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Hauptwache

The Hauptwache is a central point of and is one of the most famous plazas in the city. The original name Schillerplatz was superseded in the early 1900s.
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Photo: EvaK, GFDL.
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: building in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Address: An der Hauptwache 15, Frankfurt am Main, 60313
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frankfurt Stock Exchange and St. Catherine’s Church.

Marketplace
Photo: Mylius, GFDL.
The is the world's 3rd oldest and 12th largest stock exchange by market capitalization. It has operations from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm. is situated 220 metres northwest of Hauptwache.

Church
Photo: Mylius, GFDL.
St. Catherine's Church is the largest Protestant church in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is a parish church in the near one of the most famous city squares, the Hauptwache.

Railway station
Photo: Falk2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a major train station situated at the Hauptwache square in the centre of , Germany. As of 2022, with 93,000 passengers per day, Hauptwache station is the third-busiest rapid transit station in Frankfurt after Frankfurt Central Station and and a major hub for commuter transport in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bahnhofsviertel and Westend.

Suburb
Photo: Luisfff2812, CC BY 4.0.
The is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, . It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. The was developed between 1891 and 1915.

Suburb
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Westend-Nord and Westend-Süd are two city districts of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as the is generally considered an entity.

Suburb
Sachsenhausen-Nord and Sachsenhausen-Süd are two quarters of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The division into a northern and a southern part is mostly for administrative purposes as is generally considered a single entity.

Hauptwache

Latitude
50.11349° or 50° 6′ 49″ north
Longitude
8.67873° or 8° 40′ 43″ east
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
Inception
1729—1730
Open location code
9F2C4M7H+9F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 27769650
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Geo­Names ID
11837288
Wiki­data ID
Q195116
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Hauptwache” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هاوبتفاخه”
  • Chinese: “卫戍大本营”
  • Chinese: “衛戍大本營”
  • Czech: “Hauptwache”
  • Dutch: “Hauptwache”
  • Finnish: “Hauptwache”
  • French: “Hauptwache”
  • German: “Hauptwache”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hauptwache”
  • Norwegian: “Hauptwache”
  • Russian: “Гаупвахта”
  • Russian: “Гауптвахта”
  • Russian: “Хауптвахе”
  • Spanish: “Hauptwache”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hauptwache”. Photo: EvaK, GFDL.