Film and TV locations in Hesse

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

Rebuilt 1880s opera house in Frankfurt, now a concert and congress venue with a restored historicist facade and a modern auditorium behind it.

Capacity: 2434 · Grosser Saal (Grand Hall): 2,064 m2, 17.5 m high, up to 2,434 in row seating, 1,150 to 1,228 banquet, 644 parliamentary. Mozart Saal: 817 m2, 6.2 m...

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documentaHalle

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

A 1992 exhibition hall beside Kassel's Fridericianum, built for the documenta art show and also used for conferences, trade fairs, concerts and film screenings.

1,400 sqm of column-free exhibition space plus around 700 sqm of office, storage and cafeteria space

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Hauptbahnhof Frankfurt

Hesse

Transport & infrastructure

Frankfurt's main station, Germany's second busiest long-distance rail hub, with a broad historicist concourse building where travellers from many routes cross paths.

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Jahrhunderthalle Frankfurt

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

A domed former engineering hall in Frankfurt-Hoechst with an iron-and-glass roof, used for concerts, ballet, comedy shows, congresses and corporate events.

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Kloster Eberbach

Hesse

Church & monastery

Former Cistercian monastery in the Rheingau with a Romanesque basilica, a vaulted dormitory, wine cellars and surrounding vineyards, now run as an events and wine estate.

Seen in: The Name of the Rose (1986)

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Kulturzentrum Schlachthof Wiesbaden

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

A collectively run cultural centre in a former Wiesbaden slaughterhouse, now Hesse's largest socio-cultural venue with close to 400 events and 300,000 visitors a year.

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Kurhaus Wiesbaden

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

A neoclassical spa and casino building from 1907, with a colonnaded facade, a domed festival hall and formal grounds, still run as an event and casino venue.

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Monte Kali

Hesse

Industrial & derelict

A large potash mining spoil heap over 500 metres high near Heringen in eastern Hesse, made up of more than 200 million tonnes of salt waste from the works below.

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Museum Reinhard Ernst

Hesse

Office, school & public building

A museum of abstract art after 1945 in Wiesbaden, opened in 2024 in a building designed by Pritzker Prize winning architect Fumihiko Maki.

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Osthafenbruecke

Hesse

Transport & infrastructure

A road bridge linking Frankfurt's Ostend and Sachsenhausen districts across the river Main, with an open view over the city's skyline, managed by the city of Frankfurt.

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Rathaus Heppenheim

Hesse

Office, school & public building

A Renaissance town hall on Heppenheim's market square, rebuilt in Baroque style after a 1693 town fire, still the seat of the town administration and a protected monument.

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Schlosshotel Kronberg

Hesse

Hotel & interiors

A former Prussian imperial residence in the Taunus hills, run as a hotel, with wood-panelled halls, a library and formal gardens.

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Skywalk Willingen

Hesse

Transport & infrastructure

A 665-metre pedestrian suspension bridge about 100 metres above ground, running beside the Muehlenkopfschanze ski jump where the annual World Cup ski jumping event is held.

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069 Westside Studio

Hesse

Studio & backlot

A large rental film and photo studio in Frankfurt, about nine minutes from the airport, equipped with a robotic camera rig and rail system plus extensive lighting gear.

300 m2 studio floor with a 5 m ceiling and a 22 m drivable cyclorama, entrance height 2.40 m, 63 A three-phase power, business fibre with synchronous...

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101 Studios

Hesse

Studio & backlot

A rental photo and film studio in Frankfurt's Eschersheim district, with blackout windows and roller shutters, a make-up room with shower, a kitchen and on-site parking.

Three hire studios in Frankfurt-Eschersheim: Studio 101, 105 sqm, one large room with an open side room, makeup room with shower, 4 to 6 m ceiling and...

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Alte Klinik Greifenstein

Hesse

Hospital, prison & institution

A former specialist lung clinic at Waldhof in Greifenstein, in operation until 2020, with about 4,500 square metres of floor space across an older building and later extensions.

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AquaMar Marburg

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

Marburg's municipal sports and leisure pool, with indoor and outdoor basins, a water slide, a diving pool, a wellness and sauna area and a seasonal outdoor water park.

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Frankfurt Bankenviertel

Hesse

City & skyline

Frankfurt's financial district of glass office towers grouped around the old town and the river Main, the only high-rise skyline of its kind in Germany.

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Georg-Gassmann-Stadion

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

Marburg's athletics stadium in the Ockershausen district, with a modern 400 metre synthetic running track and long jump, shot put and pole vault facilities.

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Gloria Kino Kassel

Hesse

Theatre, arena & venue

A 1954 cinema at Kassel's Staendeplatz with 342 seats, green velvet upholstery, an original chandelier and its 1950s facade with black steel-letter signage still intact.

Capacity: 342

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Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt am Main

Hesse

Office, school & public building

One of Germany's largest universities, with more than 158 degree programmes spread across four campuses in Frankfurt, linked by the city's public transport network.

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Hinterbergwerk

Hesse

Studio & backlot

The largest rental studio in Wiesbaden, combining older building character with modern technical fit-out for photo and film production in the Rhine-Main area.

Studio for photography, film and events with a 180 degree cyclorama rounded at top and bottom, 14 metres in diameter and 5 metres high, and a camera...

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Historisches Feuerwehrhaus Ketzerbach

Hesse

Office, school & public building

A two storey fire station built in 1911 on Ketzerbach in Marburg's old town, still in use by a volunteer fire brigade unit and keeping vintage engines and equipment on site.

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Historisches Rathaus Marburg

Hesse

Office, school & public building

The late-Gothic town hall of 1512 to 1527 on Marburg's Oberstadt market square, with a hexagonal stair tower, a historic council chamber for up to 120 people and two cells in its cellar.

Capacity: 120

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Hotelrestaurantschiff Mainod

Hesse

Transport & infrastructure

A 1959-built, 55-metre former passenger ship permanently moored on the river Main at Frankfurt-Hoechst, now a restaurant ship with an Art Deco main deck and a floating terrace.

Capacity: 120

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MAINSTUDIO.TV

Hesse

Studio & backlot

A rental film and television studio in Dreieich near Frankfurt, used for image films, commercials, product videos, livestream productions and photo shoots.

225 m2 column-free studio floor of 15 x 15 m with a 3.80 m ceiling, a truss system, three-phase power connections and full blackout; 32 m2 of green...

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nhow Frankfurt

Hesse

Hotel & interiors

A design hotel in Frankfurt's Gallus district with a gold-toned lobby, money-themed guest rooms, meeting rooms up to 200 square metres and a rooftop bar on its 47th floor.

Meeting rooms up to 200 sqm, rooftop bar on the 47th floor

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NOUVABRIK

Hesse

Industrial & derelict

The brick building of a former furniture factory in Dautphetal-Holzhausen, with exposed brickwork, industrial windows, timber floors and a curated interior kept for filming.

Direct vehicle access, on-site parking, holiday apartment on the grounds

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Raumfabrik Frankfurt

Hesse

Industrial & derelict

A former metalware factory hall from the 1960s in Frankfurt's Heddernheim district, converted into a roughly 2,100 square metre event and production space that keeps its industrial character.

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Universitaet Witzenhausen

Hesse

Office, school & public building

The Witzenhausen campus of the University of Kassel, an internationally known centre for agricultural and international food science set in a small historic north Hesse town.

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