List of public works of art and monuments in Offenbach
This list of public works of art and monuments in Offenbach is intended to give an overview of public works of art and monuments in the city of Offenbach am Main . This list does not claim to be complete, but will be updated continuously. The monuments are arranged chronologically according to their date of installation, as far as this is known.
Monuments
designation | Location | Occasion, description | Established / Dedicated | Design / artist |
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Bieber local wall |
Bieber district , two preserved sections in Langener Strasse and Oberhofstrasse | Remains of the former town wall of Bieber. Since 2007 it has been signposted "Offenbacher Baudenkmal" | probably 2nd half of the 16th century | unknown |
Monopteros |
Büsing Park | Round temple built for the English landscape garden by the music-loving snuff manufacturers Peter Bernard and Johann Georg d'Orville. Presumably it served as a stage for musical performances | 1790 | unknown |
Stone cross |
District Bieber Oberhofstrasse | Old stone cross. It stood on the former S-curve in Bieber (today Aschaffenburger Straße opposite the confluence of Oberhofstraße) until the 19th century. The Märkerding (annual court assembly ) of the medieval Biebermark (dissolved in 1819) was held in its vicinity | before 1819 | unknown |
Concrete pavilions |
Dreieich Park | Concrete pavilions as samples of the new material, on the occasion of the Hessian trade show. The oldest preserved concrete buildings without steel reinforcement in Germany | 1879 | unknown |
Jahn oak |
Starkenburgring | Gymnastics father Jahn. Planting an anniversary oak | 1911 | |
Kaiser-Friedrich-Quelle |
Corner of Ludwigstrasse / Geleitsstrasse | Reinhold Begas | ||
Philipp Mainländer |
Dreieich Park | Memorial stone for the Offenbach philosopher Philipp Mainländer . Donated by "followers of the Mainlander world of thought" | 1912 | |
Ludo Mayer fountain |
Schlossplatz at the University of Design | Mercury (god of trade and commerce), gift from the manufacturer Ludo Mayer as Ernst-Ludwig-Brunnen, today Ludo-Mayer-Brunnen as a memorial for Ludo Mayer, who also donated the funds for today's university | 1915 | Heinrich Jobst |
War memorial |
Leonhard-Eißnert-Park | In memory of the fallen of the First World War (today both World Wars) | 1924-1926 | Construction: Hugo Eberhardt Fries: Ernst Unger |
Bird fountain |
Central station , platforms 1-2 | Building decorations as part of the redesign of the station | 1920s | Bruno Schäfer |
Memorial plaque Goethe |
Linsenberg / Büsing-Park | “Donated by Offenbach's citizens” memorial plaque for Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Lili Schönemann in a typical Offenbach design | 1932 | unknown |
Main fisherman |
Carl Ulrich Bridge | Bronze cast, under restoration until 2010 | July 16, 1935 | Ernst Unger |
Sacrificial memorial |
German Unity Square | Karlgeorg Hoefer | ||
Sitting man |
Büsing Park | Art in public space | July 14, 1961 | Hans Mettel |
Golden man |
Büsing Park | Art in public space | 1955 | Wilhelm Rietschel |
Sophie from La Roche |
Büsing Park | Stele at the site of the former home of Sophie von La Roche, which was demolished in 1960 | 1960s | Karlgeorg Hoefer |
The standing one |
Lauterborn district , John F. Kennedy Promenade | architectural art | 1969 | Fritz Schwarzbeck |
Snakes fountain |
August Bebel Ring | Art in public space | 1960s | unknown |
Fountain on the market square |
Marketplace | Art in public space, made from Kirchheim shell limestone | 1969 | Ottomar Gassenmeyer |
flame |
Berlin street | The victims of war and tyranny | 1971 | Bernd Rosenheim |
mobile |
City courtyard | Art in public space | 1970s | Hein sinking |
penetration |
Kaiserlei district | Art in architecture, formerly on the KWU building, now at Siemens Power Generation, Kaiserleistraße | 1973 | Bernd Rosenheim |
Wire mesh |
at the former main building of the city hospital | Next to the main entrance | 1970s | unknown |
mother and child |
Herrnstrasse in front of the Haus der Stadtgeschichte | Work of art from 1953. Acquired after the Baltasar Lobo exhibition A L'Air Libre in Offenbach. | 1980 | Baltasar Lobo |
Rudolf Koch |
Buchrainweg , No. 29 | Memorial plaque on Rudolf Koch's house , donated by the Offenbach Lions Club | probably 1984 | Karlgeorg Hoefer |
Sculpture group |
Darmstädter Strasse | Art on the construction of the new main post office, along Darmstädter Straße. Bronze and volcanic stone | 1985 | Paul Brandenburg |
Stone rose |
Darmstädter Strasse | Art on the construction of the new main post office, along Darmstädter Straße. Shell limestone and bronze | 1985 | Paul Brandenburg |
Romanesque columns |
Herrnstrasse | Archaeological finds on display | 1980s? | Romanesque art |
Beaver amulet |
District Bieber Hauptstrasse | Bieber amulet , 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Bieber | 1988 | Bronze Age design |
Memorial stone of the former Bieber town hall |
Bieber district between Langener Strasse and Rathausgasse | Reference to the former town hall | 1996 | |
Folded D |
Crossing Kaiserstraße / Berliner Straße | D cut from a square and folded . Dedicated to the city of the art of writing Offenbach by the American sculptor Benton. Manufactured by Stahlbau Lavis from stainless steel . Donated by the citizens of Offenbach in 1981 | Installed there in 1996 | Fletcher Benton |
St0nehenge |
Kaiserlei district in the atrium of the Omega House | Architectural art. From Michelnauer Tuff , whose quarry is no longer in operation | 1994 | Wilfried Klaus |
Get sick, Offebach |
City courtyard | Monument to the story “Get the sick, Offebach”. Donated by the Apotheke zum Löwen | 1998 | Boniface Stirnberg |
Industrial heritage monument |
Lauterborn district | Route of industrial culture on the route of the former industrial railway | around 2000 | unknown |
Matchstickcarps |
Wilhelmsplatz | Monument to Karl Winterkorn , an Offenbach original. Erected by the association "Monument Streichholzkarlche" | April 2000 | Judith Quartier |
universe |
Offenbach harbor | Light installation (project port Offenbach) | 2008 | Wiebke Grösch and Frank Metzger |
Offenbach heads |
Opposite the House of City History | Sculpture group at Lilipark in Offenbach am Main. Formerly at the “Consumhaus” department store on the corner of Marktplatz and Frankfurter Strasse. The group of sculptures adorned the entrance. The department store was damaged during World War II and demolished in 1968. Until 2009 in the House of City History. Since then in the Herrnstrasse at Lilipark. Restored and provided with a frame at the current location. Shell limestone | 1901/2009 (1977?) | Friedrich Zorbach (1869–1929) |
Books of wisdom |
Martin Luther Park | Three stacked stone books symbolizing the Bible, Torah and Koran. Replacement of copper Bibles that were stolen here in 2007 and 2013 | October 2017 | Anna Kubach-Wilmsen |
Playing bears |
Markusplatz / Obere Grenzstrasse | A heart made of two playing bears, bronze, height approx. 106 cm | 1964 | Hermann Koziol |
Double helix |
Cultural track on the banks of the Main | The sculpture should focus on the creative u. Reference people's creative potential. Height approx. 15 m | 2010 | Frank Flaskämper |
Offenbach Hills |
so-called Feldherrnhügel, city center | Offenbach lettering made up of nine four millimeter thin, white painted aluminum letters in concrete foundations weighing 500 kilograms each. Dismantled and stored in July 2020 | 15th January 2016 | Heinrich Zimmermann, Fabian Riemenschneider, Heiner Blum |
Web links
Commons : Sculptures in Offenbach am Main - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leonore Blume and Angelika Amborn-Morgenstern: Offenbach eye catcher art. Offenbacher Editions, Berthold 1998, p. 30ff., ISBN 978-3-9806334-1-3 .
- ↑ Frank summer: Bible Sculpture Offenbach: No more incentive for metal thieves. In: fr-online.de . August 26, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Julia Radgen: Offenbach Hills art installation was ceremoniously unveiled. In: op-online.de . January 16, 2016, accessed August 6, 2017 .