“An aesthetic crime” – Is Hanau the ugliest city in Germany?

On Reddit, users debate which is the ugliest city in Germany. Hanau is also mentioned. Right?

Hanau – It’s such a thing with clichés. Sometimes they are total nonsense (women can’t park) and sometimes there’s a grain of truth to them (men don’t multitask). Clichés are particularly popular when it comes to describing cities. Munich is considered haughty, Berlin crazy / wild and Frankfurt a difficult place. Here, too, the palette ranges from nonsense to accurate descriptions. A particularly popular debate is back on the internet platform when it comes to cities and clichés Reddit was conducted: What is the ugliest city in Germany?

In addition to classics such as Ludwigshafen and Wuppertal, the largest city in the Main-Kinzig district was also named here: Born. Although he considers “neighboring Offenbach an incomparable shit with an enormously high ass density”, one user comments that in his perception Hanau is “definitely and by far the ugliest city” and an “aesthetic crime”. The comment gets a lot of encouragement Reddit although not.

Reddit debate: is Hanau the ugliest city in Germany?

Another user writes directly below: “I don’t think so. The banks of the Main are great, the city center is ok. It doesn’t deserve to be on this list.” Another comment highlights the good restaurants in Hanau. Indeed, the city of the Brothers Grimm has many beautiful corners to offer with the Philippsruhe Castle, the historic Town Hall or the Wilhelmsbad City Park.

Anyone who describes Hanau as ugly has probably never strolled through the weekly market, the German Goldsmith Museum in the old town or the palace gardens. Someone specific Reddit– The user has in things Attractions of Hanau probably still some recovery to be done.

In addition, the following applies to every city: even unattractive corners can develop their own charm. Next to Hanau located in Reddit-Thread the cities of Hesse as well To pour, Quote from Offenbach and Kassel. In a comment, Frankfurt is also cited, but the user explicitly refers to the Bahnhofsviertel district, which “obscures everything in the city – in a negative sense”. (Neighbor)