Frankfurt am Main (/ˈfræŋkfərt/; German: [ˈfʁaŋkfʊʁt ʔam ˈmaɪn] ; lit. "Frank ford on the Main") is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse
confluence. The largest cities on the Main are Frankfurt am Main, Offenbach am Main and Würzburg. It is the longest river lying entirely in Germany (if the
Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region, often simply referred to as Frankfurt Rhine-Main, Frankfurt Rhine-Main area or Rhine-Main area (German: Rhein-Main-Gebiet