Germany 2018: Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main, Hesse:

skyscrapers of Frankfurt along the Main River

A short work trip in April brought me to Germany’s business capital: Frankfurt am Main.

Frankfurt am Main is the fifth-largest city in Germany and characterized by an interesting mix of medieval old town and modern skyscrapers of the business district. It is the only city in the country, which boasts something of a skyline – even though hardly comparable to any other megacity in the world! I got a good overview of Frankfurt from its cathedral which I climbed together with a good friend. Apart from the beautiful architecture along the Main River, the city has a number of interesting museums of which I visited the Senckenberg Natural History Museum and the Städel Museum with its impressive art collection.

Commerzbank Tower

Römer (old town hall)

old timbered houses

Old St Nicholas Church

old timbered house

ornamentation at the facade

Frankfurt Cathedral

altar

funny expressions

inside Frankfurt Cathedral

view from Frankfurt Cathedral

Main River

Römer and skyscrapers

skyscrapers

view from Frankfurt Cathedral

skyscrapers of Frankfurt along the Main River

Messeturm

Senckenberg Museum

dinosaur in front of Senckenberg Museum

dinosaur skeletons

Euoplocephalus (Late Cretaceous, Canada)

Triceratops (Late Cretaceous, USA)

dinosaur skeletons

placodont (Middle Triassic, Germany)

ammonites (Early Jurassic, Germany)

fossil horse-shoe crab (Late Jurassic, Germany)

fossil swift (Eocene, Germany)

fossil equid (Eocene, Germany)

fossil elephants

zoology collections

Komodo dragon

biodiversity exhibition

butterflies

Saiga Antelopes

Brown Bear

sharks

Messeturm

Egyptian Goose

Main River and Frankfurt Cathedral

skyscrapers

Holbeinsteg

Städel Museum

‘Goethe in the Roman Campagna’ by J. H. Wilhelm Tischbein (1787)

‘Landscape with Deer at Sunset’ by Anton Zwengauer (1847)

‘The Empty Bottle’ by Théodule Ribot (1876-1881)

‘Doubter’ by Ernst Barlach (1931)

‘The Artist’s Family’ by Otto Dix (1927)

‘The Synagogue in Frankfurt am Main’ by Max Beckmann (1919)

‘Pan & Syrinx’ by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder (1617)

‘St Augustine with Christ and the Virgin Interceding’ by Peter Paul Rubens (1615)

‘The Death of Hippolytus’ by Peter Paul Rubens (1611-13)

‘The Flémalle Panels’ by Master of Flémalle (1428-30)

‘Portrait of Martin Luther’ by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1559)

‘Portrait of Philipp Melanchthon’ by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1559)

‘The Bitter Potion’ by Adriaen Brouwer (1636-38)

‘Virgin and Child’ by Barnaba da Modena (1367)

‘Idealized Portrait of a Lady (Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci as a Nymph)’ by Sandro Botticelli (1480)

‘Two Nudes in the Forest II’ by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1926)

‘Horde’ by Daniel Richter (2007)

contemporary art

modern architecture

Main River and Frankfurt Cathedral

Goethe House

Hauptwache

impressive facade

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Bull and Bear statues

Old Opera House

Only a week after my visit to Frankfurt, I had the chance to discover another German city: Erfurt – check out the coming post!

4 responses to “Germany 2018: Frankfurt am Main”

Great photos! I accidentally visited Frankfurt during the Ironman Triathalon, so it was difficult to take good photos of the historic buildings with all the race set-up in the way!

wildlifeweeks September 23, 2018 at 10:45 am · · Reply →

thank you!!! 😊 maybe you can come back some day for a second visit?

I so enjoyed this visit to Frankfurt, Matthias, thank you. You’re right, it is an interesting combination of modern and old. The Main River nearby adds to the city’s beauty; I liked being up high in the Cathedral with the overview, and also enjoyed the exhibits. Love that swift fossil. Smiled at the “funny expressions.”