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| Length | 130 m (430 ft)[1] |
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| Location | Innenstadt,Frankfurt |
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| Coordinates | 50°06′53″N8°40′29″E / 50.114609°N 8.674618°E /50.114609; 8.674618 |
| Major junctions | Freßgass,Hochstraße |
TheKaiserhofstraße (lit., "Emperor's Court's Street") (4–19) is a short, mostlypedestrian upmarket street in the city centre ofFrankfurt,Germany, located in theOpera Quarter in the western part of the district ofInnenstadt, within thecentral business district known unofficially as theBankenviertel (Banking District).
The 130 meter long street runs from theFreßgass pedestrian main street toHochstraße, and is situated between Kleine Hochstraße andBörsenstraße ("Stock Exchange Street"). It is located in the immediate vicinity of theWallanlagen park, which is located just across the street to the north of Kaiserhofstraße, and of theOpera Square with theOld Opera, theFrankfurt Stock Exchange, theSofitel Frankfurt Opera luxury hotel, and Germany's most well-known luxury shopping streetGoethestraße. In recent years Kaiserhofstraße has also increasingly become a luxury shopping street as some stores from Goethestraße have moved to Kaiserhofstraße a minute's walk away. The street is also located in close proximity to numerous large financial institutions.
The street is mainly occupied by office spaces, especially for boutique financial institutions such as investment and wealth management firms, select residential apartments, high-end fashion businesses, and four restaurants. The rent in the area surrounding Freßgass is the highest in Frankfurt.
The Kaiserhofstraße is aside street directly adjacent to theFreßgass ("Eating Street")upmarket shopping street, the western continuation of theZeil, Germany's busiest shopping street. Freßgass became so named around 1900 because of its many high-end food shops, bakeries and butcheries, making it the most famous food shopping street serving thebourgeoisie of theWestend. Today the Freßgass is famous as the street where the bankers from theBankenviertel meet for lunch, and for its annualwine festival.
The Kaiserhofstraße is, like Freßgass, largely apedestrian zone, withperfume shops, high endfashion boutiques, gourmet restaurants, law chambers, financial institutions such aswealth management and investment firms, and select residential apartments. The street is situated between and in close proximity to theOpernplatz (with theAlte Oper concert hall) and theFrankfurt Stock Exchange (both of which are found around the block in opposite directions), and also in close proximity toGoethestraße (on the other side of Freßgass), Germany's most famous luxury shopping street. On the roof of Kaiserhofstraße 12, there is a mediterranean restaurant and bar, the Long Island Summer Lounge. The Frankfurt flagshipApple Store is located just around the corner inFreßgass, ten meters from Kaiserhofstraße. TheSofitel Frankfurt Opera luxury hotel and theWallanlagen park are located just across the street to the north of Kaiserhofstraße.
In the early 20th century, the street was characterised by its diversity; many artists, actors and actresses employed by the nearby opera, some prostitutes and several Jewish families lived on the street. A rapid process ofgentrification took place later during the 20th century, and saw the street become one of the most fashionable streets in the city. An acclaimed memoir,Kaiserhofstraße 12 byValentin Senger,[2] which was adapted into a motion picture byHessischer Rundfunk in 1980, is named for the street, and recounts the author's childhood at Kaiserhofstrasse 12 as the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants during the 1920s and 1930s:
In the late 19th century, a local wine cellar owned by Italian-born Giovita Salini (father of the artistLino Salini [de]) was a famous meeting place for Frankfurt artists. TheBanque Générale du Luxembourg formerly had its German offices in Kaiserhofstraße 13, while theprivate bank ofHauck & Aufhäuser had its offices in Kaiserhofstraße 16.
The real estate prices of the area are the highest in Frankfurt; its primary adjacent street Freßgass has the third highest rent in all of Frankfurt, after nearby streets Goethestraße and Zeil. The street is located within thepostcode area 60313 Frankfurt am Main.
Kaiserhofstraße is served by the nearbyFrankfurt Hauptwache station (two or three minutes walk down Freßgass to the east) and theAlte Oper station of theFrankfurt U-Bahn (to the west), which is accessible from theOpernplatz, a minute's walk around the corner.
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