Offenbourg
Offenbourg (in German: Offenburg ), German city of 60 000 inhabitants, is the chief town of the district of the Ortenau in the Pays of Bade, Land of Bade-Wurtemberg.
It is located on the Kinzig, an affluent of the the Rhine coming from the Black Forest, and to 25 km of Strasbourg.
History
The first mention of the city appears in 1148. In 1240, the emperor Frederic II the pupil with the free row of City of Empire.
In 1689, it is shaven by the troops of Louis XIV during the Guerre of the league of Augsburg which devastates the Palatinat and part of the Pays of Bade.
The Napoleonean wars involve the retreat of the Habsbourg and the city is attached to the Grand-duché of Bade in 1803.
In 1848, Offenbourg is an important hearth of the revolutionary disorders and one of the starting points of the democratic movement in Germany, before the dispute is not crushed by the Prussian troops .
During the First World War, the city undergoes two air raids devastators in 1915. At the end of the war, it is occupied by the French troops and shelters Alsatian refugees.
After the Second world war, the city shelters an important garrison of the French Forces in Germany (F), and this until in 1992 after the German Réunification.
University
Fachhochschule d' Offenbourg (university) prepares with diplomas for the occupation of engineer (dipl. - Ing of dies EA, IN) and with several masters (ECM). It is twinned at the university polytechnic school of Grenoble (Polytech' Grenoble) within the framework of a partnership allowing obtaining a double diploma between the two universities.
Economy
The city has an important marketing activity and is the seat of the publisher Burda, one of the principal editors of magazines in Germany.
Geography
The city is crossed by the Kinzig and Mühlbach, arm of Kinzig formerly used to make turn the water mills. On its territory the Lake Gifiz is, which is arranged for the bathe. East coast, the city extends on the first buttresses from the Black Forest.
Administration
The commune is composed of a city centers located at the edge of Kinzig, affluent of the the Rhine and the villages ( Stadtteilen ), integrated into the communal round of applause at the time of the communal reform undertaken between 1965 and 1970 in the Länder of old the the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG). This distribution in several urban entities explains the use of the term of city centers for the urban core historical and.
Villages incorporated in the commune
- Bohlsbach (in 1975)
- Bühl (in 1972)
- Elgersweier (in 1972)
- Fessenbach (in 1971)
- Griesheim (in 1972)
- Rammersweier (in 1972)
- Waltersweier (in 1972)
- Weier (in 1972)
- Windschläg (in 1975)
- Zell-Weierbach (in 1971)
- Zunsweier (in 1973)
Eurodistrict
A project of European District with Strasbourg, comprising a common administration, is in negotiation between the France and Germany, and would gather nearly 1 million inhabitants of the the Low-Rhine and the Ortenau.
Twinnings
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Offenbourg : Images and history