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E-mail: frankfurthistory@stadt-frankfurt.de

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The Historisches Museum Frankfurt is an institution of the City of Frankfurt am Main.

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Dr. Doreen Mölders

The Frankfurt History App is a participatory cooperation project managed by the Historical Museum Frankfurt. Different institutions, groups and individuals are involved in each thematic layer. The imprint is therefore updated regularly. The core team of the Frankfurt History App currently consists of: Josefine Klaus, Dr. Franziska Mucha. berlinHistory e.V. is responsible for the technical development of the app.

Frankfurt and National Socialism

The contents of the theme layer “Frankfurt and National Socialism” are based on research and texts by Jutta Zwilling, which she compiled for the NS topography of the special exhibition "Frankfurt and National Socialism. A city joins in!" (2021/22) at the Historical Museum Frankfurt, as well as texts by Benedikt Burkard and Jenny Jung. (Publication: November 2022)

Project management: Dr. Angela Jannelli
Curator participation and education: Susanne Thimm, Lieve Brocke
Curator digital museum practice: Dr. Franziska Mucha
Project assistant: Seçil Yıldırım, Josefine Klaus
Editorial team, historical research and texts: Ann-Kathrin Rahlwes, Ellen Rinner, Michael Rahlwes, Sophia Dittrich
Editors: Susanne Thimm, Angela Jannelli
Translation: Judy Rosenthal, Andrew Boreham
Proofreading: Luise Regine Strotbek
Design: Studio Good

The Frankfurt History App is a project of the Bildungsagenda NS-Unrecht from October 2021 to December 2022, financed with the support of the EVZ Foundation and the Federal Ministry of Finance.

Revolution 1848/49

The content in the “Revolution 1848/49” theme layer is based on research and texts by Dr. Markus Häfner and Dr. Thomas Bauer, which they produced for the exhibition "Auf die Barrikaden: PaulskirchenParlament und Revolution 1848/49" (2022/23) by the Institute of City History. (Publication: July 2023)

Overall management: Franziska Kiermeier
Project coordination: Josefine Klaus, Dr. Franziska Mucha
Content: Dr. Markus Häfner, Dr. Thomas Bauer, Eva Keller
Editor and CMS: Josefine Klaus
Translation: Andrew Boreham
Proofreading: Henrik Halbleib
Design: Studio Good

Frankfurt Stories

The content in the “Frankfurt Stories” theme layer is researched, produced and constantly expanded by various people.

Reiffenstein's Frankfurt is based on research and texts by Wolfgang Cilleßen and Aude-Line Schamschula, which they wrote for the exhibition "Everything disappears! Carl Theodor Reiffenstein (1820-1893) - Pictorial Chronicler of Old Frankfurt" (2022/23) at the Historisches Museum Frankfurt. (Publication: March 2024)

Project coordination: Christian Bihn
Content: Carina Koch, Wolfgang Cilleßen
Editor and CMS CMS: Christian Bihn
Translation: Andrew Boreham
Audio production: Christian Bihn

The tour 125 years of FSV (1899-2024) - Club and pub history of FSV Frankfurt was researched, designed and produced by a group from the FSV Frankfurt fan and support department in cooperation with the Bürgerverein und Förderkreis Historisches Bornheim e.V. (Publication: April 2025)

Project coordination: Josefine Klaus
Content: FSV Frankfurt fan and support department, Bürgerverein und Förderkreis Historisches Bornheim e.V.
Editors and CMS: Josefine Klaus, Henry Hellemann, Anna Jordan
Audio production: Franziska Blendin

Easy language

The “Easy language” theme layer was developed in collaboration with the Praunheimer Werkstätten. It contains explanations of how the app works and tours of Frankfurt's history in plain language. It was implemented with the support of the Inclusion Unit of the City of Frankfurt. (Publication: April 2025)

Project coordination: Christian Bihn, Dr. Franziska Mucha
Editor and CMS: Christian Bihn
Translation and testing: Praunheimer Werkstätten gemeinnützige GmbH

New Frankfurt

The “New Frankfurt” theme layer was conceived by the ernst-may-gesellschaft e.V. and realized in cooperation with many partners* for the 100th anniversary. (Publication May 2025)

Curator: Dr. Christina Treutlein, ernst-may-gesellschaft e.V.
Project coordination: Christian Bihn, Dr. Franziska Mucha
Assistance: Florian Wehrle, ernst-may-gesellschaft e.V.
Authors: Ulrike May, Kenneth Hujer, Katharina Böttger, Florian Wehrle, Dr. Christina Treutlein
Editor and CMS: Henry Hellemann, Anna Jordan, Josefine Klaus
Design: Profi Aesthetics, Frankfurt/Berlin, Benjamin Franzki, Philipp Möller, Jan Münz
Proofreading and Translatiom: Dr. Mircea Ogrin
Video production: Irreality.tv
Cooperation partners:
Historisches Museum Frankfurt; ernst-may-gesellschaft e.V., Frankfurt; Institut für Stadtgeschichte Frankfurt; Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Frankfurt; Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt; Dr. Helen Barr, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt; Martin-Elsaesser- Stiftung, Frankfurt
Funding: Kulturamt der Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Martin-Elsaesser-Stiftung, Frankfurt

We are committed to open access and publish all texts under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.

We have carefully researched the rights to the image material in our app. However, if you believe that an image or copyright has been infringed or information is missing, please contact us: frankfurthistory@stadt-frankfurt.de

The app contains links to other websites. We assume no liability for the content of these sites.