Offenbach am Main

For other meanings, see Offenbach (disambiguation).

Offenbach
Satellite view of Offenbach.
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Urban district
Mayor	Felix Schwenke (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area	44.90 km2 (17.34 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m  (322 ft)
Population	119,203  (31 December 2013)
- Density	2,655 /km2 (6,876 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OF
Postal codes	63001 - 63075
Area code	069
Website	www.offenbach.de

Offenbach is a city in the German state of Hesse. It is on the river Main near Frankfurt am Main. The city has about 120,000 people. The Deutscher Wetterdienst (German weather service) is in Offenbach.

Economy

Until the early 1970s the economy of Offenbach was mainly the machine-building and leather industries. The city is the home of the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies until today.

Twinned cities

Offenbach has the following twin cities:

Puteaux, France, (since 1955) Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, (since 1956) Mödling, Austria, (since 1956) Saint-Gilles-les-Bruxelles, Belgium, (since 1956) Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom (since 1956) Zemun, Serbia, (since 1956)

Velletri, Italy, (since 1957) Kawagoe, Japan, (since 1973) Rivas, Nicaragua, (since 1986) Oryol, Russia, (since 1988) Kőszeg, Hungary, (since 1995) Yangzhou, China, (since 1997)

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