IG Farben Building
The I.G. Farben Building – also known as the Poelzig Building and the Abrams Building, formerly informally called The Pentagon of Europe – is a building complex in Frankfurt, Germany, which currently serves as the main structure of the Westend Campus of the University of Frankfurt.Photo: Sith Cookie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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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
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
Photo: Artmax, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Palmengarten
Garden
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palmengarten is one of two botanical gardens in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is located in the Westend-Süd district. It covers a surface of 22 hectares. It is a major tourist attraction. Palmengarten is situated 1 km west of IG Farben Building.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westend and Bahnhofsviertel.
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.
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, architectural 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″ northLongitude
8.66762° or 8° 40′ 3″ eastLevels
7Open location code
9F2C4MG9+62OpenStreetMap ID
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building=universityOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingWikidata 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”
- 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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