Frankfurt am Main, or simply Frankfurt, is the fifth-largest city in Germany, founded in the 1st century. It is also the heart of the Rhine-Main metropolitan region, the second-largest in Germany, with 5,5 million inhabitants. Frankfurt is located in the central part of Germany and Europe, making it a central air, rail, and road transport center. According to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, Frankfurt is awarded the title of an "alpha world city" thanks to its position as a global hub in culture, education, commerce, transportation, and tourism.

Since 1240, Frankfurt am Main held international trade fairs, which led it now to become one of the world’s leading commercial, financial, and high-technology centers. The city's cultural centers are reclaimed universities such as Goethe University, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. There are many tourist attractions for sightseeing, including the old town and some of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe, Museumsufer - a landscape of museums on both shores of the Main, continental Europe's most prominent English theatre, a concert hall Alte Oper, various parks and sports facilities.

Science is equally essential in Frankfurt, with three Max Planck Society institutes based in the city: the Institute for European History of Law, the Institute for Biophysics, and the Institute for Brain Research. Another critical scientific building block of the city is the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, which is involved in physics, chemistry, neuroscience, and computer science research. The two most significant medical institutions in Frankfurt are University Hospital Frankfurt am Main of Goethe-University and ATOS Orthopedic Clinic Frankfurt am Main.

Being a capital for more than 500 years, Frankfurt still functions as a focal point for the connection between Germany and Europe. With its nearly thousand-year history, the city is equally modern and at the avant-garde innovations in business, culture, and science.

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