| Population: |
640,000 |
| Federal State: |
Hessen |
| Airports: |
Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport |
| Origins: |
This former Free City of the Empire on the river Main has been a crossroads for European trade for centuries. It was also
the place of coronation of the German Emperor. Since the Middle Ages, it has developed into one of the most important financial
centres in Europe. A Deed of Gift by Karl the Great in 794 bore the first mention of the name Franconovurd. |
| Football Clubs: |
Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga) |
"Franconovurd" was first mentioned in Charlemagne's deed of donation in 794. In 855 Frankfurt staged its first Royal election.
No less than thirty-six kings were elected and ten German Emperors crowned here between 855 and 1792. Since the high Middle
Ages Frankfurt has developed to become a powerful trade and congress city of European rank.
In 1749 Frankfurt's most famous citizen was born: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Between 1815 and 1866 Frankfurt was the centre
of the "German Union" as the meeting place of the permanent Union Assembly. A month after the French Revolution in February
1848, German democrats demanded a constitutional National Assembly. On 18 May 1848 the delegates from all German countries
opened the first free elected German Parliament at Paulskirche. Under Prussian administration, Frankfurt rose to become a
large modern city.
During the Weimar Republic the city was a centre of the cultural and scientific avant-garde. In the following years Frankfurt
on the Main developed into an international economic and financial metropolis. The city has been the seat of the European
Central Bank since 1998. Almost a third of the inhabitants do not own a German passport. The immigration of people from countries
around the globe shapes Frankfurt's international and multi-cultural character.
Frankfurt on the Main is a city which has won distinction for its liberal-mindedness, international orientation and enthusiasm
for sports. Over 140,000 sportsmen and -women are actively engaged in 470 clubs. On the football scene, apart from the three
Bundesliga teams - Eintracht Frankfurt, women´s teams 1st FFC Frankfurt and FSV Frankfurt - there are currently about 100
clubs with over 650 youth and senior teams in competitive leagues. Frankfurt on the Main is the headquarters of the German
Sports Federation (DSB), the National Olympic Committee and the two biggest sports federations, the German Football Association
(DFB) and the German Gymnastics Association (DTB), and thus is the hub of German sports organisations.
The city gained special reputation by hosting the Tennis World Championships (ATP Finals) from 1990 until 1995 and the
Federation Cup between 1992 and 1994. Annual major events are the classic cycling event, "Rund um den Henninger Turm", an
international show jumping event and the ETA Marathon Frankfurt.
Major Events at the Frankfurt Waldstadion
- Site of the "1st International Labourers' Olympics" in 1925
- European Champions Cup semi-final in 1960
- Heavyweight boxing World Championship bout between title holder Muhammad Ali and the German European champion, Karl Mildenberger,
in 1966
- 1974 World Cup
- UEFA Cup final between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Munchengladbach in 1980.
- EURO '88
- World Bowl Final in American Football in 1998
- International football matche
- Home of Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt
