The Hauptwache is a central point of Frankfurt am Main and is one of the most famous plazas in the city. The original name Schillerplatz was superseded in the early 1900s.The Hauptwache buildingThe baroque building which gave the square its name was built in 1730. It was the headquarters of the city's Stadtwehr militia when Frankfurt was an independent city state (→ Free City of Frankfurt) and also contained a prison. In the 18th century Frankfurt still had city walls and its own army. Until 1864 the place surrounding the building was called Paradeplatz according to the military function. In 1833 during the Frankfurter Wachensturm, the Hauptwache and the Konstablerwache were stormed in failed effort by a small revolutionary force of native citizens, among others Gustav Koerner, and some people from different locations in Germany. When Prussia annexed the city in 1866 and took over military activities, the Hauptwache lost this role.The prison remained and the Hauptwache also became a police station. In 1904, the building was used as a café and remains one to this day. Heavily burned in World War II bombing, it was reopened in a provisional form with an altered roof in 1954. In 1967, with the building of the U-Bahn tunnel through the city, it was dismantled so it could be moved and rebuilt over the new underground U-Bahn station. The plaza has undergone another major renovation when the S-Bahn station for suburban trains was opened in 1978.
220 FB users likes Hauptwache, set it to 10 position in Likes Rating for Frankfurt, Germany in Landmark & Historical Place category
Hauptwache is Frankfurt based place and this enity listed in Landmark category.
Das DialogMuseum in Frankfurt am Main ist ein privates Unternehmen nach einer Idee von Andreas Heinecke. Das Unternehmen hat es sich zum Ziel gesetzt, insbesondere schwerbehinderten Menschen eine Chance auf dem ersten Arbeitsmarkt zu geben. Daher sind 70 % der Stellen mit behinderten Menschen besetzt.Die Ausstellung Dialog im Dunkeln besteht aus sechs absolut lichtlosen Räumen, durch die kleinere Gruppen von einem blinden Führer geleitet werden.Angeschlossen ist ein Restaurant "Taste of Darkness", in dem das Essen im Dunklen serviert wird.Im "Casino for Communication", ein Angebot im Hellen, werden an sieben Spieltischen Spiele angeboten, die die soziale und kommunikative Kompetenz herausfordern.Die Ausstellung Dialog im Dunkeln in Hamburg beruht auch auf diesem Konzept.Weblinks Webpräsenz des Dialogmuseums