Offenburg

Offenburg ( ; "open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: Offäburg) is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants¹ (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital of the Ortenaukreis.

Offenburg ( ; "open borough" - coat of arms showing open gates; Low Alemmanic: Offäburg) is a city in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in south-western Germany. With nearly 60,000 inhabitants (2019), it is the largest city and the administrative capital of the Ortenaukreis. ==Notable people== , 2014 Wolfgang Dachstein (1487–1553), organist, composer and lyricist; worked in favour of the reformation. Lorenz Oken (1779–1851), naturalist. Johann Hofer (1810–1880), lawyer, lived and died here Josef Kohler (1849¹–1919), a German jurist, author and poet. Baron Lothar von Seebach (1853–1930), painter, designer, water-colourist and engraver. Artur Dinter (1876–1948), writer and Nazi politician, died locally Kurt Baschwitz (1886–1968), journalist Emil Sutor (1888–1974), sculptor, gold medallist in the 1936 Art competitions at the Summer Olympics Hermann Vallendor (1894–1974), World War I flying ace Hans Furler (1904–1975), politician Otto Kumm (1909–2004), senior officer of the Waffen SS, died locally Aenne Burda (1909–2005), publisher and honorary citizen Hanns Martin Schleyer (1915–1977), manager, employer and industry representative Hubert Burda (born 1940¹), publisher and honorary citizen Jürgen Todenhöfer (born 1940), author, journalist, politician, and executive Jonas Alber (born 1969), conductor and violinist Dirk von Lowtzow (born 1971), musician, singer and guitarist with rock band Tocotronic Michael Kaeshammer (born 1977), Canadian pianist, vocalist and composer Madeline Juno (born 1995), singer-songwriter ==Twin towns – sister cities== Offenburg is twinned with: Lons-le-Saunier, France (1959) Weiz, Austria (1964) Borehamwood, England, United Kingdom (1982) Altenburg, Germany (1988) Olsztyn, Poland (1999) Pietra Ligure, Italy (2007)

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