Land: Hesse
This old imperial city on the Main, by virtue of its central situation an intermediary between North and South Germany, is one of the most important commercial and economic centers in the country, with the headquarters of the Bundesbank, the leading German stock exchange and numerous major
banks. Numerous international trade fairs are held in Frankfurt every year.
High-rise buildings
Since World War II and the period of postwar reconstruction, the central area of Frankfurt has taken on a new aspect. The city's skyline is now dominated by the great cluster of high-rise buildings in the banking quarter.
The office of the Dresdner Bank, at 166 m/545ft, is one of the tallest buildings in the city. The Cooperative Bank (Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft) occupies a 156 m/512ft high tower block (by R. Heil, 1977) in Theaterplatz, clad with natural-colored aluminum and reflective insulating glass. One of the more recent additions to the skyline is the 117 m/384ft high Torhaus (by O. M. Ungers), a tower block within a tower block which has become the new Trade Fair emblem. The 155 m/509ft high glass-fronted twin towers of the Deutsche Bank in the Taunus Gardens were designed by the ABB group (Hanig, Scheid and Schmidt). Other high-rise buildings are under construction or at the planning stage.
All this has earned Frankfurt the names of "Mainhattan" and "Chicago on the Main".
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