Offenbach, Hesse

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Template:Infobox Town DE Offenbach is a city in Hessen, Germany, located on the river Main. Its geographical location is Template:Coor dm; its population is 119.233 (2002). The city is part of the Rhein-Main metropolitan 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). It is also home to the soccer club "Kickers Offenbach" and their stadium "Bieberer Berg".

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Incorporations

There are municipalities that were incorporated into Offenbach:

Year	Town	Area
1908	Bürgel	-
April 1 1938	Bieber	-
April 4 1942	Rumpenheim	-

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Museums

German Leather Museum
Klingspor Museum, museum of typography and calligraphy
Haus der Stadtgeschichte, municipal historical museum

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Architecture

Isenburg Castle, typical renaissance building from 1576
Büsingpalais
Rumpenheim Castle
French Protestant Church and French Protestant Community
Westend Quarter from 19.century
a few art deco apartment houses
buildings by early 20. century architect Hugo Eberhardt: The Heyne-factory, the academy of art and design, and the AOK insurance building.
prefabricated houses by Egon Eiermann in Lauterborn.

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Population history

Year	Population
1540	480
1680	around 600
1790	around 6,000
1834	9,433
1871	22,699
1890	35,064
1900	50,508
1910	75,583
June 16, 1925	79,362
June 16, 1933	81,329
May 17, 1939 ¹	87,052
September 13 1950 ¹	89,019
August 18 1954	100,000
June 6 1961 ¹	116,200
May 27 1970 ¹	117,306
June 30 1975	116,400
June 30 1980	111,200
June 20 1985	107,200
May 27 1987 ¹	111,386
June 30 1997	116,600