It is also listed as one of nine Alpha world cities.Īmong English speakers the city is commonly known simply as "Frankfurt", though Germans sometimes call it by its full name to distinguish it from the other Frankfurt in the German state of Brandenburg, known as Frankfurt (Oder). According to the Liverpool University, Frankfurt is the wealthiest city in the European Union as measured by GDP per capita. Frankfurt is the seat of the European Central Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and is one of the two largest financial centres in continental Europe (the other one being Paris). Situated on the Main river, Frankfurt is the financial and transportation centre of Germany. The city is at the centre of the larger Frankfurt Rhine Main Area which has a population of 5 million and is Germany's second largest metropolitan area. The Frankfurt urban area, which extends beyond the city boundaries, had an estimated population of 1,468,140 in 2000. This territory was composed of almost all the region of Alsace and a part of the départements of Moselle and Meurthe, which are now the 3 départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle.Frankfurt am Main is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany after Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and Cologne, with an estimated mid-2005 population of 648,325. Consequences in Alsace-LorraineĪt the end of the war, the Treaty of Frankfurt led to the annexation of the territory of Alsace-Lorraine. Even the animals from the Jardin des Plantes (a botanical garden in Paris) were killed and eaten in fancy restaurants for Christmas Eve dinner in 1870…įinally, on the 28 th of January 1871, Paris surrendered. The inhabitants of Paris had to eat all the available animals: cats, dogs, horses, rats. As all communications were cut with the outside, many food products like meat started lacking. In besieged cities, civilians suffered many restrictions and shortages. At the same time, the fighting continued in many regions, and the French citadels surrendered one after another.
The Siege of Paris started on the 19 th of September 1870.
The fighting went on, and approached Paris. This event resulted in the creation of the Third Republic of France. The most famous is the defeat of Sedan, resulting in the surrender, capture and abdication of the French Emperor Napoleon III. However, most of the fighting ended up in French defeats. Positions of French and Prussian armies in August 1870Īfter a few weeks of war, the French government mobilized additional soldiers: all the men under 35 who had already completed their military service and the single men under 40 who were in the National Guard.
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