Frankfurt Rhein-Main
Frankfurt Rhein-Main is one of Germany’s official metropolitan regions and one of the most dynamic and prosperous regions in Europe. It is a polycentric region with the City of Frankfurt at its core and 74 other towns and cities contributing to the region’s performance.
The Planungsverband Ballungsraum Frankfurt/Rhein-Main (Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Conurbation Planning Association) is a public corporation and was set up on 1 April 2001 by the Hesse Conglomeration Act ( "Ballungsraumgesetz" ) as the legal successor to the Umlandverband Frankfurt (UVF). The Planungsverband coordinates the interests of its 75 member communities for major issues, balancing these with regional planning concerns. Its main tasks are the creation of a Regional Land Use Plan and a Landscape Plan.
Although our region will mainly be associated with the banks (including the European Central Bank) and the finance industries as well as the airport, there are other fields of excellence, e.g. high tech chemicals and material sciences companies, as well as automotive companies.
An important asset of our region is its open space: Different from other European metropolitan areas, open space is present also in the region’s core, forming a network of green infrastructure throughout the region.
Open space is protected legally here, but we feel this is not enough: We pro-actively promote and develop open space, for the benefit of our citizens, for example through the ambitious Regionalpark Rhein-Main project and the associated GrünGürtel (the Green Belt) in Frankfurt. In recent years we profited from transnational co-operation in this field, and we want to continue this exchange about peri-urban topics for the mutual benefit of our regions and their citizens.
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Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region - surprisingly green. Note the skyscrapers in the background. |
General data:
| Country: |
Germany |
| Total area: |
200.000 ha |
| Population: |
2.000.000 |
| Density: |
1.000 ha/km2 |
| Agriculture land use: |
38.2 % |
| Arable land: |
79 % |
| Main economic activities: |
Financial services |
| Main agricultural products: |
Winter wheat; Sugar beets
Winter colza |
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Last updated: 12 Nov 2007