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Offenbach Altkatholische Pfarrkirche 2011020
Offenbach Altkatholische Pfarrkirche 2011020 · Rudolf Stricker, Attribution
Wilhelmstraße 26, 1, Offenbach am Main
Wilhelmstraße 26, 1, Offenbach am Main · GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Waldstraße, 1, Offenbach · GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Feldstraße, 6, Offenbach · GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Wilhelmstraße, 2, Offenbach · GeorgDerReisende, CC BY-SA 4.0

Offenbach, Germany

Bundestagswahlkreis Offenbach

Offenbach is a city of 119,192 people in Hesse, Germany.

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Population119,192 GeoNames
Local nameBundestagswahlkreis Offenbach
RegionHesse
Elevation113 m 371 ft
Time zoneEurope/Berlin
Nearest airportFrankfurt Airport (FRA) 18 km

Why visit Offenbach

Townapedia lists 197 museums and landmarks, 12 parks and trails, 250 places to eat, 21 places to stay and 4 attractions in and around town.

Highlights include Goethe Tower, Theater t-raum, Klingspor Museum and Deutsches Ledermuseum.

About Offenbach

Offenbach is an electoral constituency (German: Wahlkreis) represented in the Bundestag. It elects one member via first-past-the-post voting. Under the current constituency numbering system, it is designated as constituency 184. It is located in southern Hesse, comprising the city of Offenbach am Main and the western part of the Landkreis Offenbach district.

From the Wikipedia article Offenbach (electoral district) (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Things to do4

Goethe Tower

Monument and historic site · 4.1 km

Observation tower in Frankfurt, Germany

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Theateratelier 14H

Cinema and theater

14H Bleichstraße, Offenbach am Main

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filmklubb

Cinema and theater · 1.0 km

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Museums and landmarks197

Klingspor Museum

Museum · 0.9 km

Schriftkunst

80 Herrnstraße, Offenbach am Main

Tu-Th 13:00-18:00, Fr 14:00-21:00, Sa,Su,PH 11:00-18:00

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Deutsches Ledermuseum

Museum · 0.9 km

86 Frankfurter Straße, Offenbach am Main

Tu-Fr 10:00-17:00, Sa,Su,PH 11:00-18:00

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Digital Retro Park / Commons Cafe

Museum

Ein Museum der Heimcomputergeschichte zum anfassen, mit Maker, Workshop & Veranstaltungscafe, Sitzgelegenheiten / Makerspace mit großem...

13-15 Frankfurter Straße, Offenbach am Main

Sa 11:00- 17:00

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Haus der Stadtgeschichte

Museum · 0.9 km

61 Herrnstraße, Offenbach am Main

Tu,We,Fr 13:00-18:00, Th 14:00-21:00, Sa,Su,PH 11:00-18:00

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Galerie Thomas Hühsam

Museum · 0.8 km

61 Frankfurter Straße, Offenbach am Main

We-Fr 15:00-20:00

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Memorial at the Frankfurt Grossmarkthalle

Monument and historic site · 4.5 km

Holocaust memorial in Frankfurt, Germany

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Büsing Palais

Monument and historic site · 0.9 km

82 Herrnstraße, Offenbach am Main

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historisches Stellwerk

Monument and historic site

Ehemaliges Stellwerksgebäude

Bismarckstraße, Offenbach am Main

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Isenburger Schloss

Monument and historic site · 0.8 km

66 Schloßstraße, Offenbach am Main

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Lili-Tempel

Monument and historic site · 1.0 km

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57Nord

Museum · 1.1 km

57 Domstraße, Offenbach am Main

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Parks, trails and playgrounds12

Frankfurt Zoological Garden

Park · 4.8 km

Zoo in Frankfurt, Germany

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Büsingpark

Park · 0.9 km

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MainSandPlatz

Playground · 0.7 km

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Grillzone

Park · 0.9 km

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d´Orville-Park

Park · 0.9 km

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Lili-Park

Park · 1.0 km

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Mainuferpark

Park · 0.9 km

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Martin-Luther-Park

Park

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Mathildenplatz

Park

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Rolandpark

Park

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Rollschuhbahn

Playground · 0.8 km

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Schäfergarten

Park

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Restaurants and cafes250

Backschaft

Restaurant · Regional · 1.0 km

Backschaft ist ein Restaurantboot am Mainufer Offenbachs

1 Maindammweg, Offenbach am Main

Th-Sa 18:00-22:00, Jun-Sep off

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Anatolia Restaurant

Restaurant · Turkish · 0.8 km

54 Kaiserstraße, Offenbach am Main

Mo-Sa 10:00-23:30; Su 10:00-23:00

Open in Google Maps · +49 69 26095573

Cafe am Rathaus

Cafe · Regional · 0.6 km

18 Stadthof, Offenbach am Main

Mo-Fr 08:00-18:00,Sa 09:00-18:00, Oct-Mar Su 12:00-18:00

Open in Google Maps · +49 69 882017

Fischmarkt Mare Azzurro

Restaurant · Seafood · 0.8 km

66 Frankfurter Straße, Offenbach am Main

Mo-Su 12:00-22:00

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Gasthaus zum Stern

Restaurant · Regional

7 Wilhelmsplatz, Offenbach am Main

Tu,Fr-Su 10:00-24:00; We,Th 12:00-24:00

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KiBi

Restaurant · Sushi, Vietnamese · 1.1 km

21 Speyerstraße, Offenbach am Main

Tu-Th 11:00-15:00,17:00-22:30, Fr-Sa 11:00-22:30, Su 12:00-22:00

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Markthaus am Wilhelmsplatz

Restaurant · Regional

9b Bieberer Straße, Offenbach am Main

Tu,Fr,Sa 09:00-23:00; We,Th

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Mykonos

Restaurant · Greek · 1.1 km

65 Domstraße, Offenbach am Main

Tu-Sa 17:00-23:00; Su,PH 12:00-23:00

Open in Google Maps · +49 69 8003522

Papi

Restaurant · Italian · 0.7 km

39 Friedrichsring, Offenbach am Main

Tu-Th,Su 12:00-22:00, Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00

Open in Google Maps · +49 69 95202100

ViPiano

Restaurant · Italian · 0.9 km

40 Birkenlohrstraße, Offenbach am Main

Mo-Fr,Su 10:30-14:30, Mo-Sa 18:00-23:00,Su 18:00-22:00

Open in Google Maps · +49 69 30088257

White Elefant

Restaurant · Indian · 0.8 km

45 Ludwigstraße, Offenbach am Main

Su-Fr 11:00-14:00,17:00-23:00; Sa 17:00-23:30

Open in Google Maps · +49 69 82360589

Zafran

Restaurant · Afghan · 0.8 km

55 Frankfurter Straße, Offenbach am Main

09:00-23:00

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238 more on the map.

History

Offenbach was created in 1949, then known as Offenbach/M. It acquired its current name in the 1965 election. In the 1949 election, it was Hesse constituency 19 in the numbering system. From 1953 through 1976, it was number 144. From 1980 through 1998, it was number 142. In the 2002 and 2005 elections, it was number 186. In the 2009 through 2021 elections, it was number 185. From the 2025 election, it has been number 184.

Originally, the constituency comprised the independent city of Offenbach am Main and the Landkreis Offenbach district. In the 1965 through 1972 elections, it comprised the city of Offenbach am Main and the entirety of the Landkreis Offenbach district excluding the municipalities of Dietzenbach, Dreieichenhain, Dudenhofen, Froschhausen, Götzenhain, Hainhausen, Hainstadt, Jügesheim, Klein-Auheim, Klein-Krotzenburg, Klein-Welzheim, Mainflingen, Offenthal, Rembrücken, Seligenstadt, Steinheim am Main, Weiskirchen, and Zellhausen. In the 1976 through 1998 elections, it acquired a configuration very similar to its current borders, but excluding the municipality of Dietzenbach from the Landkreis Offenbach district. It acquired its current borders in the 2002 election.

From the History section of Offenbach (electoral district) on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Where to stay21

Churches and places of worship28

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Shopping43

Schools, colleges and libraries18

Healthcare17

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Map of Offenbach

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Getting there and nearby towns

Frankfurt Airport (FRA) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 18 km away.

  • Mühlheim am Main 5 km east, about 5 min by car
  • Heusenstamm 6 km southeast, about 6 min by car
  • Frankfurt am Main 6 km west, about 6 min by car
  • Obertshausen 7 km southeast, about 7 min by car
  • Maintal 7 km northeast, about 7 min by car
  • Neu-Isenburg 8 km southwest, about 8 min by car
  • Bad Vilbel 9 km north, about 9 min by car
  • Wiesbaden 37 km west, about 37 min by car
  • Mannheim 71 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car
  • Heidelberg 77 km south, about 1 h 15 min by car

Drive times are estimates from straight-line distance, not routes.

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