Obertshausen
Encyclopedia
Obertshausen is a town in the Offenbach district
in the Regierungsbezirk
of Darmstadt
in Hesse
, Germany
.
and Offenbach am Main at an elevation of 112 m above sea level
. Southwest of the town is found Darmstadt
, the seat of the like-named Regierungsbezirk
. To the northeast lies the town of Hanau
(Main-Kinzig-Kreis
). Obertshausen lies in the southern part of Hesse, not far from the Odenwald
and the Spessart
.
(centre of Lämmerspiel), in the northeast on the town of Hanau
(Main-Kinzig-Kreis
) with its outlying centres of Steinheim and Klein-Auheim, in the east on the community of Hainburg
, in the southeast on the town of Rodgau
(centre of Weiskirchen) and in the southwest on the town of Heusenstamm
.
monastery
at Seligenstadt
as one of the monastery’s landholdings. In 1069, Heinrich IV
donated to Saint Jacob’s Monastery in Mainz
some newly cleared land in the Wildbann Dreieich (a royal hunting forest). The land lay near the village of Hyson in the Maingau. At this time, the Lords of Hagenhausen-Eppstein exercised lordly rights (Hoheitsrechte) in Obertshausen and Hausen. In Obertshausen stood a moat
ed castle
shaped like a defensive tower, called the Burgk im Hayn (or Burg im Hayn in modern German
spelling). The Lords of Hausen, a sideline of those of Hagenhausen, once had holdings here.
In the Middle Ages
, feudal lords changed very often. The Lords of Eppstein
, Ullrich von Hanau, Archbishop Conrad III of Mainz and Count Philipp of Schönborn
were some of the land’s owners. In 1425, Hausen and Obertshausen, as part of the Amt of Steinheim, was sold by the Lords of Eppstein to Electoral Mainz
. The Thirty Years' War
and the Plague in 1636 took a heavy toll on the population.
In 1664, Archbishop Johann Philipp of Mainz sold his brother Philipp Erwin of Schönborn the two villages for 9,000 Gulden
. The Princes of Isenburg-Birstein received the Schönborn Amt of Heusenstamm with Hausen and Obertshausen in 1806. Ten years later, both places passed with the Isenburg Amt of Offenbach to the Grand Duchy of Hesse
, and as of 1945, to the state
of Hesse. From the Middle Ages until 1819, Obertshausen and Hausen belonged to the Biebermark, an area held in common with several other villages. In 1819, the Biebermark was divided among the member villages.
In 1896, the Offenbach-Dieburg
railway opened with a railway station in Obertshausen.
In the course of municipal reform in Hesse, the two formerly self-administering communities of Obertshausen and Hausen were merged. At first, the new community was named Hausen. On 1 January 1978, however, it was named Obertshausen. The two centres are separated from each other by Bundesstraße
448. On 29 September 1979, the Hesse state government granted Obertshausen town rights.
Inhabitants (each time as at 31 December)
Voter turnout was 49.13%.
The mayoral election held on 2 March 2008 confirmed Bernd Roth in office, with a voter turnout of 44.88%, the votes were cast thus:
might be described thus: Party per fess abased dancetty of three, gules a lion passant crowned Or, his paws on the peaks of the parting, argent in base an oak sprig with two leaves and one acorn vert.
, Essonne
, France
since 1971 Laakirchen
, Upper Austria
, Austria
since 1972 Meiningen
, Thuringia
, town friendship since 1990, partnership since 2006
The monte mare is an outdoor swimming pool
, leisure pool and sauna
. Originally opened under the name Atlantis, after the operator’s insolvency in 2005 it became part of the monte mare Group.
There is also a sport centre at the Waldschwimmbad (“Forest swimming pool”)
network. The Wiesbaden-Frankfurt-Offenbach-Rodgau-Rödermark-Ober Roden route runs through Obertshausen. Formerly, Obertshausen was linked to the railway network by way of the Rodgaubahn. Lying right on the A 3 is Frankfurt Airport
, which through the Frankfurter Kreuz
can be reached in a short time, as can likewise Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport
. Obertshausen benefits from its proximity to the economic hub of Frankfurt am Main and the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, as well as the good transport connections.
Within the town run several buslines, among them the Offenbach route 120, which links Obertshausen to the town’s other centre, Hausen, and also Mühlheim
and Offenbach.
goods production. Still today, there are leather goods factories that export their goods worldwide. With the decline of the leather goods industry, mechanical engineering
has come to dominate the town’s industry today. Many inhabitants also find jobs in nearby Frankfurt am Main. Purchasing power
in Obertshausen in 2003 averaged €19,315 per inhabitant, putting it at 116.3% of the countrywide average.
s and one Catholic one are available. Obertshausen has three municipal kindergartens and two ecclesiastical ones. Moreover, the district’s first forest kindergarten is in the town.
Offenbach (district)
Offenbach is a Kreis in the south of Hesse, Germany and is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region. Neighbourhood districts are Main-Kinzig, Aschaffenburg, Darmstadt-Dieburg, Groß-Gerau and the cities of Darmstadt, Frankfurt and Offenbach.-History:The district Offenbach was first...
in the Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
of Darmstadt
Darmstadt (region)
Darmstadt is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany, located in the south of the state.- External links :*...
in Hesse
Hesse
Hesse or Hessia is both a cultural region of Germany and the name of an individual German state.* The cultural region of Hesse includes both the State of Hesse and the area known as Rhenish Hesse in the neighbouring Rhineland-Palatinate state...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Geography
Location
Obertshausen is one of 13 towns and communities in the Offenbach district. The town lies in the thickly wooded eastern part of the Rhine-Main Lowland south of the Main and southeast of Frankfurt am MainFrankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
and Offenbach am Main at an elevation of 112 m above sea level
Sea level
Mean sea level is a measure of the average height of the ocean's surface ; used as a standard in reckoning land elevation...
. Southwest of the town is found Darmstadt
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine Main Area.The sandy soils in the Darmstadt area, ill-suited for agriculture in times before industrial fertilisation, prevented any larger settlement from developing, until the city became the seat...
, the seat of the like-named Regierungsbezirk
Regierungsbezirk
In Germany, a Government District, in German: Regierungsbezirk – is a subdivision of certain federal states .They are above the Kreise, Landkreise, and kreisfreie Städte...
. To the northeast lies the town of Hanau
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
(Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig is a Kreis in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg, Offenbach and the district-free cities of Offenbach and Frankfurt.-History:...
). Obertshausen lies in the southern part of Hesse, not far from the Odenwald
Odenwald
The Odenwald is a low mountain range in Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg in Germany.- Location :The Odenwald lies between the Upper Rhine Rift Valley with the Bergstraße and the Hessisches Ried in the west, the Main and the Bauland in the east, the Hanau-Seligenstadt Basin – a subbasin of...
and the Spessart
Spessart
The Spessart is a low mountain range in northwestern Bavaria and southern Hesse, Germany. It is bordered on three sides by the Main River. The two most important towns located at the foot of the Spessart are Aschaffenburg and Würzburg....
.
Municipal area’s extent
The municipal area stretches over 13.7 km², of which 7.8 km² is woodland, open land and croplandNeighbouring communities
Obertshausen borders in the northwest on the district-free city of Offenbach am Main with its outlying centres of Bieber and Tempelsee, in the north on the town of MühlheimMühlheim am Main
Mühlheim am Main is a town of roughly 26,600 on the Main’s left bank in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Its municipal area measures 20.67 km² .-Location:...
(centre of Lämmerspiel), in the northeast on the town of Hanau
Hanau
Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main. Its station is a major railway junction.- Geography :...
(Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
Main-Kinzig is a Kreis in the east of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Wetteraukreis, Vogelsbergkreis, Fulda, Bad Kissingen, Main-Spessart, Aschaffenburg, Offenbach and the district-free cities of Offenbach and Frankfurt.-History:...
) with its outlying centres of Steinheim and Klein-Auheim, in the east on the community of Hainburg
Hainburg
Hainburg may refer to the following places:* Hainburg an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria* Hainburg, Germany, Hesse, Germany...
, in the southeast on the town of Rodgau
Rodgau
Rodgau is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany. It lies southeast of Frankfurt am Main in the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region and has the greatest population of any municipality in the Offenbach district...
(centre of Weiskirchen) and in the southwest on the town of Heusenstamm
Heusenstamm
Heusenstamm is a town of over 18,000 in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany.- Geography :- Location :The town lies on the river Bieber. Heusenstamm is one of 13 towns and communities in the Offenbach district...
.
Constituent communities
Obertshausen’s Stadtteile are Obertshausen and Hausen, each of which has roughly the same population.History
In 865, Obertshausen had its first documentary mention under the name Oberdueshuson in a paper from the BenedictineBenedictine
Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...
monastery
Monastery
Monastery denotes the building, or complex of buildings, that houses a room reserved for prayer as well as the domestic quarters and workplace of monastics, whether monks or nuns, and whether living in community or alone .Monasteries may vary greatly in size – a small dwelling accommodating only...
at Seligenstadt
Seligenstadt
Seligenstadt is a town in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Seligenstadt is one of Germany’s oldest towns and was already of great importance in Carolingian times.-Location:...
as one of the monastery’s landholdings. In 1069, Heinrich IV
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry IV was King of the Romans from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084 until his forced abdication in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most powerful and important figures of the 11th century...
donated to Saint Jacob’s Monastery in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
some newly cleared land in the Wildbann Dreieich (a royal hunting forest). The land lay near the village of Hyson in the Maingau. At this time, the Lords of Hagenhausen-Eppstein exercised lordly rights (Hoheitsrechte) in Obertshausen and Hausen. In Obertshausen stood a moat
Moat
A moat is a deep, broad ditch, either dry or filled with water, that surrounds a castle, other building or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. In some places moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices...
ed castle
Castle
A castle is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble...
shaped like a defensive tower, called the Burgk im Hayn (or Burg im Hayn in modern German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
spelling). The Lords of Hausen, a sideline of those of Hagenhausen, once had holdings here.
In the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
, feudal lords changed very often. The Lords of Eppstein
Lords of Eppstein
The Lords of Eppstein were a family of German nobility in the Middle Ages. From the 12th century they ruled extensive territories in the Rhine Main area from their castle in Eppstein, northwest of Frankfurt, Germany.-History:...
, Ullrich von Hanau, Archbishop Conrad III of Mainz and Count Philipp of Schönborn
Johann Philipp von Schönborn
Johann Philipp von Schönborn was the Archbishop-Elector of Mainz from 1647 until 1673, the Bishop of Würzburg from 1642 until 1673, and the Bishop of Worms from 1663 until 1673....
were some of the land’s owners. In 1425, Hausen and Obertshausen, as part of the Amt of Steinheim, was sold by the Lords of Eppstein to Electoral Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz
The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps...
. The Thirty Years' War
Thirty Years' War
The Thirty Years' War was fought primarily in what is now Germany, and at various points involved most countries in Europe. It was one of the most destructive conflicts in European history....
and the Plague in 1636 took a heavy toll on the population.
In 1664, Archbishop Johann Philipp of Mainz sold his brother Philipp Erwin of Schönborn the two villages for 9,000 Gulden
South German gulden
The Gulden was the currency of the states of southern Germany between 1754 and 1873. These states included Bavaria, Baden, Württemberg, Frankfurt and Hohenzollern....
. The Princes of Isenburg-Birstein received the Schönborn Amt of Heusenstamm with Hausen and Obertshausen in 1806. Ten years later, both places passed with the Isenburg Amt of Offenbach to the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
, and as of 1945, to the state
States of Germany
Germany is made up of sixteen which are partly sovereign constituent states of the Federal Republic of Germany. Land literally translates as "country", and constitutionally speaking, they are constituent countries...
of Hesse. From the Middle Ages until 1819, Obertshausen and Hausen belonged to the Biebermark, an area held in common with several other villages. In 1819, the Biebermark was divided among the member villages.
In 1896, the Offenbach-Dieburg
Dieburg
Dieburg is a town in southern Hessen, Germany. It was formerly the seat of the district of Dieburg, but is now part of the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg.-History:...
railway opened with a railway station in Obertshausen.
In the course of municipal reform in Hesse, the two formerly self-administering communities of Obertshausen and Hausen were merged. At first, the new community was named Hausen. On 1 January 1978, however, it was named Obertshausen. The two centres are separated from each other by Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
448. On 29 September 1979, the Hesse state government granted Obertshausen town rights.
Population development
In 1576 there were 10 households in Hausen and 27 in Obertshausen. In 1834, Hausen’s population had risen to 444 and Obertshausen’s to 554. These figures have risen to many times these old levels over the years since then. By 1939, the figures had become 2,034 and 2,444 respectively. On 30 June 2007, the town as a whole had 25,314 inhabitants, of whom 12,668 lived in Hausen and 12,646 in Obertshausen.Inhabitants (each time as at 31 December)
- 1998 - 24,522
- 1999 - 24,577
- 2000 - 24,658
- 2001 - 24,676
- 2002 - 24,521
- 2003 - 24,484
- 2004 - 24,532
- 2005 - 25,434
- 2006 - 24,210
Town council
The municipal election held on 26 March 2006 yielded the following results:| Parties and voter communities | % 2006 |
Seats 2006 |
% 2001 |
Seats 2001 |
|
| CDU | Christian Democratic Union of Germany | 49.9 | 18 | 51.8 | 19 |
| SPD | Social Democratic Party of Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
19.3 | 7 | 25.6 | 10 |
| GREENS | Bündnis 90/Die Grünen | 10.3 | 4 | 9.9 | 4 |
| FDP | Free Democratic Party Free Democratic Party (Germany) The Free Democratic Party , abbreviated to FDP, is a centre-right classical liberal political party in Germany. It is led by Philipp Rösler and currently serves as the junior coalition partner to the Union in the German federal government... |
10.6 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 |
| Bürger | Bürger für Obertshausen | 9.9 | 4 | 6.3 | 2 |
| Total | 100.0 | 37 | 100.0 | 37 | |
| Voter turnout in % | 42.5 | 51.0 | |||
Mayor
The mayoral election held on 2 June 2002 yielded the following results:- Bernd Roth - CDU: 53.0%
- Mechthild Schmitt - SPD: 20.4%
- Renate Schuhmacher - Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: 11.4%
- Thomas Zeiger - FDP: 15.2%
Voter turnout was 49.13%.
The mayoral election held on 2 March 2008 confirmed Bernd Roth in office, with a voter turnout of 44.88%, the votes were cast thus:
- Bernd Roth - CDU: 63.70%
- Werner Friedrich - SPD: 22.79%
- Manfred Christoph - Bürger für Obertshausen: 13.51%
Coat of arms
The town’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Party per fess abased dancetty of three, gules a lion passant crowned Or, his paws on the peaks of the parting, argent in base an oak sprig with two leaves and one acorn vert.
Flag
The town’s flag has a white field in the middle flanked by a red stripe at each side, and in the upper half are the town’s arms.Town partnerships
Sainte-Geneviève-des-BoisSainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, Essonne
Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris.Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois lies just north of junction 42 on the orbital Francilienne autoroute....
, Essonne
Essonne
Essonne is a French department in the region of Île-de-France. It is named after the Essonne River.It was formed on 1 January 1968 when Seine-et-Oise was split into smaller departments.- History :...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
since 1971 Laakirchen
Laakirchen
Laakirchen is a municipality in the district of Gmunden in Upper Austria, Austria....
, Upper Austria
Upper Austria
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
since 1972 Meiningen
Meiningen
Meiningen is a town in Germany - located in the southern part of the state of Thuringia and is the district seat of Schmalkalden-Meiningen. It is situated on the river Werra....
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
, town friendship since 1990, partnership since 2006
Museums
- Heimatmuseum at Karl-Mayer-Haus with permanent and changing exhibits on local history.
Events
- At the Hausen Bürgerhaus (community centre), mainly in the winter months, theatrical and cabaretCabaretCabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
productions regularly take place. - In the session chamber at the Town Hall on Beethovenstraße, except during summer holidays, older films are shown fortnightly for children and youth.
- With the Hausen Bürgerhaus and the Obertshausen multipurpose hall, there are venues for major events and concerts at the town’s disposal.
Buildings
- Hausener Marktplatz (marketplace) with its artwork consisting of three hands, each holding a coat of arms, both Obertshausen’s, and its two earlier partner towns’.
- Remains of the Burg im Hain (castle)
- Catholic church Herz Jesu (“Jesus’s Heart”) in Obertshausen, Bahnhofstraße
- Catholic St. Josef-Kirche in Hausen, Seligenstädter Straße
- Catholic St. Pius-Kirche in Hausen, Gumbertseestraße
- Catholic church St. Thomas MorusThomas MoreSir Thomas More , also known by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was an important councillor to Henry VIII of England and, for three years toward the end of his life, Lord Chancellor...
in Obertshausen, Berliner Straße - EvangelicalEvangelical Church in GermanyThe Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
Waldkirche (“Forest Church”) in Hausen, Schönbornstraße - Small chapel in Obertshausen, Heusenstammer Straße
Parks
- Waldpark Sainte Geneviève des Bois in Hausen with children’s playgroundPlaygroundA playground or play area is a place with a specific design for children be able to play there. It may be indoors but is typically outdoors...
and kiosk - Leisure park in Obertshausen with adventure playground and ice-cream café and kiosk across the street
- Miniature golfMiniature golfMiniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
course at the Hausen community centre (Bürgerhaus)
Sport
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
, leisure pool and sauna
Sauna
A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities....
. Originally opened under the name Atlantis, after the operator’s insolvency in 2005 it became part of the monte mare Group.
There is also a sport centre at the Waldschwimmbad (“Forest swimming pool”)
Transport
Since late 2003, the town has been linked by line S1 to the Rhine-Main S-BahnRhine-Main S-Bahn
The Rhine-Main S-Bahn system is an integrated rapid transit and commuter transport system for the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region, which includes the cities Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Mainz, Offenbach am Main, Hanau and Darmstadt...
network. The Wiesbaden-Frankfurt-Offenbach-Rodgau-Rödermark-Ober Roden route runs through Obertshausen. Formerly, Obertshausen was linked to the railway network by way of the Rodgaubahn. Lying right on the A 3 is Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport
Frankfurt Airport may refer to:Airports of Frankfurt, Germany:*Frankfurt Airport , the largest airport in Germany*Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport, a general aviation airport*Frankfurt-Hahn Airport , a converted U.S...
, which through the Frankfurter Kreuz
Frankfurter Kreuz
The Frankfurter Kreuz is an Autobahn interchange in the city of Frankfurt in Hessen, Germany where the autobahns A3 and A5 meet. The interchange was originally to be built from 1931 to 1933, but due to World War II construction was not finished until 1957....
can be reached in a short time, as can likewise Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport
Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport
Frankfurt Egelsbach Airport is a busy general aviation airport located near Egelsbach, a city in the German state of Hesse. It is just southeast of Frankfurt Airport.-History:...
. Obertshausen benefits from its proximity to the economic hub of Frankfurt am Main and the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, as well as the good transport connections.
Within the town run several buslines, among them the Offenbach route 120, which links Obertshausen to the town’s other centre, Hausen, and also Mühlheim
Mühlheim am Main
Mühlheim am Main is a town of roughly 26,600 on the Main’s left bank in the Offenbach district in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Its municipal area measures 20.67 km² .-Location:...
and Offenbach.
Economy
For a long time it was said that Obertshausen, alongside Offenbach am Main, was a national centre for leatherLeather
Leather is a durable and flexible material created via the tanning of putrescible animal rawhide and skin, primarily cattlehide. It can be produced through different manufacturing processes, ranging from cottage industry to heavy industry.-Forms:...
goods production. Still today, there are leather goods factories that export their goods worldwide. With the decline of the leather goods industry, mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the...
has come to dominate the town’s industry today. Many inhabitants also find jobs in nearby Frankfurt am Main. Purchasing power
Purchasing power
Purchasing power is the number of goods/services that can be purchased with a unit of currency. For example, if you had taken one dollar to a store in the 1950s, you would have been able to buy a greater number of items than you would today, indicating that you would have had a greater purchasing...
in Obertshausen in 2003 averaged €19,315 per inhabitant, putting it at 116.3% of the countrywide average.
Established businesses
- Karl Mayer GmbH (textile machine manufacturer)
- PICARD Lederwaren GmbH & Co. KG (leather goods)
- YMOS AG, former car supply industry
Media
- Offenbach-Post – the publishing house has its headquarters in Offenbach am Main and it reports regularly about Obertshausen in the regional section.
- Heimatbote – Regional newspaperNewspaperA newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
for Obertshausen, reports about events in Obertshausen (in the interim under the Offenbach-Post’s umbrella) - Dreieich-Spiegel
- Dreieich-Zeitung
Primary schools
- Friedrich-Fröbel-Schule
- Joseph-von-EichendorffJoseph Freiherr von EichendorffJoseph Freiherr von Eichendorff was a German poet and novelist of the later German romantic school.Eichendorff is regarded as one of the most important German Romantics and his works have sustained high popularity in Germany from production to the present day.-Life:Eichendorff was born at Schloß...
-Schule - Sonnentauschule
- Waldschule
Kindergartens
In the constituent community of Hausen, three municipal kindergartenKindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
s and one Catholic one are available. Obertshausen has three municipal kindergartens and two ecclesiastical ones. Moreover, the district’s first forest kindergarten is in the town.
Honorary citizens
- Prof. Dr. h. c. Karl Mayer (1910–1996), founder of the mechanical engineering factory Karl Mayer GmbH.
- Hildegard Bühl, longtime municipal politician
- Robert Pappert (1930– ), composer
- Kurt Formhals, longtime municipal politician and club chairman
Sons and daughters of the town
- Walter Picard (b. 10 December 1923, d. 10 March 2000 in Offenbach am Main), paedagogue and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
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scene. It is he who organizes the yearly open-air event “Green and Blue”, to which thousands of enthusiasts come from all over Germany. - Cristobal Galvez Moreno, (b. 19 May 1987), member of the pop group Room2012Room2012Room 2012 is a German pop quartet, which originated in the late fall of 2007 on the sixth installment of the German version of the international television talent show Popstars.-Formation:...
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