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Frankfurt U-Bahn
The Frankfurt U-Bahn is a Stadtbahn ( premetro) system serving Frankfurt, Germany. Together with the Rhine-Main S-Bahn and the tram network, it forms the backbone of the public transport system in Frankfurt. Its name derives from the German term for underground railway, ''Untergrundbahn''. Since 1996, the U-Bahn has been owned and operated by (VGF), the public transport company of Frankfurt, and is part of the Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) transport association. The licence contract is up to 31 December 2031 and is renewable. The contracting authority of VGF is the municipal transport company . The U-Bahn opened in 1968, and has been expanded several times. It consists of three inner-city tunnels and above-ground lines in the suburbs. About 59% of the track length is underground. The network operates on a variety of right of ways typical of a light rail system, with core sections running underground in the inner city and some above-ground sections operating on street. L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße (Frankfurt Am Main)
Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße (L3004) is a major grade-separated highway in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. At the southern end it connects to :de:Miquelallee, Miquelallee (deutscher Wikipedia-Link) and the Bundesautobahn 66 motorway close to the Europaturm and the Deutsche Bundesbank. The route runs as an elevated highway northwards through Ginnheim, where U-Bahn Line D (Frankfurt U-Bahn), U-Bahn Line D joins to run in the central reservation through and before passing immediately to the east of . The route continues past the new settlement, then parallel with U-Bahn Line A (Frankfurt U-Bahn), U-Bahn Line A to Frankfurt's border with where the road transitions to become Frankfurter Landstraße. During 2020‒2021 a bridge next to Nordwestzentrum was due to be renovated at a cost of 1.9 million. Name The road's name refers to Activism, activist Rosa Luxemburg. She is portrayed at a Pier (architecture), pier of the elevated road section in Ginnheim – in pink since in German lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund
The Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) is a List of German transport associations, transport association that covers the Public transport, public transport network of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area in Germany. Its head office is located in Hofheim, Hesse, Hofheim im Taunus. Organisation and area covered The RMV is a transportation association operated by 15 counties, 11 independent cities and the States of Germany, Bundesland of Hesse. It was founded 25 May 1995, as the successor of the ''Frankfurter Verkehrsverbund'' (FVV), which was incorporated into the RMV. It is responsible for planning, organising and financing of regional transport, alongside the local transportation organisations. This way, there is a clear distinction between the RMV "ordering" public transport and transport companies carrying it out. As of 2018 there were over 160 transport companies active in the responsible area. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Mark
The Deutsche Mark (; "German mark (currency), mark"), abbreviated "DM" or "D-Mark" (), was the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later of unified Germany from 1990 until the adoption of the euro in 2002. In English, it was typically called the "Deutschmark" ( ). One Deutsche Mark was divided into 100 pfennigs. It was first issued under Bizone, Allied occupation in 1948 to replace the Reichsmark and served as the Federal Republic of Germany's official currency from its founding the following year. On 31 December 1998, the Council of the European Union fixed the irrevocable exchange rate, effective 1 January 1999, for German mark to euros as DM 1.95583 = €1. In 1999, the Deutsche Mark was replaced by the euro; its coins and banknotes remained in circulation, defined in terms of euros, until the introduction of euro notes and coins on 1 January 2002. The Deutsche Mark ceased to be legal tender immediately upon the introduction of the euro—in contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Möller
Walter Möller (7 April 1920 - 16 November 1971) was a German politician who served as the Mayor of Frankfurt from 1970 until his death in 1971. Life Möller was born to Karl and Maria Möller (née Ploennigs), a working-class couple living in the Bornheim (Frankfurt am Main), Bornheim area of Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt. His father was a blacksmith who was active in SPD politics. After the rise of the Nazi Party to power in Germany, Möller began training to become a book printer, but left to join the Luftwaffe in 1937. After the end of the war, Möller studied at the Academy of Labour in Frankfurt, graduating in February 1948. He then worked for Radio Frankfurt, before joining the Frankfurt City Council as a member of the SPD. From 1949 he was the editor of the party magazine for the Hessen SPD. In 1961, Möller was made the Department Head for Transport under then-mayor Werner Bockelmann. He undersaw the planning, construction and operation of the Frankfurt U-Bahn. Möller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Bockelmann
Werner Bockelmann (23 September 1907 – 7 April 1968) was a German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, who served as the Mayor of Frankfurt between 1957 and 1964. Early life and education Bockelmann was born in Moscow to a German banker, , and fellow German Anna Bockelmann (née Förster). The family was quite rich. In 1920, the Bockelmann family moved to Germany. After attending the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg, Bockelmann studied Law at the universities of Dresden, Hamburg, Göttingen and Graz. He became a lawyer in Hamburg in 1935. Bockelmann was the Chief of Staff of the Kriegsmarine between 1941 and 1945. Political career Bockelmann's first political experience was in the city of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. He served as the mayor of Lüneburg between 1945 and 1946, and became a city manager in 1946, staying in that role until 1955. From 1955 to 1957 Bockelmann was the mayor of Ludwigshafen in Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1957, Bockelma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alweg
Alweg was a transportation company based in Germany known for pioneering straddle-beam monorails. History Alweg was founded by Sweden, Swedish industrial magnate Dr. Axel Wenner-Gren, Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren in January 1953 as Alweg-Forschung, GmbH (Alweg Research Corporation), based in Fühlingen, a suburb of Cologne, Germany. The company was an outgrowth of the Verkehrsbahn-Studiengesellschaft (Transit Railway Study Group), which had already presented its first monorail designs and prototypes in the previous year. The Alweg name is an acronym derived from Dr. Wenner-Gren's full name. Alweg is best remembered for their role in building the original Disneyland Monorail System at Disneyland, which opened in 1959, and the Seattle Center Monorail, which opened for the 1962 Century 21 Exposition. Both systems remain operational, with the Seattle Center Monorail still using the original Alweg trains which have traveled over one million miles. A third system, built in Turin for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monorail
A monorail is a Rail transport, railway in which the track consists of a single rail or beam. Colloquially, the term "monorail" is often used to describe any form of elevated rail or people mover. More accurately, the term refers to the style of Track (rail transport), track.The term "track" is used here for simplicity. Technically the monorail sits on or is suspended from a guideway containing a singular structure. There is an additional generally accepted rule that the support for the car must be narrower than the car. Monorail systems are most frequently implemented in large cities, airports, and theme parks. Etymology The term possibly originated in 1897 from German engineer Eugen Langen, who called an elevated railway system with wagons suspended the ''Wuppertal Schwebebahn, Eugen Langen One-railed Suspension Tramway'' (Einschieniges Hängebahnsystem Eugen Langen). Differentiation from other transport systems Monorails have found applications in airport transfers and med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Social Democratic Party Of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany ( , SPD ) is a social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the party's leader since the 2019 leadership election together with Lars Klingbeil, who joined her in December 2021. After losing the 2025 federal election, the party is part of the Merz government as the junior coalition partner. The SPD is a member of 12 of the 16 German state governments and is a leading partner in seven of them. The SPD was founded in 1875 from a merger of smaller socialist parties, and grew rapidly after the lifting of Germany's repressive Anti-Socialist Laws in 1890 to become the largest socialist party in Western Europe until 1933. In 1891, it adopted its Marxist-influenced Erfurt Program, though in practice it was moderate and focused on building working-class organizations. In the 1912 federal election, the SPD won 34.8 percent of votes and became the largest party in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalbach-Riedberg
Kalbach-Riedberg is a borough ('' Ortsbezirk'') of Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is subdivided into the ''Stadtbezirke'' Kalbach and Riedberg. Kalbach has a long history and has been mentioned in documented sources as early as year 772. 1200 years later, in 1972, Kalbach was incorporated into Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela .... The Riedberg area of Kalbach-Riedberg has a more recent history. As a way to combat housing shortage in Frankfurt am Main, a project to create housing space for about 20,000 was initiated here in 2001. As of 2020, Kalbach-Riedberg has a population of 22,170. References Districts of Frankfurt City districts in Germany {{Hesse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goethe University Frankfurt
Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt. The original name in German was Universität Frankfurt am Main (University of Frankfurt am Main). In 1932, the university's name was extended in honour of one of the most famous native sons of Frankfurt, the poet, philosopher and writer/dramatist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. The university currently has around 48,000 students, distributed across four major campuses within the city. The university celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014. The first female president of the university, Birgitta Wolff, was sworn into office in 2015, and was succeeded by Enrico Schleiff in 2021. 20 Nobel Prize winners have been affiliated with the university, including Max von Laue and Max Born. The university is also affiliated with 18 winners of the Gott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
U-Bahn Line D (Frankfurt U-Bahn)
The D Line is a partially completed north‒south route of the Frankfurt U-Bahn. The line has been planned since the 1960s and three sections had been constructed and were in use for U-Bahn services, with another section of the planned route operated by trams. As the route is not continuous there are no through services, but parts of it are used by underground services U1, U4, U8, U9. The planned Ginnheim Curve () would run via Frankfurt University's Campus Westend to fill the gap. The oldest section between Ginnheim and Heddernheim was constructed between 1968‒1978 as a branch of the A Line serving the Nordweststadt and carries U1 and U9 services. The central section between the main railway station and opened in 2001 and is operated as an extension of the U4 service from the B Line. The most northerly section has two stations serving new development in Riedberg and opened in 2010 and carries U8 and U9 services. South of the River Main between the University Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
