There I learnt how much the wonderful collection owes to the dedication of Frankfurt’s citizens and their participation in various Vereine that support it. But as important as Frankfurt is as a German city, it has always been a European city, too. Its internal vibrancy has been supported by an open external attitude.
Frankfurt was an important city in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation – a much earlier example of several states uniting to form a common political community – as the site of imperial elections and the place of imperial coronations.