Offenburg-Ortenau trade fair

Messe Offenburg-Ortenau GmbH
legal form	GmbH
Seat	Offenburg , Germany
management	Sandra Kircher
Branch	Exhibition, trade fair and goods market facilities
Website	www.messe-offenburg.de

The Offenburg-Ortenau trade fair is the trade fair and exhibition center in the district town of Offenburg in Baden-Württemberg .

operator

Offenburg Stadthallen- und Messeimmobilien GmbH is the owner of the exhibition grounds. The operator is Messe Offenburg-Ortenau GmbH. Both companies are 100 percent subsidiaries of the city of Offenburg. Both trade and consumer fairs take place on the exhibition grounds. The operating company is a member of the EVVC , the FAMA trade association for trade fairs and exhibitions and the FKM .

terrain

Seven halls with a total area of around 22,500 m² are available on the exhibition grounds with a total size of 175,000 m². The outdoor area, which can also be used, is 52,400 m² in size. The fair generates an average annual turnover of five to six million euros.

history

The first fair took place in Offenburg in 1924. Due to the economic hardship due to the First World War and the post-war period, the then Offenburg city administration decided in 1957 to revive the economy with a trade fair. First of all, the Ortenau Autumn Fair , today's Upper Rhine Fair, was created . To this day, the autumn fair, which was renamed the Upper Rhine Fair in 1967, is the most popular event at Messe Offenburg.

In 1957, the Offenburg city administration began planning a trade fair hall, which was implemented with the completion of the Upper Rhine Hall in 1963. In 1972 another permanent hall, the Ortenauhalle, was inaugurated. This was followed by other halls in the next few years. Today there are seven halls on the exhibition grounds. The new Upper Rhine Hall, completed in 2008 for 22 million euros, into which parts of the original hall from 1963 were integrated, is the newest and most modern hall. Since 1983 there has been a prefabricated house exhibition with twelve model houses on the site . In 1982 and 1983 a four-star hotel was built to accommodate visitors and exhibitors at the fair in the immediate vicinity.

Trade fairs and events

An aerial view of the Offenburg-Ortenau exhibition center with the Upper Rhine Hall in the foreground (rear view).

Around 260 events take place on the exhibition grounds every year. In addition to trade fairs and exhibitions, this also includes conferences, church meetings, sporting events and TV productions.

measure up

Upper Rhine Fair
The Badische
Eurocheval
Professional information fair
GeoTHERM, biogas and ABWASSER.PRAXIS

Events

"Badenclassics" horse show since 2008.
In the winter half of the year, exhibition hall 1B is converted into an ice rink.

Transport links

The exhibition center is on the A5 motorway and can be reached by car via exit 55-Offenburg and the B3 and B33 federal highways .
Offenburg ICE train station, approx. 35 minutes' walk from the train station
From the central bus station with line S3, line S5, line S6 or line 7141 to Messeplatz.
Strasbourg airport , Baden-Baden airport , Basel-Mulhouse airport

Web links

Offenburg-Ortenau trade fair
Upper Rhine Fair
Reconstruction of the old Upper Rhine Hall [1]

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