IG Farben Building

The IG Farben Building, also known as the Poelzig Building, is a building complex in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the central building of the Westend Campus of Goethe University Frankfurt.

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Type: University building
Description: building of the Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Also known as: “Farben Building”, “IG”, and “Poelzig Building”
Address: Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1, Frankfurt am Main, 60323

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Wollheim Memorial.

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

Marketplace

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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 1¼ km southeast of IG Farben Building.

Wollheim Memorial

Memorial

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The Wollheim Memorial is a Holocaust memorial site in Frankfurt am Main. It is named after Norbert Wollheim, a former member of the board of directors of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and forced labourer of IG Farben. Wollheim Memorial is situated 200 metres west of IG Farben Building.

Alte Oper

Theater building

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Alte Oper is a concert hall in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany. It is located in the inner city, Innenstadt, within the banking district Bankenviertel. Alte Oper is situated 1 km south of IG Farben Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westend and Innenstadt.

Westend

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 Westend is generally considered an entity.

Innenstadt

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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.

Bahnhofsviertel

Suburb

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

IG Farben Building

Categories: office building, steel frame construction, built structure, building, historic site, historic building, and education
Location: Frankfurt, South Hesse, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.12559° or 50° 7′ 32″ north

Longitude

8.66762° or 8° 40′ 3″ east

Levels

Open location code

9F2C4MG9+62

OpenStreetMap ID

way 321136070

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=building

Wikidata ID

Q663140

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“IG Farben Building” goes by many names.

Chinese: “法本公司大楼”
Chinese: “法本公司大樓”
Czech: “Budova I.G. Farben”
Finnish: “IG Farben -rakennus”
French: “Batiment de l’IG Farben”
French: “bâtiment de l’IG Farben”
French: “Bâtiment de l’IG Farben”
French: “Construction Poelzig”
French: “Poelzig-Bau”
German: “General Creighton W. Abrams Building”
German: “I.G. Farben-Gebäude”
German: “I.G. Farben-Haus”
German: “I.G.-Farben-Gebäude”
German: “I.G.-Farben-Haus”
German: “IG-Farben-Gebäude”
German: “IG-Farben-Haus”
German: “IG-Farben-Hochhaus”
German: “IG-Farben-Komplex”
German: “Poelzig-Bau”
German: “Poelzig-Ensemble”
German: “Pölzig-Bau”
Greek: “Κτήριο της IG Farben”
Greek: “Κτίριο της IG Farben”
Hebrew: “בניין אי גה פארבן”
Indonesian: “Gedung IG Farben”
Italian: “I.G.-Farben-Haus”
Italian: “IG Farben-Haus”
Japanese: “IG・ファルベン・ハウス”
Malay: “Bangunan IG Farben”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Poelzig-bygningen”
Norwegian: “Poelzig-bygningen”
Portuguese: “Edifício IG Farben”
Slovak: “Budova I.G. Farben”
Slovak: “Budova IG Farben”
Spanish: “Edificio IG Farben”
Spanish: “IG Farben Haus”
Spanish: “IG Farben-Haus”
Spanish: “IG-Farben-Haus”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bibliothekszentrum Geisteswissenschaften (BzG) and Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität Campus Westend.

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