Offenbach Attractions
This busy industrial town on the left bank of the Main above Frankfurt is the main center of the German leatherworking industry.
The Kaiser-Friedrich-Quelle, drilled in 1885, is a sodium spring with the highest alkaline content in Germany (table water).
The Kaiser-Friedrich-Quelle, drilled in 1885, is a sodium spring with the highest alkaline content in Germany (table water).
Büsing-Palais Klingspor Museum
Kirchgasse leads to the Büsing Park in Offenbach, with the Baroque Büsing-Palais (restored; cultural and congress center) and the Park Baths. In a side wing added about 1900 is the Klingspor Museum (international printing and calligraphy since 1890).
Büsing-Palais Klingspor Museum
Herrnstrasse 80
D-63061 Offenbach am Main
Germany
Herrnstrasse 80
D-63061 Offenbach am Main
Germany
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 14:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Facilities
Gift shop
German Leather Museum
At 86 Frankfurter Strasse, which leads west from the town center of Offenbach, are the German Leather Museum and the German Shoe Museum.
Deutsches Ledermuseum
Frankfurterstrasse 86
D-63067 Offenbach am Main
Germany
Frankfurterstrasse 86
D-63067 Offenbach am Main
Germany
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 22:00 | 17:00 |
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Facilities
Restaurant or food service
Heusenstamm, Germany
(Near Offenbach)
Municipal Museum
In the west of Offenbach is the Municipal Museum (history of the town; porcelain and faience; dolls' houses; section on Alois Senefelder, inventor of lithography).
Municipal Museum
Herrnstraße 61
D-63067 Offenbach am Main
Germany
Herrnstraße 61
D-63067 Offenbach am Main
Germany
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 14:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 11:00 | 11:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 19:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Schloss
On the banks of the Main in Offenbach stands the Early Renaissance Schloss Isenburg (1564-78).
Seligenstadt, Germany
(Near Offenbach)
8km/5mi southeast of Offenbach is Seligenstadt, named after a Benedictine abbey founded in 825 by Einhard, Charlemagne's biographer, with an Early Romanesque church ("Einhard's Basilica") which was altered in the 13th C. The remains of Einhard and his wife are preserved in a Baroque sarcophagus. There are remains of a Hohenstaufen stronghold and of the old town walls.
Seligenstadt Tourist Office
Einhardhaus am Marktplatz
D-63500 Seligenstadt
Germany
Einhardhaus am Marktplatz
D-63500 Seligenstadt
Germany
