Westend Gate

Westend Gate, formerly known as Plaza Büro Center, is a 47-storey, 159 m skyscraper in the Westend-Süd district of , . It was the tallest building in Germany from 1976 until 1978 when it was surpassed by the , which is also located in Frankfurt.
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  • Type: Hotel building
  • Description: skyscraper in Frankfurt, Germany
  • Also known as: “Frankfurt Marriott Hotel”, “Hochhaus Senckenberganlage”, “Marriott Hotel”, “PBC”, “Plaza Hotel”, and “WestendGate”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Naturmuseum Senckenberg and Experiminta.

Museum
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The is a museum of natural history, located in . It is the second-largest natural history museum in Germany. In the two years 2022–2023, 874,276 people visited the museum, which is owned by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society. is situated 330 metres north of Westend Gate.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 200 metres northwest of Westend Gate.

Office building
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The , or Trade Fair Tower, is a 63-storey, 257 m skyscraper in the of , Germany. It is the second tallest building in Frankfurt, the second tallest building in Germany and the third tallest building in the European Union. is situated 300 metres southeast of Westend Gate.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westend and City West.

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.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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The is a quarter of Frankfurt am Main, . It is part of the Ortsbezirk Innenstadt I. The was developed between 1891 and 1915.

Westend Gate

Latitude
50.11462° or 50° 6′ 53″ north
Longitude
8.65034° or 8° 39′ 1″ east
Height
159 metres (523 feet)
Open location code
9F2C4M72+R4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23916228
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­hotel
Wiki­data ID
Q686587
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Westend Gate” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Plaza Büro Center”
  • Basque: “Westend Gate”
  • Czech: “Plaza Büro Center”
  • Czech: “Westend Gate”
  • Danish: “Marriott Hotel Frankfurt”
  • Danish: “Westend Gate”
  • Dutch: “Westend Gate”
  • French: “Plaza Büro Center”
  • French: “Plaza Büro Tower”
  • German: “Frankfurt Marriott Hotel”
  • German: “Plaza Büro Center”
  • German: “Westend Gate”
  • German: “WestendGate”
  • Italian: “Westend Gate”
  • Persian: “وستند گیت”
  • Polish: “Plaza Büro Center”
  • Polish: “Westend Gate”
  • Slovak: “Westend Gate”
  • Swedish: “Plaza Büro Center”
  • Swedish: “Westend Gate”

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