Frankfurt topographic map
This relief map of Germany shows Frankfurt in its natural setting, colouring the land from the green lowlands of the north to the brown mountains of the south. Frankfurt is circled in red in the Main valley, close to where the Main flows into the Rhine at Mainz.
Frankfurt lies in a broad, low basin: the banks of the Main are only about 100 m above sea level, and the city's highest point, on the Berger Rücken ridge in the north-east, reaches just over 210 m. This makes the city easy to cross on foot or by bike.
The Taunus hills rise to the north-west, with the Großer Feldberg (879 m) visible from the city on clear days, while the Upper Rhine Plain opens to the south towards Darmstadt and Heidelberg. Within the city, the Nidda river flows through the north-western districts and joins the Main at Höchst.
Frankfurt elevation map
Map of Frankfurt elevation
A relief map of Germany with elevation shading from green lowlands to brown uplands, labelled in German, with Frankfurt circled in red in the Main valley.
The map shows clearly that Frankfurt sits in a lowland corridor between the Taunus to the north-west, the Vogelsberg and Spessart to the east, and the Odenwald to the south. The colour scale in the bottom left gives heights from sea level to 3,600 m, and the Alps along the southern border are the only areas in the highest bands.