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Eschenheimer Tower – Opernplatz Frankfurt loop from Westend

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Eschenheimer Tower – Opernplatz Frankfurt loop from Westend

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Eschenheimer Tower – Opernplatz Frankfurt loop from Westend

00:50

7.85km

40m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 20, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1.19 km

Freßgass (Große Bockenheimer Straße)

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The Große Bockenheimer Straße and the Kalbächer Gasse branching off from it, which connect the Opernplatz with the Rathenauplatz, are popularly known as Freßgass. A colorful variety of grocery stores and delicatessens are lined up here.
Bars, cafés and restaurants entice you to relax and feast under plane trees with lunch and happy hours.

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1.74 km

Eschenheimer Tower

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The first tower at this point was built in 1343 with the third and last city wall and replaced by the current one in 1400. For 400 years it was one of five entrances to the city. Access was via an artificially created moat, which, among other things, was fed by the Main, through a gate in this tower.

Stones and earth were stored on the first floor above the gate to block access in the event of a defense, the tower guard lived on the floor above. This floor was inhabited until 1956.

When the city wall was torn down / razed in 1806-12, the tower should also believe in it, but then remained as a memorial with three others from the former 60. Today it is the oldest structure in Frankfurt city center that has been preserved in its original state.

If you look closely, you can see nine holes in the weather vane that form the number nine. And it came in like this:
When a poacher was caught, sentenced to death and locked up at the top of the tower until he was executed, the squeaky weather vane on top robbed him of his last nights of sleep. So he had his last wish presented to the council in the Römer: He wanted to shoot a 9 into the weather vane with his rifle with nine bullets, so that every Frankfurter would still think of him after his death. The council didn't think he could do it and promised him his life and freedom if he did.
As you can see today, he made it and not only got his freedom back, but also the tower guard's daughter, who had fallen in love with him and the council made him the forester of Frankfurt.

More about the tower:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschenheimer_Turm

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4.55 km

Opernplatz Frankfurt

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Great place in front of the Alte Oper and high-rise panorama.

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4.71 km

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

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The Deutsche Bank skyscraper in the west end of Frankfurt am Main consists of two skyscrapers, each 155 meters high. They are also referred to as debit and credit, twin towers or Deutsche Bank I and II. At the time of the core renovation, the bank also advertised with the term Greentowers. Due to their media presence, the twin towers are among the best-known buildings in Germany.

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6.09 km

Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage

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Central square at the Festhalle/Messe and at the Messeturm.

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6.26 km

Hammering Man

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The moving sculpture has become a symbol of the Frankfurt Trade Fair since the entrance to the fair here at the tower.

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6.38 km

Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage Fountain

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Large roundabout at the Frankfurt exhibition center.

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6.91 km

Senckenberg Natural History Museum Frankfurt

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The Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt am Main is (besides the Museum of Natural History in Berlin) the largest natural history museum in Germany with exhibits from the fields of biology and geology. A visit is highly recommended.

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7.85 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

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5.78 km

588 m

531 m

342 m

323 m

268 m

Surfaces

4.97 km

1.12 km

993 m

719 m

< 100 m

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Freßgass (Große Bockenheimer Straße)

Eschenheimer Tower

Opernplatz Frankfurt

Deutsche Bank Twin Towers

Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage

Hammering Man

Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage Fountain

Senckenberg Natural History Museum Frankfurt

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