How much do you know about Frankfurt

[minionofmidas]

(these are supposed to be getting progressively harder)

1. What German state is the city located in?
SOLVED. Hessen
2. How many inhabitants does the city have (roughly)?
STILL OPEN
3. What state did it belong to until 1866?
SOLVED, Frankfurt.
4. Which two rivers flow through it?
Main and STILL OPEN
5. How many central banks are located here?
SOLVED. Three.
6. Is the city of Frankfort, Kentucky, named for Frankfurt am Main? Is the city of Frankfurt an der Oder (on the German-Polish border) named for Frankfurt am Main?
SOLVED. No, and yes.
7. What was the original intended purpose of the HR building, now used by the state broadcasting company?
STILL OPEN. New hint: Built in 1948/9.
8. Give an explanation for the weird shape of Frankfurt am Main II Bundestag constituency.
STILL OPEN, although someone correctly mentioned the river as part of the boundary.
9. What were the 3 previous uses of the areal (and in the latter 2 cases main building) of Frankfurt uni's Westend campus?
The last one (US headquarters) has been found.
10. Who is the first attested Native of Frankfurt, and on what day was he born?
STILL OPEN, some hints scattered across the text.

[Gustaf]

1. What German state is the city located in?
I know it's in the centre...Hessen?

2. How many inhabitants does the city have (roughly)?
Always depends on your definition with cities...8 million?

3. What state did it belong to until 1866?
Ought to be the same as number 1... though, because of the year, I'll say Austria.

4. Which two rivers flow through it?
Main! (Frankfurt am Main, hello...) and, eh...Rhen?

5. How many central banks are located here?
Heh. Tons, I'm sure. Wait, central banks. Hm. 1? (the Bundesbank if it still counts.)

6. Is the city of Frankfort, Kentucky, named for Frankfurt am Main? Is the city of Frankfurt an der Oder (on the German-Polish border)?
Not sure i understand the 2nd part here...

7. What was the original intended purpose of the HR building, now used by the state broadcasting company?
No idea

8. Give an explanation for the weird shape of Frankfurt am Main II Bundestag constituency.
Gerrymandering?

9. What were the 3 previous uses of the areal (and in the latter 2 cases main building) of Frankfurt uni's Westend campus?
Don't know...
10. Who is the first attested Native of Frankfurt, and on what day was he born?
A Bishop maybe? No idea really...

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[minionofmidas]

1. What German state is the city located in?
I know it's in the centre...Hessen?
ZING - Correct.
2. How many inhabitants does the city have (roughly)?
Always depends on your definition with cities...8 million?
No. (And there is an exact definition of the size of the city. Although 8 mio would be way to high even for the agglomeration.)
3. What state did it belong to until 1866?
Ought to be the same as number 1... though, because of the year, I'll say Austria.
No. And there's no reason why it ought to be the same as no. 1.
4. Which two rivers flow through it?
Main! (Frankfurt am Main, hello...) ZING. Correct.
and, eh...Rhen?
No. The Rhine is not far away - inside the agglomeration, actually, but it's not in the city. The river I'm talking about is a tributary of the Main.
5. How many central banks are located here?
Heh. Tons, I'm sure. Wait, central banks. Hm. 1? (the Bundesbank if it still counts.) There's more than that. But yes, the Bundesbank is located in Frankfurt, and yes, I was counting it.

6. Is the city of Frankfort, Kentucky, named for Frankfurt am Main? Is the city of Frankfurt an der Oder (on the German-Polish border) ?
Not sure i understand the 2nd part here...
I've edited the question to meet your concerns.
 
7. What was the original intended purpose of the HR building, now used by the state broadcasting company?
No idea

8. Give an explanation for the weird shape of Frankfurt am Main II Bundestag constituency.
Gerrymandering? No.

9. What were the 3 previous uses of the areal (and in the latter 2 cases main building) of Frankfurt uni's Westend campus?
Don't know...

10. Who is the first attested Native of Frankfurt, and on what day was he born?
A Bishop maybe? No idea really...No bishop. But yeah, a powerful person. More powerful than a bishop.

[Gustaf]

Ah, now I get that question...ok. Hm. Frankfort sounsd like a Fort named after someone named Frank, so no. I'm guessing that Frankfurt is just one of those names with a certain meaning and that it emerged independently. So no again.

If not a Bishop then maybe a German-Roman Emperor? Otto maybe...(the only one I could think of right now...got more names in supply otherwise... )

I was thinking of the German-Austrian war of 1866. But it seems that was a dead end then. I know that Bavaria, Baden and Würtemberg were the last states to join Germany and that they did it because of the Franco-German war 1870-1871. And all of this is just showing off trying to hide that I have no idea about the answer.

With central banks do you mean national banks like the Bundesbank? Are there state versions of them as well? I don't get why anyone would put such a bank outside of their own country...

[Middle-aged Europe]

With central banks do you mean national banks like the Bundesbank? Are there state versions of them as well? I don't get why anyone would put such a bank outside of their own country...

Possible hint: Jean-Claude Trichet

[Gustaf]

With central banks do you mean national banks like the Bundesbank? Are there state versions of them as well? I don't get why anyone would put such a bank outside of their own country...

Possible hint: Jean-Claude Trichet

Yeah, I thought of putting the ECB there, though I wasn't sure whether they dared put it in Germany.

But that's still only 2, I got the impression that there were more.

[minionofmidas]

Ah, now I get that question...ok. Hm. Frankfort sounsd like a Fort named after someone named Frank, so no. I'm guessing that Frankfurt is just one of those names with a certain meaning and that it emerged independently. So no again.

ZING. Right on the first one. Frankfort, KY, is named for a guy surnamed Frank (who was an immigrant from Hessen, though. ) Wrong on the second one, though. That one was actually named for this Frankfurt. There's a second Straßburg not far east from it (well it's now got a different name, as it's now in Poland.) And Berlin was once a double city, one part being named Kölln. All three founded about the same time, as colonial german-populated cities in slavic-populated country. All three named directly for cities in Germany.

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Not a German Emperor.

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No, it wasn't. Austria is not the only country to have been involved in that war on the losing side.

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You forgot Hessen-Darmstadt. And no, that's not the correct answer.

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Yes, there are.

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But think of OldEurope's suggestion as well.

[Middle-aged Europe]

And the third question is really mean.

[minionofmidas]

And the third question is really mean.

Why?

[Jake]

1. What German state is the city located in? Hesse
2. How many inhabitants does the city have (roughly)? 2 million
3. What state did it belong to until 1866? Prussia ?
4. Which two rivers flow through it? Main and Weser?
5. How many central banks are located here? 3
6. Is the city of Frankfort, Kentucky, named for Frankfurt am Main? - No
Is the city of Frankfurt an der Oder (on the German-Polish border) named for Frankfurt am Main? -No, I thought it predates it.
7. What was the original intended purpose of the HR building, now used by the state broadcasting company? No idea
8. Give an explanation for the weird shape of Frankfurt am Main II Bundestag constituency. Rivers maybe?
9. What were the 3 previous uses of the areal (and in the latter 2 cases main building) of Frankfurt uni's Westend campus? No idea
10. Who is the first attested Native of Frankfurt, and on what day was he born? No idea, No idea

[Middle-aged Europe]

And the third question is really mean.

Why?

Nobody will guess it, because the answer is just too obvious... well, sort of.

[minionofmidas]

2. How many inhabitants does the city have (roughly)? 2 million. Still way too high, sorry.
3. What state did it belong to until 1866? Prussia ? That's the state it belonged to from 1866 to 1945. To the winner, the spoils.
4. Which two rivers flow through it? Main and Weser? No. We're looking for a smaller river here, guys. Probably too hard for you Americans. Probably too hard for some Germans.
5. How many central banks are located here? 3. ZING. Correct. The Bundesbank, the European Central Bank, the Helaba (state bank of Hessen and Thuringia.)
7. What was the original intended purpose of the HR building, now used by the state broadcasting company? No idea.
8. Give an explanation for the weird shape of Frankfurt am Main II Bundestag constituency. Rivers maybe? That is part of the answer, actually.
9. What were the 3 previous uses of the areal (and in the latter 2 cases main building) of Frankfurt uni's Westend campus? No idea. Hint: Americans should be able to know part of this one, actually.
10. Who is the first attested Native of Frankfurt, and on what day was he born? No idea, No idea

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[Jake]

To #9, possibly some sort of Occupation HQ? I know the US used Frankfurt in some capacity.

[Richard]

Lets see.  Wasn't Frankfurt bombed many times in the last 100 years?  Frankfurt voted for the NSDAP?  In any case, it is a dirty, dirty city and the air stank.  Although the countryside around Frankfurt is nice and clean.

[minionofmidas]

To #9, possibly some sort of Occupation HQ? I know the US used Frankfurt in some capacity.

Yeah, it was the headquarters of US troops in Germany. (The cafe down in the basement is still called the Eisenhower Rotunda, as it was when it was still American soldiers using it, btw.) It had earlier uses though.

[minionofmidas]

Lets see.  Wasn't Frankfurt bombed many times in the last 100 years? 

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Yeah, but only between 1942 and 1945. Unless you count the bulldozing of what was left of the Old Town in 1951. An utterly unpardonable sin if you ask me.

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By less than the country at large though.

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I don't like cities that aren't a little dusty.

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You know that there's far more plant and animal wildlife in Western Europe's major cities than in Western Europe's "countryside"?

[Huckleberry Finn]

3) I must be Hessen. Rhur area was part of Prussia but Frankfurt was not.

[minionofmidas]

3) I must be Hessen. Rhur area was part of Prussia but Frankfurt was not.

No. Wrong. Meditate on OldEurope's hint, and the scales should fall from your eyes.

[minionofmidas]

Solutions later today, as many of these were probably unsolvable by cursory googling.

[Huckleberry Finn]

3) I must be Hessen. Rhur area was part of Prussia but Frankfurt was not.

No. Wrong. Meditate on OldEurope's hint, and the scales should fall from your eyes.

Right now I'm watching a map about early 19th century Germany. It doesn't show clearly which state Frankfurt belonged. The map shows at least three possibly choices depending how you define "a state". I'm not posting any answer, because I'm not here for cheating.

[minionofmidas]

3) I must be Hessen. Rhur area was part of Prussia but Frankfurt was not.

No. Wrong. Meditate on OldEurope's hint, and the scales should fall from your eyes.

Right now I'm watching a map about early 19th century Germany. It doesn't show clearly which state Frankfurt belonged. The map shows at least three possibly choices depending how you define "a state". I'm not posting any answer, because I'm not here for cheating.

Please do. I wouldn't consider it cheating. (Plus, something tells me you'll get it wrong...something about your post, that is. )

[Jens]

1. What German state is the city located in?

Ausfart, the largest one (its everywhere)

2. How many inhabitants does the city have (roughly)?

About 2 million and they are all naked. All Germans becomes nudist whenever there is water nearby


3. What state did it belong to until 1866?

Pfalz zu Klein-Sonderhausen-Gotha-Hildburghausen unt Reuss zu Nieder-Oberlausitz mit Hohenzollern unt Kartoflen

4. Which two rivers flow through it?

Main and 5th

5. How many central banks are located here?

Plenty. They need some place to put their cloth when they run around naked (come on, central banks just arn't funny;) )

6. Is the city of Frankfort, Kentucky, named for Frankfurt am Main? Is the city of Frankfurt an der Oder (on the German-Polish border) named for Frankfurt am Main?


7. What was the original intended purpose of the HR building, now used by the state broadcasting company?
Raststelle

8. Give an explanation for the weird shape of Frankfurt am Main II Bundestag constituency.

It has something to do with a bad currywürst......

9. What were the 3 previous uses of the areal (and in the latter 2 cases main building) of Frankfurt uni's Westend campus?

The prince von Pfalz zu Klein-Sonderhausen-Gotha-Hildburghausen unt Reuss zu Nieder-Oberlausitz mit Hohenzollern unt Kartoflen used to hold parties there with is cousins der Graf von Sachsen-Coburg-Weimar unt Shaumburg-Lippe unt Lippe-Delmort mit Braunschweig-Lüneburg-Kalenberg mit Sinalco and Der Herzug von Holstein-Gottorp-Glückstadt-Razteburg-Lauenburg-Schalke04 unt ein Einbecker, bitte

After that thing wasn't really the same...

10. Who is the first attested Native of Frankfurt, and on what day was he born?

The son of the prince von Pfalz zu Klein-Sonderhausen-Gotha-Hildburghausen unt Reuss zu Nieder-Oberlausitz mit Hohenzollern unt Kartoflen and his lovely wife, Helga, Dutchess of Anhalt-Dessau, Anhalt-Rosslau, Anhalt-Köthen, Hinter- unt Vorpommern, der Grosser Spandauer Hildesheim

He was born on the second of february and the priest finished writing his name 2 days later









I am in a silly mood today

[Jens]

3. What state did it belong to until 1866?
None, free city of Frankfurt (and they are wery proud of it)

[minionofmidas]

3. What state did it belong to until 1866?
None, free city of Frankfurt (and they are wery proud of it)

ZING. Indeed. We were our own country.

[Jens]

3. What state did it belong to until 1866?
None, free city of Frankfurt (and they are wery proud of it)

ZING. Indeed. We were our own country.

Hurray, but I still like the good Prince von Pfalz zu Klein-Sonderhausen-Gotha-Hildburghausen unt Reuss zu Nieder-Oberlausitz mit Hohenzollern unt Kartoflen