Germany: History of Frankfurt

On Tuesday I got five postcards: three from Germany, one from Italy and one from Estonia.

One of the cards from Germany is the Chronicle card of Frankfurt am Main. Although its history dates back to the Bronze Age, Frankfurt was just mentioned for the first time in 794 and in 1372 it became a Free Imperial City. In the meantime it developed into a centre of trade and even became the election place for the German Kings. Since the 16th century, when the title of German King and Holy Roman Emperor were more or less the same, the newly elected Emperor was also crowned in Frankfurt. In the 18th and 19th century it became the bank and exchange centre of Central Europa. Between 1810 and 1813 it was as Grand Duchy of Frankfurt a German satellite state of Napoleonic creation. After the Congress of Vienna until 1866 the Federal Assembly of the German Confederation met in Frankfurt, in 1866 the city became a part of Prussia. During the March Revolution of 1848/49 the Frankfurt Parliament, the first freely elected parliament for all of Germany, met at the Paulskirche (upper row centre). During World War II Frankfurt was destroyed. Today it is the largest city of the German State of Hesse and the seat of the European Central Bank. 

Stamp:
Childhood Heroes (from set of two) (issued 05-12-2019)

Thank You very much Claus!