Frankfurt city map
The four maps on this page zoom out step by step: a detailed plan of the central districts, a simpler downtown sheet with the main sights, Frankfurt on a map of Germany, and finally its place on the world map. Print the detailed plan if you intend to explore on foot, as it marks parks, car parks, S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations.
The river Main is the key to reading any Frankfurt map. The Altstadt, the shopping streets and the bank towers lie on the north bank, while Sachsenhausen, with the Museum Embankment and the apple wine taverns, faces them on the south bank. A green ring of parks, the Wallanlagen, follows the line of the old city walls and makes the historic centre easy to spot.
Frankfurt is the largest city in Hesse and the fifth largest in Germany, with about 777,000 registered residents at the end of 2024. It is home to the European Central Bank, the Deutsche Bundesbank and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, which explains the nickname "Mainhattan".
Frankfurt map
Map of Frankfurt city
A detailed plan of central Frankfurt, stretching from the Messe trade fair grounds in the west to the Ostpark in the east, and from the Palmengarten and Grüneburgpark down to Sachsenhausen south of the Main.
Pedestrian zones such as the Zeil and the Fressgass are highlighted in yellow, public buildings in pink, and small icons mark landmarks including the Alte Oper, the cathedral, the Hauptbahnhof and the Zoo. S-Bahn and U-Bahn stations, car parks and motorway exits are shown, and a 1 km scale bar helps you judge walking distances.
Frankfurt downtown map
Map of downtown Frankfurt
A clear downtown map from Frankfurt's tourism office, covering the area between the Hauptbahnhof, the Alte Oper, Konstablerwache and the Sachsenhausen bank of the Main.
Nine numbered sights are listed in German and English, from the Römer and the cathedral to the Banking District, the Museum Embankment and Old Sachsenhausen. The two tourist information offices, at the Römer and the Hauptbahnhof, are marked, as well as the coach parking on Berliner Straße.
Frankfurt Germany map
Map of Frankfurt Germany
A political map of Germany showing the federal states in different colours, with Frankfurt circled in red in the south of Hesse, close to Wiesbaden and Mainz.
The base map is older than it looks: Bonn is still marked as the capital and Chemnitz appears under its former name, Karl-Marx-Stadt. Berlin has been the capital since reunification in 1990. The map is nevertheless useful for seeing that Frankfurt is central in western Germany, about an hour from Cologne, three to four hours from Munich and about four hours from Berlin by ICE.
Frankfurt on world map
Map of Frankfurt in world
A political world map with Frankfurt marked in the heart of Europe, between the Rhine and Main rivers in western Germany.
Its central position explains Frankfurt's role as a crossroads: Frankfurt Airport is one of Europe's largest intercontinental hubs, with direct flights to every continent, and is the main base of Lufthansa. Frankfurt is one hour ahead of GMT in winter (CET) and two hours ahead in summer (CEST).