Crises put a strain on the financial resources of many municipalities
The financial supervisory authority at the Darmstadt regional council approved Offenbach’s budget for the current year in the spring, but already pointed out the major risks for the city, which is still financially weak. Inflation and increased energy costs have long since burdened not only Offenbach, but also many other financially weak municipalities in Hesse. […]
Offenbach: Real estate market is weakening
Offenbach ⋅ Around 988,000 euros were due in Offenbach in 2022 for a detached one- or two-family house built in 2010 with 160 square meters of living space on a 500 square meter plot. A year before, the house would have been available for around 55,000 euros less. This emerges from the 2023 real estate […]
Incumbent Schwenke clearly wins in the first round of voting
Offenbach’s mayor Felix Schwenke can continue to hold office for the next six years. The Social Democrat was re-elected head of local government in the city of 140,000 in the first round on Sunday with 69.9 percent of the vote. The Christian Democrat Andreas Bruszynski, who was the most promising opponent, only received 18.02 percent […]
Meet and greet with the boxing legend
As soon as he’s in, he’s gone again. Mike Tyson entered the “Capitol” in Offenbach through the back door. Shielded by his entourage, he did not go into the theater hall where he was expected, but up the stairs to the gallery. Nothing there with the red carpet, which the organizing agency “Voguz Agency” had […]
Talk mit Tyson in Offenbach
As soon as he’s in, he’s gone again. Mike Tyson entered the “Capitol” in Offenbach through the back door. Shielded by his entourage, he did not go into the theater hall where he was expected, but up the stairs to the gallery. Nothing there with the red carpet, which the organizing agency “Voguz Agency” had […]
Twelve-year-old girl from Offenbach disappeared: police ask for help
Where is Lijljana? The twelve-year-old disappeared after meeting her mother. The police are looking for her. The criminal police are looking for twelve-year-old Lijljana Ana Hildner from Offenbach. The young girl was last seen on Saturday, September 9, 2023, after visiting her mother on Sudetenstrasse in Offenbach. However, Lijljana did not return to her residential […]
120 meter high wooden skyscraper for Offenbach
When Ernst Otto Walker, managing director of the Frankfurt development office Walker & Walker, talks about his Offenbach project Namu, the experienced real estate developer shows an almost youthful enthusiasm. The reason: The 124 meter high high-rise, which was designed by the Berlin architects Eike Becker, is to be built using a timber hybrid construction […]
Daniel Muth is the new police chief
Daniel Muth will never forget April 30, 2015. It’s his wife’s birthday and they want to celebrate in the afternoon. But then the phone rings. It is said briefly that there are indications of a possible attack on the cycling race on May 1st. Muth looks at his wife. She just says: “Drive!” And then […]
Offenbach wants to build new student apartments at Kaiserlei
Offenbach, which used to be portrayed as a basement child, has recently achieved enormous success with the establishment of internationally successful companies. But the construction site of the Siemens towers at Kaiserlei, which has been virtually at a standstill for years, shows that not all of the consequences of the industrial decline of past decades […]
Major fire in Offenbach recycling company: Fire stopped
The major fire in a recycling company for batteries in Offenbach, among other things, has been brought under control. The fire first broke out on the outside of containers on Sunday evening and spread to a warehouse, a spokesman for the city of Offenbach said early Monday morning. Several explosions had also been heard. The […]