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Frankfurt Rhine-Main

Also known as Rhine-Main

Frankfurt Rhine-Main is a metropolitan region of western Germany around the confluence of the Rhine and Main, including Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Darmstadt and Offenbach. With about six million inhabitants it is one of Germany's main economic areas, home to banking, transport and chemical industries. Much of it lay within the former Grand Duchy of Hesse.

Frankfurt Rhine-Main
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Frankfurt Rhine-Main. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/frankfurt-rhine-main
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