Frankfurt am Main

歌德的诞生地

美因河畔法兰克福（德语：Frankfurt am Main），简称法兰克福，歌德的诞生地，是德国第五大城市。

Franconofurd

法兰克福在古法兰克语和拉丁语中写作“Franconofurd”或“Francorum vadus”。Frank指法兰克人，是古日耳曼人的一支，“Furt”在德语中是浅滩的意思。美因河畔的法兰克福意为“法兰克人在美因河畔涉水而过的地方”。

法兰克福过去曾是一个城市国家，近五个世纪来曾是神圣罗马帝国和德意志邦联的自由市，是神圣罗马帝国最重要的城市之一。

查理曼（Karl der Große, 742~814）

相传“欧洲之父”查理曼与萨克森人征战时，在漫天大雾中打了败仗，退到美因河畔。由于找不到当地向导，无法了解河道深浅，大军不敢贸然渡河。正在踌躇之际，看见一只鹿走到岸边，轻而易举的涉水而过。查理大喜，挥军渡河，局势转危为安。为了纪念这段经历，查理大帝下令在当地建造一座城市，取名为“法兰克福”。

圣保罗教堂

Gedenktafel für das Erste Deutsche Parlament

St Paul’s Church (German: Paulskirche) is a former Protestant church in Frankfurt, Germany, used as a national assembly hall. Its important political symbolism dates back to 1848 when the Frankfurt Parliament convened there, the first publicly and freely-elected German legislative body.

歌德故居 (法兰克福)

Goethe House

The Goethe House is a writer’s house museum located in the Innenstadt district of Frankfurt, Germany. It is the birthplace and childhood home of German poet and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It is also the place where Goethe wrote his famous works Götz von Berlichingen, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and the first drafts of Urfaust. The house has mostly been operated as a museum since its 1863 purchase by the Freies Deutsches Hochstift (Free German Foundation), displaying period furniture and paintings from Goethe’s time in the house.