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Foto: Katja Lenz / Stadt Offenbach Foto: Heimathafen, Offenbach

Capitol (18): ehemalige Synagoge, heute ein Kulturzentrum • Capitol (18): former synagogue, now a cultural centre Im Heimathafen (21) wird international gekocht und getrunken. • The Heimathafen (21): international cuisine

Foto: R. Spalek / Deutsches Ledermuseum Foto: David Vasicek / #visitrheinmain

Die Vielfalt von Leder im Deutschen Ledermuseum (22) • The diversity of leather: the German Leather Museum (22) Das Klima lässt sich im Wetterpark (23) beobachten. • The climate can be observed in the weather park (23).

Saturday: City tour between past and future by the Main River. A Mediterranean afternoon snack can be enjoyed with a view of the
water at the MainPromenade (15) or at Bootshaus Bürgel (16). The Rumpenheim Palace
r 10:00 — A preview of Offenbach’s ambitious urban development goals can be seen in (17) with its idyllic grounds is also worth seeing – a historical site where, in the 19th centu-
three relatively new, exceptionally well-designed residential districts : the Goethequartier ry, Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, Russia’s Tsar Alexander III and Danish kings Christian
(1) on the former site of the „Collet & Engelhard“ machine factory; the Hafeninsel on the IX and Frederick VII met.
Main River (2); and the Kappus-Höfe (3) on the site of a former soap factory. Also worth r 19:00 — For the evening, it’s worth checking if there’s an interesting event on at the
seeing are the restored Bernard Building (4) or the Heyne Factory (5). Capitol (18). The building itself is also part of Offenbach’s history: built in 1916 as a syn-
r 12:00 — The weekly market on Wilhelmsplatz (6) is rightly considered one of the most agogue, initiated by Siegfried Guggenheim, it was a European replica of the Temple of
beautiful in Hesse. Once the city’s cemetery until 1832, about 70 stands now offer their Jerusalem until the interior was destroyed by the Nazis.
goods here three days a week. Nearby bistros like Tafelspitz, Morleos, or Beau d’eau also
offer delicious brunch options. Sunday: Excursion with culture and nature
r 14:00 — Well-refreshed, one can now inspect the so-called Gothaer-Haus (8) from the
1970s. For many, it’s a brutalist architectural blunder, but for the architecture collective r 10:00 — Offenbach was and remains the centre of the leather goods industry. The near-
ANA, it’s so interesting and mysterious that they wrote a book about it: Offenbach Kaleido- by German Leather Museum (22) houses 30,000 objects, telling the story of millennia of
scope: Stories of a House. Almost equally a brutalist landmark and built around the same global use and the cultural-historical significance of leather.
time is the Offenbach City Hall (9) by Stuttgart-based architects Maier, Graf and Speidel. r 12:00 — It’s almost a given that the hometown of the German Meteorological Service
r 15:00 — The walk continues towards the Main River, through the Französische Gäs- has its own Weather Park (23), where weather phenomena can be experienced on an
schen (11), to the idyllic park areas around the Büsing Palais (12) and the Lili Temple (13). educational and interactive trail.
The bathing temple, built in 1798 by Frankfurt banker Friedrich Metzler, was known as an r 18:00 — The evening is dedicated to the district of Bieber. One of the oldest gastronomic
expression of refined taste. Entrepreneur Adolf Büsing purchased a manor house at the establishments in Offenbach, around 1880, is the Wiener Hof (26), known for its beau-
end of the 19th century and converted it into a neo-baroque city palace, now home to the tiful garden and jazz sessions. And as you drive home on the B 661, seeing the gutted
city library and the noteworthy Klingspor Museum of Book and Typography. KWU Towers (31) in the rearview mirror represents both the past and future. Siemens
r 16:00 — Offenbach’s charm is found in its districts, such as Bürgel, Rumpenheim, and abandoned the site in 2004, and ambitious plans from various developers followed, yet
Bieber. From the Büsing Palais, the best route to Bürgel is along the Bike Path (14) directly without a timeline for implementation.

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