Francofurtia
The Francofurtia , sometimes also written Frankofurtia, is the female personification of the city of Frankfurt am Main . It appeared in the 18th century and can be found as an allegorical representation on various facades, monuments and gravestones in Frankfurt, as well as on coins, banknotes, medals, stamps and postcards. Attributes can be the crown of the city wall, the coat of arms with the Frankfurt eagle , the golden bull , the code of law, the Frankfurt parish tower , palm fronds as well as imperial regalia such as the imperial scepter or the sword of Charlemagne . The best-known depiction can be found on the corner of the Alt-Limpurg house , which is part of the Römer building complex of Frankfurt's town hall .
Examples
Frankfurt Homann map from 1712
Frankfurt club thaler from 1865
House Alt-Limpurg
Gutenberg monument on the Roßmarkt
Portal Rathaus-Nordbau (between foresight and thrift)
The oldest verifiable appearance of the Francofurtia is the vignette at the bottom right of the Frankfurt Homann map from 1712, shown with the wall crown and book.
Examples of coins, banknotes, stamps, and medals are:
- The Frankfurter Vereinsthaler from 1865
- The form of the honor plaque of the city of Frankfurt am Main , awarded from 1952 to 1976, designed by Richard Scheibe .
- The 35 guilder note from 1855, issued by the Frankfurter Bank .
- The 2-Pfennig stamp of the Frankfurt private letter traffic establishment, which was issued in 1888.
In the Frankfurt city area, the Francofurtia can be found on these buildings and monuments:
- On the corner of the Alt-Limpurg house (Limpurger Gasse corner Römerberg ), created by the sculptor Franz Krüger , 1897/98
- On the portal of the Roman north building on Paulsplatz, also by Franz Krüger, framed by foresight and thrift
- At the Gutenberg monument by Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz , 1840/58
- At the Bethmann monument by Eduard Schmidt von der Launitz, 1864/68
- On the base of the Stoltze fountain by Friedrich Schierholz , 1895
literature
- Wolfgang Klötzer : No sweeter city than Frankfurt: little writings on Frankfurt's cultural history II . Waldemar Kramer publishing house, Frankfurt am Main 2000.
Web links
- Sigrid Kämper: plaque of honor of the city of Frankfurt. In: News, Newsletter 12. Institute for Urban History, October 29, 2008, archived from the original on September 14, 2015 ; accessed on October 22, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wolfgang Klötzer: Of ancient origins: The "Francofurtia" - city symbol between allegory and advertising . In: No dearer city than Frankfurt: small writings on Frankfurter Kulturgeschichte II , 2000, pp. 83–94.
- ^ Sigrid Kämper: Plaque of Honor of the City of Frankfurt am Main In: Newsletter, Issue 12, Treasures and Curiosities from the Collections of the Institute for City History , 2008
- ↑ German paper money from 1772 to 1870 . Deutsche Bundesbank, 1963