Zeil

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Zeil

Frankfurt am Main
Zeil

Use:

Shopping street

Creation:

12th Century

District:

Innenstadt

Connection:

Seilerstraße/Lange Straße, Friedberger Anlage, Breite Gasse, Konstablerwache, Stiftstraße, Liebfrauenstraße, An der Hauptwache

Important crossroads and places:

Biebergasse (West), Pfingstweidstraße (East)

Important buildings and facilities:

Kaufhof Zeil, Zeilgalerie, Karstadt Zeil, Bienenkorbhaus, Hessisches Oberlandesgericht, Zentrales Bürgeramt


The Zeil is the most famous road in Frankfurt, Germany and Germany's most trafficed shopping street. The main part of the road is a pedestrian area and is bordered by two large plazas, Hauptwache in the West and Konstablerwache in the East. Normal automobile traffic is allowed on a stretch that continues east from the Konstablerwache.