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==Arts and culture== ===Attractions=== [[File:Klingspor-Museum.jpg|thumb|Klingspor Museum]] [[File:Park-of.JPG|thumb|The Büsing-Park in winter]] [[File:Offenbach 18.04.2014 19-49-55.jpg|thumb|French Protestant church and City Tower]] In Offenbach there is no specific Old Town, but there are several buildings which survived bombing during the war and have been restored. One of them is the [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-baroque]] palace ''Büsingpalais'' with the Büsingpark, reconstructed in the 1980s. Today it is used as a congress center close to the Sheraton hotel. Between the shopping area and the Main, is the ''Lilipark'' and the ''Lilitemple'', named after [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]'s fiancée Lili Schönemann. The most important building is the ''{{Interlanguage link|Isenburger Schloss|de}}'' (Isenburg Palace), a [[Renaissance architecture|renaissance]] palace from 1576. It is today used by the [[Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main|Offenbach Design University]] which is next to it. There is also a [[Neoclassical architecture|neoclassic]] palace in the borough Rumpenheim, the ''Rumpenheimer Schloss'' it now serves exclusively as domestic dwellings but the park is public. *''Isenburger Schloss'', a Renaissance building, now used by the [[Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main|Offenbach Design University]] *''Büsingpalais'' with Büsingpark *''Wilhelmsplatz'' a square with coffee houses and three times a week a market. *Buildings of the French Protestant Church and the French Protestant Community. *Rumpenheim Palace. *Former Synagogue "Capitol" (now a concert hall next to the new Synagogue). *The Westend Quarter (19th century). *Several [[art deco]] apartment houses. *Buildings by early 20th century architect [[Hugo Eberhardt]]: "Heyne" Factory, main building of the [[Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main|Design University]], AOK Insurance building. *Prefabricated houses by [[Egon Eiermann]] in [[Offenbach-Lauterborn|Lauterborn]] ===Events=== There are several festivals in Offenbach, some of these are: * ''Lichterfest im Büsing-Park'' (festival of lights in the park of the Büsing palais) * ''Nacht der Museen'' (with Frankfurt) * ''Mainuferfest'' * ''Cross Media Night'' ===Museums=== * [[German Leather Museum]] * ''[[Klingspor Museum]]'', museum of [[typography]] and [[calligraphy]] * ''Haus der Stadtgeschichte'', municipal historical museum * ''Rosenheim-Museum'' for the painter Bernd Rosenheim
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