a European city is the constantly growing high-rise skyline of Frankfurt . Some prominent skyscrapers are among the tallest in Europe. That is why Frankfurt am Main is sometimes ironically referred to as Manhattan. Historical landmarks of the city are the Alte Oper and the partly reconstructed ensemble of the old town with Römerberg including the Römer town hall, Dom-Römer-Areal and Kaiserdom. More than 40 percent of the city area are parks and landscape protection areas, including the Frankfurt green belt with the Frankfurt City Forest , owned by the city since 1372 .

The cultural life of the city is traditionally characterized by civic foundations , patronage and liberal private initiatives. This resulted in the municipal theaters with the two sections Frankfurt Opera and Theater , the Frankfurt Museumsufer , the Senckenberg Natural History Museum , the Schirn Kunsthalle and the Museum of Modern Art , the Historical Museum and Goethe's birthplace in the old town , the Old Opera, the English Theatre , the zooand the palm garden . The Goethe University, founded in 1914 by a community foundation as the Royal University, produced several Leibniz and Nobel Prize winners . In addition, there are seven other universities in the city with a total of over 60,000 students.

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