Offenbach-Bieber
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Hesse
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, Germany
Germany
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, with a total population of 14,761 as of 2004. Since 1938 it has been a part of Offenbach
Offenbach, Hesse
Offenbach am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, located on southside of the river Main just next to Frankfurt am Main. In 2009 it had a population of 118,770. The city is part of the Frankfurt/Rhine-Main metropolitan area as well as the Frankfurt urban area....
. Its geographical location is 50.089 north 8.803 east.
Bieber is part of the S-Bahn Rhein-Main-System with two S-Bahn
S-Bahn
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stations: one near the centre of the village and one in Bieber's district Bieber-Waldhof (3,500 Inhabitants in 2005).
Geography
A little brook, although called Bieber flows through the village. Around Bieber, there are woods, parks and agriculture.At the top of the hill "Bieberer Berg" (120 m) stands the soccer-stadium "Stadion Bieberer Berg", the home of Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach
Kickers Offenbach is a German association football club in Offenbach am Main, Hesse. The club was founded on 27 May 1901 in the Rheinischer Hof restaurant by footballers who had left established local clubs including Melitia, Teutonia, Viktoria, Germania and Neptun...
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History
The village's name is derived from the celtic people. But Bieber as such is first mentioned in 791 as Biberaha in a donation.Originally Bieber's population has been Roman Catholic just into the 19th century. Now there is the catholic parish St. Nikolaus and a Protestant community.