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Town in Hesse, Germany
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a square with many half-timbered buildings.
old town hall
The woman is being paraded riding backwards on a mule on Shrove Tuesday as a medieval punishment for striking her husband.
15th century, late Gothic
18th century church east of the Marktplatz.
A small park along Strackgasse contains a sculpture of several people around 2 stone blocks.
A modern square near the Vorstadt pedestrian mall with a fountain around a glass pyramid structure containing an elevator shaft.
German food and strong beer.
Waldlust
The Dorint Hotel in Oberursel is surrounded by a 100,000 m² hotel-owned historical park.
The RMV website has schedules. For 2-5 people travelling together on a day trip from Frankfurt, the RMV group day ticket (Gruppentageskarte) is more economical and more convenient that using single trip tickets.
Read in the guideWalking is the preferred method of getting around as the Altstadt and central shopping district are both within a kilometre of the U-Bahn and S-Bahn stations.
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Frankfurt am Main · International · FRA
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