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
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