Offenbach Center

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Coordinates: 50 ° 6 ′ 20 ″  N , 8 ° 45 ′ 52 ″  E
Height : 95 m above sea level NHN
Residents : 17,175  (Jun 30, 2020)
Postal code : 63065
Area code : 069
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Located in the center of Offenbach am Main
Evangelical town church in Offenbach am Main. In the background the town hall. Both are located in the city center
Evangelical town church in Offenbach am Main. In the background the town hall. Both are located in the city center

Zentrum is a district of the southern Hessian city Offenbach am Main . Along with eleven other districts, it was formed in July 2019 from the area that had previously been free of districts.

Around 17,200 people lived in this district in June 2020. This makes the center of Offenbach the most populous district.

location

According to its name, the center is located in the old town center of Offenbach. In the west it borders on the districts of Hafen , Nordend and Westend starting from the north . To the south, the route of the Frankfurt-Bebraer Railway forms the border with the Senefelderquartier and Lindenfeld districts . To the east is the Mathildenviertel . To the north, the district nestles against the Offenbacher Mainbogen , on the opposite bank of which is the Frankfurt district of Fechenheim , which can be reached via the Carl-Ulrich-Brücke .

Culture and sights

Museums

There are four museums in Offenbach's center:

The German Leather Museum was founded in 1917 by Hugo Eberhardt , originally as a collection of historical models for the training of young product designers , craftsmen and leather goods manufacturers. To date, more than 30,000 objects from all cultures and epochs have been brought together, which are divided into three areas of the collection - applied art , ethnology and the German Shoe Museum.

The Klingspor Museum is a museum for lettering and typography that started out as a graphic design museum. It is located in the south wing of the Büsing-Palais .

The House of City History emerged from the merger of the city ​​museum and city ​​archive . It shows the city of Offenbach's 10,000 years of history from the Stone Age to the present. The exhibition design of the Haus der Stadtgeschichte , designed by the Offenbach am Main University of Design , is one of the most modern in the region. With a demanding program of exhibitions and events, the house has established itself as a cultural pillar in the eastern Rhine-Main area. The museum is located in the Bernard building .

The youngest Offenbach museum is the Digital Retro Park Museum for digital culture . The museum presents its visitors with around 40 exhibits on around 200 m², devices from the various ages of computer history, which visitors can try out and use.

Regular events

The Festival of Lights is an annual event in August in Büsing Park . The central component is an open-air concert by the Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt . Since 2004 the festival has attracted more than 8000 people and is one of the largest classical open-air concerts in the Rhine-Main area.

Infrastructure

education

There are various elementary and secondary schools in the center. There is also a university, a special needs school and the adult education center in the district:

The Eichendorff School is a primary school for around 400 students with around 25 teachers. Another elementary school is the Wilhelmschule, where almost 280 students are taught by 22 teachers. It bears the seal of approval of a school that promotes giftedness . The Rudolf Koch School is a grammar school at which 80 teachers teach around 1000 students. Opened in 1957 at the current location with this name, the roots of the school go back to 1691. The commercial-technical schools are a school center with a grammar school, technical college, vocational school, vocational school for the transition to training and secondary school for adults.

The Hochschule für Gestaltung is an art college in the state of Hesse. The university has around 750 students, 108 employees, including 26 professors and 40 teaching staff and academic staff. The Erich Kästner School is a special needs school with a special focus on promoting speech therapy . In addition, there is a class with a focus on intellectual development. A total of around 175 students are looked after by 32 teachers at the facility.

After all, Offenbach's adult education center has its rooms in the N + M house in the center.

traffic

Road traffic

The center is crossed in a north-south direction by the state road 3001 , which connects with Fechenheim, among other places. In a west-east direction, Berliner Straße , which was part of Bundesstraße 43 until the mid-2000s, passes the quarter. The center is connected to the trunk road network via this. In the quarter there is also a public utility Offenbach rental station for electric vehicles .

Rail transport and public transport

Offenbach-Marktplatz S-Bahn station

The lines of the Bebraer Bahn and the Südmainische S-Bahn run through the center . The subterranean double-track S-Bahn station Offenbach Marktplatz is located in the quarter . All lines that serve the eastern area of ​​the Rhein-Main S-Bahn ( S1, S2, S8 and S9 ) operate here . The stop is in the Offenbach City Tunnel .

Offenbach's main train station is on the edge of the quarter . However, since the S-Bahn opened, it has only been of secondary importance. There are only regional connections to destinations within Hesse and Bavaria .

Until its closure in 1955, the terminus of the Frankfurt-Offenbacher local railway was in the city center. The tracks and the train station were dismantled as early as 1956. The Offenbach port railway also ran through the district along the banks of the Main . Last used in 2002, the facility has also been almost completely dismantled.

All city ​​bus routes run by Offenbacher Verkehrs-Betriebe run through the center , and the district is also connected to the surrounding area by bus routes operated by other operators, including express and night bus routes.

Long-distance cycle routes

Several cycle paths run along the banks of the Main in the center :

The regional loop city and district Offenbach of the Hessian apple wine and orchard route under the motto restaurants, wine presses and weekly market also leads through the center.

Web links

Commons : Offenbach-Zentrum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Residents of the city of Offenbach am Main by district on June 30, 2020. (PDF; 17 kB) City of Offenbach am Main, June 30, 2020, accessed on August 17, 2020 .
  2. ^ Statutes for the definition and naming of the districts in the area of ​​the city of Offenbach am Main. In: offenbach.de. July 15, 2019, accessed August 20, 2019.
  3. ^ Magistrate of the City of Offenbach am Main - Surveying Office: Annex to the district statute - map. In: offenbach.de. June 11, 2019, accessed August 25, 2019.
  4. ↑ Reinhold Gries: The newly formed team wants to make “Haus der Stadtgeschichte” fit for the future. In: op-online.de. December 28, 2009, accessed September 23, 2019 .
  5. ^ Orchestra history. In: neuephilharmoniefrankfurt.de. Retrieved September 23, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Eichendorff School. In: offenbach.de. 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
  7. ^ Wilhelm School. In: offenbach.de. 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
  8. ^ Wilhelmschule Offenbach am Main. From: begabungslotse.de , accessed on August 31, 2019.
  9. ^ Rudolf Koch School. In: offenbach.de. 2019, accessed August 31, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Ludwig Buchhold: On the history of the Offenbach Latin School; Supplement to the program of the Grand Ducal Gymnasium in Offenbach am Main . In: Heinrich Cramer (Ed.): Großherzogliches Gymnasium zu Offenbach am Main - Report on the school year 1911/12 . 930a. Offenbach am Main 1912, DNB  016146727 , p. 4 ( online ).
  11. ↑ GTS Offenbach. In: gts-offenbach.de. Accessed August 31, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Erich Kästner School. In: offenbach.de. 2019, accessed September 11, 2019 .
  13. ↑ New eMobile stations opened. In: offenbach.de. April 30, 2018, accessed September 2, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Land Surveying Office Offenbach: Cider Route Offenbach. Catering establishments, wine presses and weekly market. (PDF file; 166 kB) In: offenbach.de. August 2015, accessed August 31, 2019 .