(Main) Hauptbahnhof train station- Frankfurt, Germany
De Frankfurt am Main pronunciation ogg Frankfurt am Main help info German f a kf t English f æ kf t is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth largest city in Germany with a 2008 population of 670 000 The urban area had an estimated population of 2 26 million in 2001 1 The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine Main Region which has a population of 5 3 million and is Germany s second largest metropolitan area In English this city s name translates into Frankfurt on the Main pronounced like mine A part of early Franconia the inhabitants were the early Franks The city is located on an ancient ford on the river Main which is a shallow crossing The German word is Furt Thus the city s name receives its legacy as being the ford of the Franks Situated on the Main River Frankfurt is the financial and transportation centre of Germany and the largest financial centre in continental Europe It is the place of residence of the European Central Bank the German Federal Bank the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Frankfurt Trade Fair as well as several large commercial banks Frankfurt International Airport is one of the world s busiest airports Frankfurt Central Station is one of the largest terminal stations in Europe and the Frankfurter Kreuz Autobahn interchange is the most heavily used interchange in continental Europe Frankfurt is the only German city listed as one of ten Alpha world cities 2 Frankfurt lies in the former American Occupation Zone of Germany and it was formerly the headquarters city of the U S Army in Germany but what is left of that organization has moved out of Frankfurt to some more remote location Among English speakers the city is commonly known simply as Frankfurt though Germans occasionally call it by its full name when it is necessary to distinguish it from the other significantly smaller Frankfurt in the state of Brandenburg Frankfurt Oder Frankfurt
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Location: Train statuion, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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