Offenbach am Main

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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)

Offenbach Am Main Media

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  The main street Frankfurter Straße around 1900

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  Dr. Felix Schwenke, mayor of Offenbach am Main

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  The development of the population in Offenbach between 1540 and 1997.

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  The 120-meter high "City-Tower" is mainly used as the German headquarters of Capgemini

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  Klingspor-Museum

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  The Büsing-Park in winter

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  French Protestant church and City Tower

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  home to the football club Kickers Offenbach stadium "Bieberer Berg"

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  S-Bahn station: Marktplatz

Other websites

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