Offenbach (district)

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Offenbach
Map of Hesse highlighting the district Offenbach
State	Hesse
County seat	Dietzenbach
Adm. region	Darmstadt
Area	356.29 km²
Population	336,641 (2002)
pop. density	945 inh./km²
Car identification	OF
Web page	http://www.kreis-offenbach.de

Offenbach is a Kreis (district) in the south of Hesse, Germany. Neighbourhood districts are Main-Kinzig, Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt-Dieburg and the cities of Darmstadt, Groß-Gerau, Frankfurt and Offenbach.

1 History
2 Geography
3 Coat of arms
4 Towns and municipalities
5 External links

[edit] History

The district Offenbach was first formed in 1832 when the previous Landratsbezirke Langen (partially), Seligenstadt and Offenbach were merged. In 1852 the district area was enlarged in western direction, while some of the southern part was moved into the district Dieburg. 1938 the area of the Frankfurt airport was added to the district, and the city Offenbach left the district to become a district-free city. However the seat of administration stayed in Offenbach.

After two minor changes in 1942 and 1974, 1977 gave the district its current borders, and also the municipalities in the district were merged to 10 cities and 3 municipalities. In 2002 the capital of the district was moved from Offenbach to Dietzenbach.

[edit] Geography

The district contains the big area of the Frankfurt International Airport, south of Frankfurt. A lot of district is wooded. The river Main is a part of the northern border of the district.

[edit] Coat of arms

The oak tree in the coat of arms symbolize the formerly big oak forests of Dreieich (three oaks). The escutcheon in the middle shows a combination of the coat of arms of the Counts of Isenburg in the left and the wheel of Mainz in the right, as the districts area belonged to these two counties in the past.

[edit] Towns and municipalities

Towns		Municipalities
Dietzenbach Dreieich Heusenstamm Langen Mühlheim am Main Neu-Isenburg	Obertshausen Rodgau Rödermark Seligenstadt	Egelsbach Hainburg Mainhausen

[edit] External links

Official website (German)

Image:Flag of Hesse (state).svg	Urban and rural districts in the Federal State of Hesse in Germany	Image:Flag of Germany.svg
Urban districts	Darmstadt \| Frankfurt (Main) \| Kassel \| Offenbach \| Wiesbaden
Rural districts	Bergstraße \| Darmstadt-Dieburg \| Fulda \| Gießen \| Groß-Gerau \| Hersfeld-Rotenburg \| Hochtaunuskreis \| Kassel \| Lahn-Dill-Kreis Limburg-Weilburg \| Main-Kinzig-Kreis \| Main-Taunus-Kreis \| Marburg-Biedenkopf \| Odenwaldkreis \| Offenbach Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis \| Schwalm-Eder-Kreis \| Vogelsbergkreis \| Waldeck-Frankenberg \| Werra-Meißner-Kreis \| Wetteraukreis