page_title: Offenbach (Main) Hauptbahnhof
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Offenbach (Main) Hauptbahnhof / History
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Vogelbrunnen in Hauptbahnhof Offenbach. Entwurf Bruno Schäfer This is a photograph of an architectural monument. It is on the list of cultural monuments of Offenbach am Main
context_page_description: Offenbach am Main Hauptbahnhof is a railway station serving the German city of Offenbach am Main. It is located on the Frankfurt–Bebra railway/South Main line between Frankfurt and Hanau on the south bank of the Main. It is also the starting point of the Rodgau Railway, via Obertshausen, Rodgau and Ober-Roden to Dieburg.
context_section_description: The station was built from 1872 to 1873 during the construction of the Frankfurt–Bebra railway and was given an entrance building in Renaissance Revival style. It was commissioned by the Königliche Eisenbahndirektion (Royal Railway Division) of Frankfurt. Because of the development of the city around the line which was originally laid on the same level as the roads, the railway was put on an embankment between 1912 and 1926 so that the increasing road traffic could run under it. This forced the rail track field to be elevated. A new station building was out of the question because of the depressed economic conditions. The entrance building was radically restructured in the 1920s with a "conservative-traditionalist”  appearance. The entrance building is listed as a monument under the Hessian Monument Protection Act. There is fountain by Bruno Schaefer called Vogelbrunnen ("bird fountain") on the platform between tracks 1 and 2.
caption: Vogelbrunnen ("bird fountain") by Bruno Schäfer
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