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The Frankfurter Hof has been the city's foremost address since 1876, and its position on the Kaiserplatz — between the financial district and the Altstadt — mirrors Frankfurt's own split personality between money and culture. The guest list ranges from Kaiser Wilhelm II to every Chancellor of the Federal Republic. The hotel's restaurant served the official dinners during Germany's pivotal post-war moments, and its bar remains the place where Frankfurt's banking elite goes to discuss deals that should probably not be discussed in public. 261 rooms and the kind of institutional gravitas that newer hotels cannot buy.
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