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Römer Frankfurt
Frankfurt's medieval town hall and its gabled Römerberg square form a postcard-perfect old-town heart amid the skyscrapers.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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Offenbach
Hesse, Germany · Europe
About Offenbach
Offenbach works well as a base: 10 minutes from Mühlheim am Main, 20km from Messel Pit.
Offenbach is in Hesse, Germany, with about 120,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Mühlheim am Main, about 5 km away.
Offenbach am Main Hauptbahnhof is a railway station serving the German city of Offenbach am Main. It is located on the Frankfurt–Göttingen railway between Frankfurt and Hanau on the south bank of the Main. It is also the starting point of the Rodgau Railway, via Obertshausen, Rodgau and Ober-Roden to DieburgRead more
(originally to Reinheim).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Offenbach?
Within an hour or so of Offenbach: Römer Frankfurt (6 km), Messel Pit (20 km), Saalburg Roman Fort (24 km), Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt (26 km).
Are there any good drives near Offenbach?
The nearest famous roads are Schottenring, Deutsche Weinstraße and Mosel Valley Wine Route.
Where is Offenbach?
Offenbach is in Hesse, Germany, about 5 km from Mühlheim am Main.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 119,192
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Hesse
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 50.1006, 8.7665
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Offenbach
7 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Messel Pit
A UNESCO fossil quarry near Darmstadt that yields exquisitely preserved 47-million-year-old Eocene plants and animals.
20 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Saalburg Roman Fort
A fully reconstructed Roman fort on the Limes frontier in the Taunus hills brings legionary life vividly back to view.
24 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
A UNESCO Jugendstil artists' colony crowned by the golden 'Wedding Tower' and Art Nouveau villas above Darmstadt.
26 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Neroberg
A wooded hill above Wiesbaden reached by a water-powered funicular, crowned by a gold-domed Russian Orthodox church.
38 km · about 45 min drive
historic highway
Schottenring
A German road circuit in the Vogelsberg hills that hosted motorcycle Grands Prix in the 1950s, notorious for its narrow, tree-lined public roads. Still used for historic events and drivable in between.
51 km · about 60 min drive
cathedral
Limburg Cathedral
A seven-towered orange-and-white Romanesque cathedral perches dramatically on a rock above the Lahn River old town.
59 km · about 70 min drive
Driving roads near Offenbach
5 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 38 kmNerobergA wooded hill above Wiesbaden reached by a water-powered funicular, crowned by a gold-domed Russian Orthodox church.
- 51 kmSchottenringA German road circuit in the Vogelsberg hills that hosted motorcycle Grands Prix in the 1950s, notorious for its narrow, tree-lined public roads. Still used for historic events and drivable in between.
- 63 kmNiederwalddenkmalA colossal Germania statue above Rüdesheim surveys the Rhine vineyards, reached by a cable car over the steep slopes.
- 75 kmUpper Middle Rhine ValleyA UNESCO-listed 65-km stretch of the Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen, lined with over 40 castles, vineyards, and historic towns.
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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