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Bornheim is a quarter of
Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
,
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. It is part of the ''
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Bornheim/Ostend''. In the past, Bornheim was called ''Das lustige Dorf'' ("The merry village"), because it was the
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of Frankfurt up to some 120 years ago. It still retains some of its lively charm and is said to be the younger crowd's hangout, shared with
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. The main street of Bornheim is Berger Straße, a cosmopolitan boulevard with many bars, pubs and restaurants and two of Frankfurt's most traditional
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houses, Solzer and Zur Sonne. The Holy Cross Church with the
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of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Limburg The Diocese of Limburg ( Latin: ''Dioecesis Limburgensis'') is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Germany. It belongs to the ecclesiastical province of Cologne, with metropolitan see being the Archdiocese of Cologne. Its territory encompass ...
, known for its
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, is located in Bornheim. Two underground lines ( U4 and U7) run through Bornheim.


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Views of the Old City and Bornheim Vereinsring Bornheim e.V.
Districts of Frankfurt {{Hesse-geo-stub