Cityscape Frankfurt on Main

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Frankfurt on Main is the heart of one of the most productive and dynamic regions in Europe. A traffic hub and financial center, Frankfurt is one of the world's most prominent places for trade and fares. The city with its 652,000 inhabitants is at the core of the Rhine-Main region, a metropolitan area of 4.8 million people.

Frankfurt's status as the biggest financial market in continental Europe was given a boost by the establishment of European Central Bank here in 1998. The Rhine-Main airport is the largest in continental Europe and is a major driving force for the region's economy.

But Frankfurt is not only a financial, economic and transportion hub. The city features a unique cultural scene including many outstanding museums. During the 1980s the so called museum shore was created, a stretch along the Main accomodating eight attractive museum locations.

As diverse as the city are the people who live here. A third of the local population are not German citizens. Every day 290,000 commuters pour into the city, 250,000 people transfer daily at Frankfurt main station. For years now Frankfurt has also assumed another, rather notorious role: the city has the highest crime rate in the nation. However, a closer look at the crime statitics shows that a quarter of all "crimes" registered are due to infractions of immigration law or improper documentation which doesn't come with much surprise for a city with an international airport and 40 million people from all over the world transfering here every year.

In terms of local politics, the Social Democrats and the Greens hold the majority in the city council and have formed a red-green coalition. The mayor in turn is a member of the conservative party CDU. Fortunately though, so far she has not managed to cut funding for some gay projects supported by the city such as the LSKH. Furthermore, the city council has decided-against the vote of its CDU members-that yet again town hall will be graced with the rainbow flag on the occasion of this year's gay pride parade. It was stipulated however that the city will not pay for hoisting the flag…

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