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Die Entdeckung der Frankenfurt durch Karl den Großen.

Aquarell von Leopold Bode, 1888. Frankfurt am Main, Historisches Museum.

Thietmar von Merseburg († 1018) überliefert in seiner Chronik die Legende von der Gründung der Stadt Frankfurt am Main:

„Die Herkunft dieses Ortsnamens (Frankfurt) soll dir nicht länger unklar bleiben, lieber Leser. Deshalb will ich dir jetzt erzählen, was ich von glaubwürdigen Männern darüber gehört habe. Unter der Regierung Kaiser Karls des Großen, des Sohnes König Pippins, kam es zwischen den Seinen und unseren Vorfahren (den Sachsen) zum Kriege. In diesem Kampfe wurden die Franken von den Unsrigen besiegt. Als sie nun, unkundig einer Furt, über den Main zurück mußten, ging vor ihnen eine Hirschkuh hinüber und zeigte ihnen so durch Gottes Erbarmen gleichsam den Weg. Ihr folgten sie und erreichten frohen Mutes das rettende Ufer. Danach heißt der Ort Frankfurt. Als sich der Kaiser auf diesem Feldzuge schon von den Feinden überwunden sah, wich er als erster zurück und erklärte: ‚Es ist mir lieber, daß die Leute mich schmähen und sagen, ich sei von hier geflohen, als ich sei hier gefallen. Denn so lange ich lebe, darf ich hoffen, die mir angetane schwere Schmach zu rächen.‘“

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