The Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. It is published every day but Sunday as a city, two regional and one nationwide issues and offers an online edition as well as an e-paper. Local major competitors are the conservative-liberal Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), the local edition of the conservative tabloid Bild-Zeitung, the best-selling newspaper in Europe, and the smaller local conservative Frankfurter Neue Presse. The Rundschau's layout is modern and its editorial stance is social liberal. It holds that "independence, social justice and fairness" underlie its journalism.
Michael Andreas Gielen was an Austrian conductor and composer who promoted contemporary music in opera and concert.
The Oper Frankfurt is one of the leading opera houses in Europe, and voted best "Opera house of the year" several times since 1996. Opera in Frankfurt am Main has a long tradition, with many world premieres such as Franz Schreker's Der ferne Klang in 1912, Fennimore und Gerda by Frederick Delius in 1919, and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in 1937. Frankfurt's international recognition began in the Gielen Era, 1977 to 1987, when Michael Gielen and stage directors such as Ruth Berghaus collaborated.
The Grüneburgpark is a park in the Westend district of Frankfurt, whose name derives from the "Green castle", which stood on the site in the 14th century. In 1789 the banker Peter Heinrich von Bethmann Metzler acquired the property and designed the park. In the following years the great thinkers of the day met here, among them Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Bettina von Arnim.
Christiane Hammacher is a German actress, who has performed on the German stage and on television.
Christina Zerbe is a German footballer. She played for 1. FFC Frankfurt, until 2010, and was capped 12 times for the German national team between 2000 and 2003.
Wolfgang Kraushaar is a political scientist and historian. After a residency at the Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung from the 1980's until 2015. In 2015 he continued his research at the Hamburg Foundation for the Promotion of Science and Culture also in Hamburg, Germany.
The Botanischer Garten Frankfurt am Main is a botanical garden and arboretum formerly maintained by the Goethe University and since 2012 administered by the City of Frankfurt. It is located at Siesmayerstraße 72, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and opens daily in the warmer months.
Margret Antonie Boveri was one of the best-known German journalists and writers of the post-World War II period.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Martin Lücker is a German classical organist, and professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main.
Batschkapp is a rock and pop concert venue in Gwinnerstraße in Seckbach.
Peter Reulein is a German composer, organ improviser, academic teacher and church musician, from 2000 at the church Liebfrauen in Frankfurt am Main. In 2016 he composed for the Catholic Diocese of Limburg the Franciscan oratorio Laudato si'.
Herakut is a German street artist duo who began painting in 2002. Jasmin Siddiqui is known as Hera, and her partner Falk Lehmann, is known as Akut, hence their portmanteau combined name.
The Frankfurter Neue Presse (FNP) is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main and focused on local and regional topics.
Janine Wissler is a politician in the parliament for the State of Hesse in Germany. She is the parliamentary leader of The Left Party in the State parliament.
Katharina Magiera is a German operatic contralto. A member of the Oper Frankfurt, she has appeared in major European opera houses. She is active also as a lieder singer and has recorded.
Ina Hartwig is a German writer, literature critic and academic lecturer. From July 2016, she has been Kulturdezernentin in Frankfurt, the city councillor responsible for culture and science.
Katja Leikert is a German politician (CDU).
