Rhine-Main

Rhine-Main is a metropolitan area in around the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Main. The metropolis is centred on the city of , the largest city in Hesse and Germany's financial powerhouse.
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is the largest city in the German state of , and is considered the business and financial centre of Germany. It is the fifth largest city in Germany after , , and .

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is the capital of the state of . is a historic spa city which has catered to people from countries near and far for many centuries.

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am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river . It borders and is part of the Frankfurt urban area and the larger .

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is the largest airport in and a global aviation hub on the outskirts of Frankfurt am Main in the state of .

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is a city in , . It is 25 km east of and part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Its railway is a major junction and it has a port on the river , making it an important transport centre.

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vor der Höhe, commonly referred to as , is a spa town just outside in , . With a sizeable castle and old town, the thermal springs and a casino frequented by kings, as well as its present highest per capita wealth in all of Germany, the city adopted an apt motto Champagnerluft und Tradition.

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is a city of 65,000 people in . It is known as a centre of the German automotive industry because of its manufacturing and research facilities. It is also known for its fortress, which dates from 1399.

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is a town, and the capital of the , in , . It is located approximately 40 kilometers east of Frankfurt am Main, between the Vogelsberg mountains and the range at the river .

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is a town in the in the Regierungsbezirk of in , . is one of Germany's oldest towns and was already of great importance in Carolingian times.

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is a city in that is mainly known as the seat of some important federal authorities, including the German air traffic control and the Paul Ehrlich Institute.

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is a city in that borders directly in the north to . The city is regionally known for its proximity to the Frankfurt airport, its shopping mall and some nicer garden restaurants.

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is a town in and part of the . It is located to the north west of Frankfurt, in the county. It is the 13th largest town in . In 2011, the town hosted the 51st Hessentag state festival.

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, also called am Main for its position on the banks of the Main River into which the flows, is in .

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Mörfelden-Walldorf is a town in the district, situated in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region in the federal state , .

Rhine-Main

Latitude of center
50° north
Longitude of center
8.6667° or 8° 40′ east
Population
2,200,000
Elevation
131 metres (430 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2847616
Wiki­data ID
Q707278
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Rhine-Main” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Rajoni metropol Frankfurt Rhein-Main”
  • Albanian: “Regjioni metropol Frankfurt Rhein-Main”
  • Balinese: “Wawengkon métropolitan Rhine-Main”
  • Catalan: “regió Rin-Main”
  • Chinese: “法蘭克福-萊茵-美因大都會區”
  • Chinese: “法蘭克福萊茵-美茵都會區”
  • Chinese: “莱茵-美因区”
  • Chinese: “莱茵-美因城市群”
  • Chinese: “莱茵-美因都会区”
  • Chinese: “莱茵/美因城市群”
  • Chinese: “萊茵-美因區”
  • Chinese: “萊茵-美因城市群”
  • Chinese: “萊茵-美因都會區”
  • Chinese: “萊茵/美因城市羣”
  • Chinese: “萊茵/美因城市群”
  • Croatian: “Frankfurt Rajna-Majna”
  • Danish: “Metropolregion Frankfurt Rhein-Main”
  • Danish: “Metropolregion Rhien-Main”
  • Danish: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • Danish: “Rhein-Main”
  • Dutch: “Frankfurt/Rhein-Main”
  • Dutch: “Rijn-Main-Gebied”
  • Dutch: “Rijn-Maingebied”
  • Esperanto: “Regiono Rejno-Majno”
  • Finnish: “Rein-Main”
  • Finnish: “Rein–Main”
  • Finnish: “Reinin–Mainin alue”
  • Finnish: “Rhein-Main”
  • French: “Region Rhin-Main”
  • French: “Région Rhin-Main”
  • German: “Metropolregion Frankfurt Rhein-Main”
  • German: “Metropolregion Rhein-Main”
  • German: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • German: “Rhein-Main”
  • Greek: “Περιοχή Ρήνου-Μάιν”
  • Hebrew: “פרנקפורט ריין-מיין”
  • Hungarian: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • Italian: “regione metropolitana Reno-Meno”
  • Italian: “Regione metropolitana Reno-Meno”
  • Japanese: “フランクフルト/ライン＝マイン大都市圏”
  • Japanese: “ライン＝マイン地域”
  • Japanese: “ライン＝マイン地方”
  • Japanese: “ライン＝マイン都市圏”
  • Lithuanian: “Reinas-Mainas”
  • Lithuanian: “Reino-Maino sritis”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rhäin-Main-Gebitt”
  • Luxembourgish: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • Macedonian: “Рајна-Мајна”
  • Manx: “Frankfurt/Rhein-Main”
  • Northern Frisian: “Metropoolregiuun Rhein-Main”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhein-Main-området”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rhein-Main”
  • Norwegian: “Rhein-Main-området”
  • Persian: “فرانکفورت راین-ماین”
  • Polish: “Region Ren-Men”
  • Portuguese: “Região metropolitana Frankfurt/Reno-Meno”
  • Russian: “столичный регион Франкфурт-Рейн-Майн”
  • Serbian: “Rajna-Majna”
  • Serbian: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • Serbian: “Рајна-Мајна”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Frankfurt Rajna-Majna”
  • Slovenian: “Metropolitansko območje Frankfurt Ren - Majna”
  • Spanish: “Region Rin Meno”
  • Spanish: “Región Rin Meno”
  • Spanish: “Region Rin-Meno”
  • Spanish: “Región Rin-Meno”
  • Spanish: “Rhein Main Gebiet”
  • Spanish: “Rhein Main-Gebiet”
  • Spanish: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • Swedish: “Rhein-Main-området”
  • Swedish: “Rhein-Main”
  • Swedish: “Rhen-Main-området”
  • Swedish: “Rhen-Main”
  • Tagalog: “Francfort Rin-Meno”
  • Tosk Albanian: “Rhein-Main-Gebiet”
  • Turkish: “Ren-Main”
  • Vietnamese: “Frankfurt/Rhein-Main”

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