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Place in Germany
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Rhine-Main (Rhein-Main) is a metropolitan area in Hesse around the confluence of the rivers Rhine and Main. The metropolis is centred on the city of Frankfurt, the largest city in Hesse and Germany's financial powerhouse. It includes Hesse's capital, Wiesbaden. Most of Hesse's population is concentrated in Frankfurt, neighbouring large cities, and suburbs in between.
By train
Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof is a major railway interchange in the German railway system.
By car
The A3 and A5 cross at Frankfurter Kreuz, Europe's busiest road interchange. The A60 connects Hesse with Mainz and the A66 connect Frankfurt with Wiesbaden and Fulda.
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Germany's financial centre with an impressive skyline
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, commonly referred to as Bad Homburg, is a spa town just outside Frankfurt in Hesse, Germany. 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 ("champagne air and tradition").
Gelnhausen is a town in Hesse, one of the states of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Hanau is a city in Hesse, Germany and is famous as the birthplace of the Grimm brothers.
Kelsterbach, also called Kelsterbach am Main for its position on the banks of the Main River into which the Kelsterbach (Kelster Brook) flows, is in Hesse.
Langen is a city in Hesse that is mainly known as the seat of some important federal authorities, including the German air traffic control and the Paul Ehrlich Institute. In Langen there is also the 27-storey Alpha high-rise, the tallest residential building in Hesse - Frankfurt's impressive skyscrapers are all office buildings or other nonresidential buildings.
Mörfelden-Walldorf is a small town in Hesse.
formerly a small town that boomed due to proximity of Frankfurt Airport
Oberursel is a small town in the area of the Taunus mountain range in Hesse, north of Frankfurt.
Offenbach-am-Main is a city just outside Frankfurt, Germany with 122,000 inhabitants.
home of Opel (Automotive) and Hyundai Motor Company European design office.
Seligenstadt is a small city (20,000 inhabitants) in Hesse, Germany near Bavaria at the river Main.
the capital of Hesse and a prominent Kurort
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