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Offenbach is a city in Hessen, Germany, located at the river Main. Geographical location 50° 06' North, 8° 41' East; population 119.233 (2002).
The city is part of Frankfurt's urban area.
Offenbach was a center of the leather industry, which has however declined in the last decades. It is still the seat of the Deutsches Leder Museum (German Leather Museum), and also of the international leather fair. It is also the seat of the Deutscher Wetterdienst (German weather service).
Historic buildings are the Offenbach castle, and the Steinheim castle in neighboring Hanau, both near the Main river.
Incorporations
There are municipalities that were incorporated into Offenbach:
| Year | Town | Area
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| 1908 | Bürgel | -
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| April 1, 1938 | Bieber | -
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| April 4, 1942 | Rumpenheim | -
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Population history
| Year
| Population
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| 1540 | 480
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| 1680 | around 600
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| 1790 | around 6,000
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| 1834 | 9,433
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| 1871 | 22,699
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| 1890 | 35,064
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| 1900 | 50,508
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| 1910 | 75,583
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| June 16, 1925 | 79,362
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| June 16, 1933 | 81,329
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| May 17, 1939 ¹ | 87,052
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| September 13, 1950 ¹ | 89,019
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| August 18, 1954 | 100,000
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| June 6, 1961 ¹ | 116,200
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| May 27, 1970 ¹ | 117,306
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| June 30, 1975 | 116,400
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| June 30, 1980 | 111,200
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| June 20, 1985 | 107,200
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| May 27, 1987 ¹ | 111,386
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| June 30, 1997 | 116,600
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Mayors of Offenbach from 1824
- 1824- 1826: Peter Georg d'Orville
- 1826 - 1834: Heinrich Philipp Schwaner
- 1834 - 1837: Peter Georg d'Orville
- 1837 - 1849: Jonas Budden
- 1849 - 1859: Friedrich August Schäfer
- 1859 - 1867: Johann Heinrich Dick
- 1867 - 1874: Johann Martin Hirschmann
- 1874 - 1882: Hermann Stölting
- 1883 - 1907: Wilhelm Brink
- 1907 - 1919: Dr. Andreas Dullo
- 1919 - 1933: Dr. Max Granzin
- 1947 - 1949: Johannes Rebholz
- 1950 - 1957: Dr. Hans Klüber
- 1957 - 1974: Georg Dietrich
- 1974 - 1980: Walter Buckpesch
- 1980 - 1986: Dr. Walter Suermann
- 1986 - 1994: Wolfgang Reuter
Twinned cities:
- Puteaux, France, since 1955
- Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, since 1956
- Saint-Gilles-les-Bruxelles, Austria, since 1956
- Sint Gillis/Saint-Giles-les-Bruxelles, Brussels, since 1956
- Tower Hamlets, since 1956
- Zemun, Greater Belgrade, Serbia, since 1956
- Velletri, Italy, since 1957
- Kawagoe, Japan, since 1973
- Rivas, Nicaragua, since 1986
- Köszeg, Hungary, since 1995
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