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	\| population_metro = ~~5808518~~		\| population_metro = 5907863
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	The '''Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region''', often simply referred to as '''Frankfurt Rhine-Main''', '''Frankfurt Rhine-Main area''' or '''Rhine-Main area''' (German: ''Rhein-Main-Gebiet'' or ''Frankfurt/Rhein-Main'', abbreviated '''FRM'''), is the ~~second~~-largest ] after ], with a total population exceeding 5.8 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central-western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three ]: ], Rhineland-Palatinate, and ]. The largest cities in the region are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].		The '''Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region''', often simply referred to as '''Frankfurt Rhine-Main''', '''Frankfurt Rhine-Main area''' or '''Rhine-Main area''' (German: ''Rhein-Main-Gebiet'' or ''Frankfurt/Rhein-Main'', abbreviated '''FRM'''), is the third-largest ] after ] and ], with a total population exceeding 5.8 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central-western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three ]: ], ], and ]. The largest cities in the region are ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ].

	The polycentric region is named after its core city, Frankfurt, and the two rivers ] and ]. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main area is officially designated as a European Metropolitan region by the German ] and covers an area of roughly {{convert\|13000\|km2\|sqmi\|sp=us}}.		The polycentric region is named after its core city, Frankfurt, and the two rivers ] and ]. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main area is officially designated as a European Metropolitan region by the German ] and covers an area of roughly {{convert\|13000\|km2\|sqmi\|sp=us}}.

			The region is ]

	==Subdivisions==		==Subdivisions==
	Although Rhine-Main is considered to be a ] metropolitan region, the economic size and political weight of the city of ] sets it into a very monocentric relation with her commuter belt. Since the early 1970s, the Frankfurt am Main metropolitan area (German: Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main) is defined as the area encompassing the cities of Frankfurt and ] and their directly neighboring districts.		Although Rhine-Main is considered to be a ] metropolitan region, the economic size and political weight of the city of ] sets it into a very monocentric relation with her commuter belt. Since the early 1970s, the Frankfurt am Main metropolitan area (German: Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main) is defined as the area encompassing the cities of Frankfurt and ] and their directly neighboring districts.{{citation needed\|date=November 2022}}

	The ] of the state of ] could be seen as the next administrative division, for it lies entirely within the metropolitan region and further includes the cities of ] and ] along with a number of larger districts. Only on a level further, the metropolitan region also includes the cities and districts of ] and ] in the two adjoining federal states of ] and ].		The ] of the state of ] could be seen as the next administrative division, for it lies entirely within the metropolitan region and further includes the cities of ] and ] along with a number of larger districts. Only on a level further, the metropolitan region also includes the cities and districts of ] and ] in the two adjoining federal states of ] and ].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Adams \|first1=Tracy \|title=The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria \|date=2010 \|publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press \|id={{Project MUSE\|477\|type=book}} \|isbn=978-1-4214-2799-7 }}{{pn\|date=July 2024}}</ref>

	=== Metropolitan region and larger urban zones ===		=== Metropolitan region and larger urban zones ===
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	! Area		! Area
	\|-		\|-
	\| scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\| Frankfurt am Main urban zone<ref> (in German)</ref>		\| scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\| Frankfurt am Main urban zone<ref> {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201172044/https://www.region-frankfurt.de/Regionalverband/Region-in-Zahlen?&La=1 \|date=2019-02-01 }} (in German)</ref>
	\| 2,729,562		\| 2,729,562
	\| 4,305 km<sup>2</sup>		\| 4,305 km<sup>2</sup>
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	\|rowspan="2" style="border-top:hidden"\|		\|rowspan="2" style="border-top:hidden"\|
	\| style="text-align:left;"\|]		\| style="text-align:left;"\|]
	\| ~~763~~,~~380~~		\| 773,068
	\| ~~280~~ km<sup>2</sup>		\| 248 km<sup>2</sup>
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="text-align:left;"\|]		\| style="text-align:left;"\|]
	\| ~~130~~,~~280~~		\| 134,170
	\| ~~210~~ km<sup>2</sup>		\| 45 km<sup>2</sup>
	\|-		\|-
	\| scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\| Wiesbaden urban zone		\| scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\| Wiesbaden urban zone
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	\| style="text-align:left;"\|]		\| style="text-align:left;"\|]
	\| ~~278~~,~~474~~		\| 283,083
	\| 204 km<sup>2</sup>		\| 204 km<sup>2</sup>
	\|-		\|-
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	\| style="text-align:left;"\|]		\| style="text-align:left;"\|]
	\| ~~159~~,~~878~~		\| 162,243
	\| ~~204~~ km<sup>2</sup>		\| 122 km<sup>2</sup>
	\|-		\|-
	\| scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\| Mainz urban zone		\| scope="rowgroup" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;"\| Mainz urban zone
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	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 248 km²		\| 248 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 750,000		\| 750,000
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 45 km²		\| 45 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 118,245		\| 118,245
	\|-		\|-
	\|		\|
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 356 km²		\| 356 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 337,986		\| 337,986
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 1,397 km²		\| 1,397 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 411,956		\| 411,956
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 122 km²		\| 122 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 142,191		\| 142,191
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 482 km²		\| 482 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 233,427		\| 233,427
	\|-		\|-
			\| ] and further towns of ]]]
	\| —
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 122 km²		\| 122 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 142,191		\| 142,191
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 122 km²		\| 122 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 142,191		\| 142,191
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 659 km²		\| 659 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 289,102		\| 289,102
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 453 km²		\| 453 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 253,502		\| 253,502
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 204 km²		\| 204 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 275,489		\| 275,489
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 98 km²		\| 98 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 196,784		\| 196,784
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="1" \| '''Subtotal'''		\| colspan="1" \| '''Subtotal'''
	\| ''']'''		\| ''']'''
	\| '''7,445 km²'''		\| '''7,445 km<sup>2</sup>'''
	\| '''3,778,689'''		\| '''3,778,689'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 98 km²		\| 98 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 196,784		\| 196,784
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 606 km²		\| 606 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 201,451		\| 201,451
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 109 km²		\| 109 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 81,784		\| 81,784
	\|-		\|-
	\| —		\| —
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 588 km²		\| 588 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 124,758		\| 124,758
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="1" \| '''Subtotal'''		\| colspan="1" \| '''Subtotal'''
	\| ''']'''		\| ''']'''
	\| '''1405 km²'''		\| '''1405 km<sup>2</sup>'''
	\| '''604,777'''		\| '''604,777'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 63 km²		\| 63 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 68,646		\| 68,646
	\|-		\|-
	\| —		\| —
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 699 km²		\| 699 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 173,946		\| 173,946
	\|-		\|-
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| ]		\| ]
	\| 716 km²		\| 716 km<sup>2</sup>
	\| 130,009		\| 130,009
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="1" \| '''Subtotal'''		\| colspan="1" \| '''Subtotal'''
	\| ''']'''		\| ''']'''
	\| '''1,478 km²'''		\| '''1,478 km<sup>2</sup>'''
	\| '''372,601'''		\| '''372,601'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| colspan="1" \| '''Total'''		\| colspan="1" \| '''Total'''
	\| '''Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region'''		\| '''Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region'''
	\| '''14,800 km²'''		\| '''14,800 km<sup>2</sup>'''
	\| '''5,800,000'''		\| '''5,800,000'''
	\|}		\|}

	==Economy==		==Economy==
			] in front of the ] (2014)]]
⚫	] serves as a major gateway and logistical hub for the area and is Germany's busiest airport.]]

	With its central location in southwestern Germany, the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region has been an important industrial and transport center since industrialization began in the mid-19th century. The region is a major financial center of both Germany and Europe, with the ] headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In 2018, about 7.9% of Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) was generated in the region, as well as over three-fourths of the state of Hesse's GDP.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Zahlen (Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Figures\|periodical=\|publisher=IHK Frankfurt am Main\|url=https://www.frankfurt-main.ihk.de/standortpolitik/konjunktur_statistik/wirtschaftsstruktur/rhein-main/index.html\|url-status=\|access-date=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|last=\|date=\|year=\|language=\|pages=\|quote=}} (in German)</ref>		With its central location in southwestern Germany, the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region has been an important industrial and transport center since industrialization began in the mid-19th century. The region is a major financial center of both Germany and Europe, with the ] headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In 2018, about 7.9% of Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) was generated in the region, as well as over three-fourths of the state of Hesse's GDP.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Zahlen\|trans-title=Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Figures\|periodical=\|publisher=IHK Frankfurt am Main\|url=https://www.frankfurt-main.ihk.de/standortpolitik/konjunktur_statistik/wirtschaftsstruktur/rhein-main/index.html\|url-status=\|access-date=\|archive-url=\|archive-date=\|last=\|date=\|year=\|language=\|pages=\|quote=}} (in German)</ref>

	In addition to banking and finance, the ] has had a long established presence in the metropolitan region, with the ''Industriepark Höchst'' (Höchst Industrial Park) in the southwestern outskirts of Frankfurt am Main being one of the largest industrial parks in Germany and host to over 90 chemical and pharmaceutical firms. The automobile, construction, and real estate sectors also contribute to a significant sector of the regional economy, with the latter two accounting for 18% of the GDP.<ref>, IHK-Forum Rhein-Main. (in German)</ref> Darmstadt and Wiesbaden are the site of headquarters and major offices for insurance firms.		In addition to banking and finance, the ] has had a long established presence in the metropolitan region, with the ''Industriepark ]'' (Höchst Industrial Park) in the southwestern outskirts of Frankfurt am Main being one of the largest industrial parks in Germany and host to over 90 chemical and pharmaceutical firms. The automobile, construction, and real estate sectors also contribute to a significant sector of the regional economy, with the latter two accounting for 18% of the GDP.<ref>, IHK-Forum Rhein-Main. (in German)</ref> Darmstadt and Wiesbaden are the site of headquarters and major offices for insurance firms.

		⚫	] serves as a major gateway and logistical hub for the area and is Germany's busiest airport.]]
	Geographically situated in the middle of the European continent, Frankfurt Rhine-Main is one of the largest logistics hubs in the world, with major connections provided by ], Germany's and one of the world's busiest air hubs, and an extensive road and rail system. The ] and ] are among the busiest road and rail interchanges in Europe respectively. Other major rail stations include ], ], and ].		Geographically situated in the middle of the European continent, Frankfurt Rhine-Main is one of the largest logistics hubs in the world, with major connections provided by ], Germany's and one of the world's busiest air hubs, and an extensive road and rail system. The ] and ] are among the busiest road and rail interchanges in Europe respectively. Other major rail stations include ], ], and ].

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Latest revision as of 17:07, 24 December 2024

Place in Germany

Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region Rhein-Main-Gebiet
Downtown Frankfurt
Location of Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region in Germany
Country	Germany
States	Hesse Rhineland-Palatinate Bavaria
Largest cities	Frankfurt am Main Wiesbaden Mainz Darmstadt
Government
• Type	Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Conurbation Planning Association
• Verbandsdirektor	Thomas Horn (CDU)
Area
• Metro	14,800 km (5,700 sq mi)
Population
• Metro	5,907,863
• Metro density	400/km (1,000/sq mi)
GDP
• Metro	€300.868 billion (2021)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Website	Planungsverband.de

The Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Rhein-Main-Gebiet or Frankfurt/Rhein-Main, abbreviated FRM), is the third-largest metropolitan region in Germany after Rhine-Ruhr and Berlin-Brandenburg, with a total population exceeding 5.8 million. The metropolitan region is located in the central-western part of Germany, and stretches over parts of three German states: Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate, and Bavaria. The largest cities in the region are Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Darmstadt, Offenbach, Worms, Hanau, and Aschaffenburg.

The polycentric region is named after its core city, Frankfurt, and the two rivers Rhine and Main. The Frankfurt Rhine-Main area is officially designated as a European Metropolitan region by the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs and covers an area of roughly 13,000 square kilometers (5,000 sq mi).

The region is the 4th biggest by GDP in the European Union.

Subdivisions

Although Rhine-Main is considered to be a polycentric metropolitan region, the economic size and political weight of the city of Frankfurt sets it into a very monocentric relation with her commuter belt. Since the early 1970s, the Frankfurt am Main metropolitan area (German: Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main) is defined as the area encompassing the cities of Frankfurt and Offenbach and their directly neighboring districts.

The Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt of the state of Hesse could be seen as the next administrative division, for it lies entirely within the metropolitan region and further includes the cities of Darmstadt and Wiesbaden along with a number of larger districts. Only on a level further, the metropolitan region also includes the cities and districts of Mainz and Aschaffenburg in the two adjoining federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria.

Metropolitan region and larger urban zones

Eurostat's 'Urban Audit' splits the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region into four Larger Urban Zones (LUZ). These zones do exclude a number of districts in the metropolitan area.

Urban zone	Major cities	Population	Area
Frankfurt am Main urban zone		2,729,562	4,305 km
	Frankfurt am Main	773,068	248 km
	Offenbach am Main	134,170	45 km
Wiesbaden urban zone		462,098	1,015 km
	Wiesbaden	283,083	204 km
Darmstadt urban zone		439,084	781 km
	Darmstadt	162,243	122 km
Mainz urban zone		403,849	704 km
	Mainz	218,578	98 km
Rhine-Main		5,808,518	14,755 km

Cities and districts

Picture	City or district	Area	Population
	Frankfurt am Main	248 km	750,000
	Offenbach am Main	45 km	118,245
	Landkreis Offenbach	356 km	337,986
	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	1,397 km	411,956
	Wetteraukreis	122 km	142,191
	Hochtaunuskreis	482 km	233,427
	Main-Taunus-Kreis	122 km	142,191
	Darmstadt	122 km	142,191
	Landkreis Darmstadt-Dieburg	659 km	289,102
	Landkreis Groß-Gerau	453 km	253,502
	Wiesbaden	204 km	275,489
	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	98 km	196,784
Subtotal	Hesse	7,445 km	3,778,689
	Mainz	98 km	196,784
	Mainz-Bingen	606 km	201,451
	Worms	109 km	81,784
—	Landkreis Alzey-Worms	588 km	124,758
Subtotal	Rhineland-Palatinate	1405 km	604,777
	Aschaffenburg	63 km	68,646
—	Landkreis Aschaffenburg	699 km	173,946
	Landkreis Miltenberg	716 km	130,009
Subtotal	Bavaria	1,478 km	372,601
Total	Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region	14,800 km	5,800,000

Economy

With its central location in southwestern Germany, the Frankfurt Rhine-Main region has been an important industrial and transport center since industrialization began in the mid-19th century. The region is a major financial center of both Germany and Europe, with the European Central Bank headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. In 2018, about 7.9% of Germany's gross domestic product (GDP) was generated in the region, as well as over three-fourths of the state of Hesse's GDP.

In addition to banking and finance, the chemical industry has had a long established presence in the metropolitan region, with the Industriepark Höchst (Höchst Industrial Park) in the southwestern outskirts of Frankfurt am Main being one of the largest industrial parks in Germany and host to over 90 chemical and pharmaceutical firms. The automobile, construction, and real estate sectors also contribute to a significant sector of the regional economy, with the latter two accounting for 18% of the GDP. Darmstadt and Wiesbaden are the site of headquarters and major offices for insurance firms.

Geographically situated in the middle of the European continent, Frankfurt Rhine-Main is one of the largest logistics hubs in the world, with major connections provided by Frankfurt Airport, Germany's and one of the world's busiest air hubs, and an extensive road and rail system. The Frankfurter Kreuz and Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof are among the busiest road and rail interchanges in Europe respectively. Other major rail stations include Mainz, Frankfurt Süd, and Frankfurt Airport.

Transport

The growth of the area is chiefly to be traced to the favorable communications that promoted an early industrialization. Today, however, the importance of industrial concerns has to a great extent been replaced by banking, trade and logistics. Frankfurt lies within the populous Blue Banana region of Europe, which here runs along the Rhine valley, and the city is also a stepping stone from and to various parts of Switzerland and Southern Germany. The Rhine-Ruhr is accessible via a one-hour trip on the Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed rail line, and the air route Frankfurt–Berlin is the busiest in German domestic air travel.

Frankfurt Airport is the busiest airport by passenger traffic in Germany and one of the three busiest airports in Europe. Thereby, along with a strong railway connection, the area also serves as a major transportation hub.

Education

The Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region is home to five universities and over 20 partly postgraduate colleges, with a total of over 200,000 students. The region's three public research universities, the

make up the Rhine Main Universities alliance. Private universities in the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan region are

Notable colleges and universities of applied sciences (Fachhochschulen) include:

Gallery

Frankfurt is the most important city of the Rhein-Main area
Rheingau
Old town of Mainz
Castle of Johannisburg in Aschaffenburg
German House of Goldsmiths in Hanau
Rhenish Hesse
Darmstadt Artists' Colony
Town Hall of Michelstadt

References

Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain. "Regionalverband FrankfurtRheinMain /". planungsverband.de.
"Statistik-Viewer Metropolregion" (in German). 2022-12-31. Archived from the original on 23 June 2024. Retrieved 2024-12-06.
"Bruttoinlandsprodukt (BIP) in den Metropolregionen* in Deutschland im Jahr 2021" (in German).
Adams, Tracy (2010). The Life and Afterlife of Isabeau of Bavaria. Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-1-4214-2799-7. Project MUSE book 477.
Die Region Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Zahlen und Fakten Archived 2019-02-01 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
"Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Zahlen" [Frankfurt Rhein-Main in Figures]. IHK Frankfurt am Main. (in German)
Bau- und Immobilienstudie (Construction and Real Estate Study), IHK-Forum Rhein-Main. (in German)

External links

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v t e Cities in Germany by population
1,000,000+	Berlin Cologne Hamburg Munich
500,000–999,999	Bremen Dortmund Dresden Düsseldorf Essen Frankfurt am Main Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg Stuttgart
200,000–499,999	Aachen Augsburg Bielefeld Bochum Bonn Braunschweig Chemnitz Duisburg Erfurt Freiburg im Breisgau Gelsenkirchen Halle (Saale) Karlsruhe Kassel Kiel Krefeld Lübeck Magdeburg Mainz Mannheim Münster Mönchengladbach Oberhausen Rostock Wiesbaden Wuppertal
100,000–199,999	Bergisch Gladbach Bottrop Bremerhaven Darmstadt Erlangen Fürth Göttingen Gütersloh Hagen Hamm Hanau Heidelberg Heilbronn Herne Hildesheim Ingolstadt Jena Koblenz Leverkusen Ludwigshafen Moers Mülheim an der Ruhr Neuss Offenbach am Main Oldenburg Osnabrück Paderborn Pforzheim Potsdam Recklinghausen Regensburg Remscheid Reutlingen Saarbrücken Salzgitter Siegen Solingen Trier Ulm Wolfsburg Würzburg
Complete list Municipalities Metropolitan regions Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants

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