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New Old Town Frankfurt

The New Old Town is located in the heart of the Main metropolis. Angled alleys, cosy cafés, numerous museums and diverse shops offer the ideal backdrop for a relaxed tour with Old Town flair. After the destruction of Frankfurt's Old Town during the Second World War, the historic city centre was lavishly reconstructed. Since then, the Dom-Römer quarter has shone in new splendour and functions as a meeting place for the inhabitants of the metropolis as well as for strollers from all over the world.

Of course, the 15 reconstructed buildings are special highlights. A wide variety of architectural styles can be admired from the various epochs of contemporary events - medieval structures, detailed Renaissance facades and classicist buildings reflect an eventful history in the cityscape and provide insights into the beginnings of Frankfurt's city history. Follow the "Coronation Path" and trace the footsteps of the former kings and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation on their way to their coronation and experience the Chicken Market as the meeting point and centre of the lively area. The archaeological shop window on the Cathedral Hill, where the traces of Frankfurt's history have been made visible, is also worth a visit.

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Destruction in the Second World War

Allied bomb attacks in March 1944 reduced the historic city centre and large parts of Frankfurt city centre to rubble and ashes. A total of around 10,000 buildings were destroyed, the Paulskirche church burned out completely, as was the Römer, the historic Frankfurt Town Hall with its pointed gables. All the sights lay in ruins: the Goethehaus, the opera house, the cathedral and all the other churches. Numerous residential buildings were destroyed, the city was continuously barely viable - the majority of the population left their homeland and fled to the less endangered rural hinterland.

Construction of the new old town

After the extensive destruction of the medieval old town, some reconstructions of historical buildings were carried out in the post-war period, while large parts of the former city heritage were replaced by typical 1950s buildings, and less war-damaged buildings later fell victim to car-friendly traffic planning and were demolished. Only the area between the Römerberg and the cathedral remained vacant for the time being after the rubble had been cleared until the construction of the Technical Town Hall was carried out here in the 1970s. Due to its size in comparison to the surrounding buildings, the brutalistic style and the location in the historical core, the building was controversial from the outset.
Since the turn of the millennium, after the sale of the house, there had been initial considerations about preservation or demolition with subsequent small-scale construction with a certain historical reference. Following an ideas competition held in 2005, it was decided to demolish the Technical Town Hall and partially reconstruct Frankfurt's Old Town.
Only at the beginning of April 2010 did the demolition of the Technical Town Hall officially begin, and in 2012 the foundation stone for the construction project on the Dom-Römer site was officially laid. In 2018, the new Old Town quarter was ceremoniously opened. The estimated total costs amounted to around EUR 200 million.


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