Altstadt made new: The heart of the city is an exciting ensemble of new buildings and faithful reconstructions.
Planning and building a new city district is a mammoth project. When it also involves an ensemble of modern new buildings and historical reconstructions, this is the highest level of difficulty in terms of urban planning: Frankfurt has successfully mastered the challenge. Since 2018, the New Old Town has been the new vibrant centre of the city. 35 new buildings have been constructed between the cathedral and Römerberg, 15 of which are faithful historical reconstructions. Where the medieval old town once stood, there was only concrete and wasteland after the bombing raids of the Second World War. Today, smaller cultural centres have also moved into prime locations here. The Struwwelpeter Museum in the street Hinter dem Lämmchen, for example, commemorates the Frankfurt doctor Heinrich Hoffmann, who wrote the world-famous children's book for his three-year-old son in 1844. The poet Friedrich Stoltze is also honoured as a strong voice for democracy with a museum in Haus Weißer Bock, which is open to the public free of charge. And for the wit of his poems in dialect. He wrote the Frankfurt classic: "Es is kaa Stadt uff der weite Welt, die so merr wie mei Frankfort gefällt, un es will merr net in mein Kopp enei: Wie kann nor e Mensch net von Frankfort sei!?
Planning and building a new city district is a mammoth project. When it also involves an ensemble of modern new buildings and historical reconstructions, this is the highest level of difficulty in terms of urban planning: Frankfurt has successfully mastered the challenge. Since 2018, the New Old Town has been the new vibrant centre of the city. 35 new buildings have been constructed between the cathedral and Römerberg, 15 of which are faithful historical reconstructions. Where the medieval old town once stood, there was only concrete and wasteland after the bombing raids of the Second World War. Today, smaller cultural centres have also moved into prime locations here. The Struwwelpeter Museum in the street Hinter dem Lämmchen, for example, commemorates the Frankfurt doctor Heinrich Hoffmann, who wrote the world-famous children's book for his three-year-old son in 1844. The poet Friedrich Stoltze is also honoured as a strong voice for democracy with a museum in Haus Weißer Bock, which is open to the public free of charge. And for the wit of his poems in dialect. He wrote the Frankfurt classic: "Es is kaa Stadt uff der weite Welt, die so merr wie mei Frankfort gefällt, un es will merr net in mein Kopp enei: Wie kann nor e Mensch net von Frankfort sei!?
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Die Frankfurt Card ist ein Kombiticket, erhältlich als Tageskarte und 2-Tageskarte für Fahrten in Frankfurt inklusive Flughafen mit Rabatten von bis zu 50 % auf Rundgänge, Rundfahrten, Museumseintritte und in weiteren Attraktionen. Mit der Frankfurt Card können Frankfurt-Besucher ihren Aufenthalt bequemer gestalten, kreuz und quer durch die Stadt fahren und dabei die vielfältigen kulturellen Angebote zum vergünstigten Preis kennen lernen.
