City Gate
City Gate, formerly Büro Center Nibelungenplatz and Shell Tower, is a 27-storey, 110 m skyscraper in the Nordend-West district of Frankfurt, Germany. The building was constructed in 1966.Photo: Epizentrum, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Commercial building
- Description: office tower in Frankfurt, Germany
- Also known as: “BCN”, “Büro Center Nibelungenplatz”, “Citygate”, and “Shell-Tower”
- Address: Nibelungenplatz 3, Frankfurt am Main, 60318
- Roof shape: flat
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Bürgerhospital Frankfurt am Main.
Frankfurt Stock Exchange
Marketplace
The Frankfurt Stock Exchange 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. Frankfurt Stock Exchange is situated 2 km southwest of City Gate.
Bürgerhospital Frankfurt am Main
Hospital
Photo: Dontworry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bürgerhospital Frankfurt am Main is situated 430 metres northwest of City Gate.
Old Jewish Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Dontworry, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Old Jewish Cemetery of Frankfurt, Germany, is located at Rat-Beil-Straße directly adjacent to the oldest parts of the gentile Frankfurt Main Cemetery. Old Jewish Cemetery is situated 470 metres north of City Gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Innenstadt and Altstadt.
Innenstadt
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY 4.0.
The Innenstadt is the central city district of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. Its western part forms part of Frankfurt's central business district, the Bankenviertel.
Altstadt
Photo: Maxim75, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altstadt is in Frankfurt. The old town of Frankfurt with the Römer and the Imperial Cathedral is surrounded by the city centre which is enclosed by the Main River and the former ramparts, now a green space.
Westend
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Westend is generally considered an entity. Westend is situated 2½ km southwest of City Gate.
City Gate
- Categories: tower block, office building, skyscraper, building, and office
- Location: Frankfurt, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.12878° or 50° 7′ 44″ northLongitude
8.69175° or 8° 41′ 30″ eastLevels
5Open location code
9F2C4MHR+GPOpenStreetMap ID
way 130737714OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap attribute
roof-shape=flatWikidata ID
Q176723
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Persian—“City Gate” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Büro Center Nibelungenplatz”
- French: “Büro Center Nibelungenplatz”
- German: “BCN”
- German: “Büro Center Nibelungenplatz”
- German: “City Gate”
- German: “Shell-Hochhaus”
- Persian: “سیتی گیت”
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