Offenbach am Main

Offenbach is a city in the German state of Hesse. It is on the river Main near Frankfurt am Main. The city has about 120,000 people. The Deutscher Wetterdienst (German weather service) is in Offenbach.

 Economy 
Until the early 1970s the economy of Offenbach was mainly the machine-building and leather industries. The city is the home of the German Association for Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies until today.

 Twinned cities 
Offenbach has the following twin cities:

  Puteaux, France, (since 1955)
  Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, (since 1956)
  Mödling, Austria, (since 1956)
  Saint-Gilles-les-Bruxelles, Belgium, (since 1956)
  Tower Hamlets, United Kingdom (since 1956)
  Zemun, Serbia, (since 1956)  Velletri, Italy, (since 1957)
  Kawagoe, Japan, (since 1973)
  Rivas, Nicaragua, (since 1986)
  Oryol, Russia, (since 1988)
  Kőszeg, Hungary, (since 1995)
  Yangzhou, China, (since 1997)

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Category:Cities in Hesse