3504 x 5187 px | 29,7 x 43,9 cm | 11,7 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
Ubicazione:
City Hall, city of Frankfurt, Hesse State, Germany
Altre informazioni:
The Römer (Frankfurt City Hall) and Saint Bartholomeus's Cathedral in Frankfurt am Main (Frankfurt)- Germany The Römer German for Roman is a medieval building in Frankfurt am Main one of the city s most important landmarks It has been the city hall or Rathaus for 600 years The Haus Römer is actually the middle building of a set of three located in the Römerberg plaza The Römer merchant family sold it together with a second building the Goldener Schwan Golden Swan to the city council on March 11 1405 and it was converted for use as the city hall The Römer is not a museum and is actually used by the city for various purposes for example as a Standesamt or civil registration office for example the wedding rooms are located in the first and second floor of the Haus Löwenstein The name of the city hall means Roman In fact nine houses were acquired by the city council in 1405 from a wealthy merchant family The middle house became the town hall and was later connected with the neighbouring buildings In the upper floor there is the Kaisersaal Emperor s Hall where the newly crowned emperors held their banquets The Römer was partially destroyed in World War II and later rebuilt It is located at the Römerberg city hall square Frankfurt am Main 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 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 transportati
