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===20th-century architecture=== *'''[[Frauenfriedenskirche]]''' and '''[[Holy Cross Church, Frankfurt-Bornheim|Holy Cross Church]]'''), both consecrated in 1929, are examples of early modernist church buildings during the time of the [[New Frankfurt]]. *'''[[Großmarkthalle]]''', built 1926–1928 as a part of the [[New Frankfurt]]-project, the former wholesale market hall was repaired after the second world war and integrated into the new [[seat of the European Central Bank]] between 2010 and 2014. *'''[[Goethe House]]''', rebuilt 1947. The birthplace of [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]] from 1749 was destroyed in World War II and then rebuilt true to the original. *'''Junior-Haus''', built 1951, an example of early post-World War II architecture located at Kaiserplatz. *'''Bayer-Haus''', built 1952, another example of early post-World War II architecture. *'''[[Museum für angewandte Kunst Frankfurt|Museum für angewandte Kunst]]''', built 1985, designed by [[Richard Meier]]. *'''[[IG Farben Building]]''' – Also known as '''Poelzig Building''' (''Poelzig-Bau'') after its architect [[Hans Poelzig]], it was built from 1928 to 1930 as the corporate headquarters of [[IG Farben|I.G. Farbenindustrie AG]]. It is located in the [[Westend (Frankfurt am Main)|Westend]] district and borders [[Grüneburgpark]] in the west. Upon its completion, the complex was the [[List of largest buildings in the world|largest office building]] in Europe and remained so until the 1950s. The building served as headquarters for research projects relating to the development of [[synthetic oil]] and [[synthetic rubber|rubber]] and the manufacturing of [[magnesium]], lubricating oil, explosives, [[methanol]], and [[Zyklon B]], the lethal gas used in [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camps]].<ref name="Robertson, Staun">{{cite web |url=http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035//ZyklonB.html |title=Zyklon B Poison Gas |author=Robertson, Staun |work=A History of Jews in Hamburg |publisher=University of Hamburg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222023331/http://www1.uni-hamburg.de/rz3a035//police101.html |archive-date=22 February 2008}}</ref><ref name="Historical Frankfurt">{{cite web |url=http://www.frankfurt-tourismus.de/cms/tourismussuite/en/sightseeing_frankfurt_rhine_main/sights_travel_guide/historic_sights/half-timbered_houses.html?haus_id=110217&resname=/en/sightseeing_frankfurt_rhine_main/sights_travel_guide/historic_sights/index.html |title=Poelzig Building / Westend Campus |work=Historical Frankfurt |publisher=Tourismus+Congress GmbH |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929175832/http://www.frankfurt-tourismus.de/cms/tourismussuite/en/sightseeing_frankfurt_rhine_main/sights_travel_guide/historic_sights/half-timbered_houses.html?haus_id=110217&resname=%2Fen%2Fsightseeing_frankfurt_rhine_main%2Fsights_travel_guide%2Fhistoric_sights%2Findex.html |archive-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> After World War II, it served as the headquarters for the [[Supreme Allied Commander|Supreme Allied Command]] and from 1949 to 1952 the High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG). It became the principal location for implementing the [[Marshall Plan]], which largely financed the post-war reconstruction of Europe. The state apparatus of the [[West Germany|Federal German Government]] was devised there. It served as the headquarters for the [[U.S. V Corps|US Army's V Corps]] and the Northern Area Command (NACOM) until 1995 when the US Army returned control of the IG Farben Building to the German government. It was purchased on behalf of the [[Goethe University Frankfurt]] by the state of [[Hesse]]. In October 2001 it became part of the Westend Campus of Goethe University. {{wide image|IG Farben Gebaeude Uni Frankfurt.jpg|800px|[[IG Farben Building]], now the central lecture building of the Westend Campus of the Goethe University}}
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