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Early history. Frankfurt is located in what was originally a swampy portion of the Main valley, a lowland criss-crossed by channels of the river. The oldest parts are therefore to be found on the higher portions of the valley, through which passed the Roman road from Mainz (Roman Moguntiacum) to Heddernheim (Roman Nida).
Aug 26, 2022 · This AD Narrative explores the story of how Frankfurt's Neue Alstadt and it's architectural heritage were revived by the community.
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Frankfurt (am Main), City (pop., 2002 est.: city, 641,076; metro. area, 1,896,741), western Germany. Located on the Main River, it was the site of a Roman military settlement in the 1st century ad. It served as a royal residence of the Carolingians from the 9th century through the Middle Ages.
From a postcard mailed in 1897. "As the legend has it, when the Saxons defeated Charlemagne, King of the Franks, in the 8th Century CE, he fled westward with his troops, only to have his path blocked by the River Main. Suddenly, a deer sprang out of the forest and crossed the river by a ford (Furt).
pre 475 CE – Roman town Nida was the capital of Civitas Taunensium and one of important fortresses near the Limes Germanicus. 843 CE – City becomes capital of East Francia. 1180 – Staufenmauer built. 1241 – Judenschlacht – First of two pogroms of Jews in the city. 1333 – City expands.
Frankfurt has become a remarkably cosmopolitan city, with an estimated 180 different nationalities living here. Did you know? • Writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born in Frankfurt in 1749. • An 1860 law stipulated that only sausages made in Frankfurt could be called Frankfurter Würstchen.
Frankfurt was a city state, the Free City of Frankfurt, for nearly five centuries, and was one of the most important cities of the Holy Roman Empire, as a site of Imperial coronations; it lost its sovereignty upon the collapse of the empire in 1806, regained it in 1815 and then lost it again in 1866, when it was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia.
