Bankenviertel

The Bankenviertel has no exact borders, but is commonly defined as the western part of the Innenstadt, the southern part of the Westend and the eastern part of the Bahnhofsviertel

Bankenviertel (banking district) is the name of the central business district in Frankfurt, Germany. It designates an area in the city centre, where many banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions are located. It is the most important financial centre in Germany and one of the largest in Europe along with La Défense in the Paris aire urbaine and London's City and Canary Wharf.

Having no official or strict borders, it is commonly defined as the western part of the Innenstadt, the southern part of the Westend and the eastern part of the Bahnhofsviertel. Its most central square is the Opernplatz.

Panorama view seen from the Main Tower observation deck: Innenstadt (left), Bahnhofsviertel (middle) and Westend (right)

Location

Skyline at night
View over Zeil
Eurotower of the ECB
View from the Goethe Tower in the south

The Bankenviertel is not an official city district and has no officially or strictly defined borders. It stretches across three city districts: the western part of the Innenstadt, the southern part of the Westend and the eastern part of the Bahnhofsviertel. Many of the largest banks in Germany, e.g. Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank, DZ Bank and Helaba, have their corporate headquarters here, as well as many representation offices of foreign banks. It is also the place where most of Frankfurts high-rises and skyscrapers are located, which gave it also the name Mainhattan.

The heart of the Bankenviertel is located on both sides of the Taunus- and Gallusanlage, an inner-city parkway, and the surrounding streets (Neue Mainzer Straße, Junghofstraße, Kaiserstraße), and the central square of the Bankenviertel is the Opernplatz. Furthermore, the area on both sides of the Mainzer Landstraße from Taunusanlage to Platz der Republik and the Bockenheimer Landstraße, beginning at the Opernplatz, are part of the area. The Bankenviertel also includes the areas near the Opernplatz on its eastern side, notably the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 300 meters east of the Opernplatz, as well as a number of banks in its immediate vicinity.

Financial institutions

Financial Institution Building Street City district
Bank of America Main Tower Neue Mainzer Straße 52–58 Innenstadt
Bank of China Westend Duo Bockenheimer Landstraße 24 Westend-Süd
Bank of Communications Bürohaus an der Alten Oper Neue Mainzer Straße 69–75 Innenstadt
Bank of Scotland Japan Center Taunustor 2 Innenstadt
Berenberg Bank BoLa 25 Bockenheimer Landstraße 25 Westend-Süd
BHF Bank BHF-Bank-Hochhaus Bockenheimer Landstraße 10 Westend-Süd
Commerzbank Commerzbank Tower
Gallileo
Große Gallusstraße 17–19
Gallusanlage 7
Innenstadt
Bahnhofsviertel
Crédit Agricole Main Building Taunusanlage 14–19 Westend-Süd
Credit Suisse Junghof Plaza Junghofstraße 16 Innenstadt
DekaBank Trianon
Skyper
Mainzer Landstraße 16–24
Taunusanlage 1
Westend-Süd
Bahnhofsviertel
Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank Twin Towers
Deutsche Bank IBCF
Taunusanlage 12
Große Gallusstraße 10–14
Westend-Süd
Innenstadt
DZ Bank Westend Tower
City-Haus
Westendstraße 1
Platz der Republik 6
Westend-Süd
Westend-Süd
European Central Bank Eurotower
Eurotheum
Bürohaus Neue Mainzer Straße 32–36
Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
Neue Mainzer Straße 66–68
Neue Mainzer Straße 32–36
Innenstadt
Innenstadt
Innenstadt
Helaba Main Tower Neue Mainzer Straße 52–58 Innenstadt
HSBC Trinkaus Skyper Taunusanlage 1 Bahnhofsviertel
Houlihan Lokey Skyper Taunusanlage 1 Bahnhofsviertel
ICICI Bank Mainzer Landstraße 69 Bahnhofsviertel
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Junghof Plaza Junghofstraße 14 Innenstadt
Merrill Lynch Main Tower Neue Mainzer Straße 52–58 Innenstadt
Metzler Bank Metzler-Haus Große Gallusstraße 18 Innenstadt
Mizuho Financial Group Japan Center Taunustor 2 Innenstadt
Morgan Stanley Junghofstraße 13–15 Innenstadt
Nordea Westend Windows Bockenheimer Landstraße 33–35 Westend-Süd
Royal Bank of Scotland Junghofstraße 22 Innenstadt
SEB Ulmenstraße 30 Westend-Süd
Société Générale Garden Tower Neue Mainzer Straße 46–50 Innenstadt
Standard & Poor's Main Tower Neue Mainzer Straße 52–58 Innenstadt
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Junghofstraße 24 Innenstadt
UBS Opernturm Bockenheimer Landstraße 2–4 Westend-Süd
UniCredit Mainzer Landstraße 23 Bahnhofsviertel

Public transport

The Bankenviertel is very well accessible with the public transport system. Eight of nine suburban S-Bahn lines (S1-S6, S8, S9) serve the stations Hauptwache, Taunusanlage and Frankfurt Central Station. All inner-city U-Bahn lines have stops within the area: U1-U3 at Willy-Brandt-Platz and Hauptwache, U4 and U5 at Willy-Brandt-Platz and Frankfurt Central Station, U6 and U7 at Hauptwache and Alte Oper. The tram lines 11 and 12 stop at Frankfurt Central Station and Willy-Brandt-Platz, and the lines 16 and 17 link the central station and the Frankfurt Trade Fair area.

References

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