Frankfurter Tor
Frankfurter Tor in 2011 | |
| Part of | |
| Namesake | Frankfurter Thor |
| Type | Public square |
| Location | Berlin, Germany |
| Quarter | Friedrichshain |
| Nearest metro station | |
| Coordinates | 52°30′57″N 13°27′15″E / 52.51581°N 13.45403°E |
| Major junctions |
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| Construction | |
| Inauguration | 8 November 1957 |
The Frankfurter Tor ("Frankfurt Gate") is a large square in the inner-city Friedrichshain locality of Berlin. It is situated in the centre of the district, at the intersection of Karl-Marx-Allee and Frankfurter Allee (the eastbound federal highways No. 1 and No. 5) with the Warschauer Straße and Petersburger Straße ring road (federal highway No. 96a). The Frankfurter Tor station, on the city's U-Bahn line U5, is located under the square.