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4 unusual facts about Offenbach


Offenbach-Bieber station

In the opposite direction service on line S1 run via Obertshausen and Rodgau to Ober-Roden and on line S2 to Dietzenbach via Heusenstamm.

The Rodgau Railway has been operated since 2003 as part of S-Bahn line S1 of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, but only as far as Rödermark-Ober-Roden.

Offenbach-Bieber–Dietzenbach railway

A proposed extension of the line to Rödermark-Ober Roden via Rödermark-Urberach failed as it was found not to be economically justified.

S-Bahn operations began on line S 2 (NiedernhausenDietzenbach) at the beginning of the 2003/2004 timetable on 14 December 2003.


Adolf Spiess

In 1811 the father accepted a pastoral position in the Evangelical Lutheran Church at Offenbach, across the Main from Frankfurt, and in addition to his clerical duties opened a private school which prepared for the upper classes of the gymnasium (a higher classical school) or for a mercantile career.

Albert Bruce-Joy

Son of William Bruce Joy, MD, Bruce-Joy was born in Dublin but educated in Offenbach, Paris and at King's College London.

Alessandro Rolla

As an example of his fame in Italy and abroad, it is worth noting that during his lifetime his compositions were published by publishers such as Le Duc and Imbault in Paris, Artaria in Vienna, Breitkopf & Hartel in Leipzig, Monzani & Hill in London, André in Offenbach, Ricordi in Milan from 1809, and many more.

Alf Mintzel

He played for Offenbach for two years, before joining SV Sandhausen for three years.

Anna Kerstin Otto

In 1997–1999, she studied at Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach, and Academy of Reykjavík, Iceland.

Dieburg station

From 14 December 2003, the Rodgau Railway between Offenbach and Rödermark-Ober-Roden became part of the Rhine-Main S-Bahn, but the section between Ober-Roden and Dieburg was not included.

Elizabeth Fretwell

In 1954, she sang Antonia in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann before Queen Elizabeth II who was on her first tour of Australia.

Engelbert Arnold

After several internships in Leipzig and Offenbach he became Carl Ludwig Moll’s assistant at the Technical University of Riga.

Frederic Norton

In 1911, Norton provided additional music for a production of Orpheus in the Underworld at His Majesty's Theatre, which was based on the Offenbach opera of the same name.

Goldpfeil

Founded in 1856 in Offenbach, Germany, a suburb of Frankfurt considered to be the "leather capital of Germany" since the mid-1800s and has been the head office to other coveted German brands such as Seeger (founded in 1889) and Mädler (founded in 1850).

Harriett Everard

By the mid-1860s, she was also cast in character roles, such as the domineering Queen Greymare in an 1866 adaptation of Offenbach's Barbe-bleue.

Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIX was born at Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, elder surviving son of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747–1817), (son of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz) and his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), (daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau).

Heinrich XX, Prince Reuss of Greiz

Heinrich XIX was born at Offenbach, Grand Duchy of Hesse, younger surviving son of Heinrich XIII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1747–1817), (son of Heinrich XI, Prince Reuss of Greiz and Countess Conradine Reuss of Köstritz) and his wife, Princess Wilhelmine Louise of Nassau-Weilburg (1765–1837), (daughter of Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg and Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau).

Isenburg

Neu-Isenburg, town in the district of Offenbach in Hesse, Germany

Joyce Barker

She also performed in Ireland for one season with roles in The Tales of Hoffmann (Offenbach), The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), and La bohème (Puccini).

Köln-Dellbrück station

In 1950, the Preußen Dellbrück football club advanced all the way to the semifinals of the German championship and on Sundays several special trains ran to Dellbrück from Reutlingen, Mannheim and Offenbach.

La permission de dix heures

Offenbach's opéra comique premiered in Bad Ems and had a Paris production but did not enter the repertoire.

Lauterecken-Grumbach station

270 (KuselRammelsbach–Altenglan–Patersbach–BedesbachErdesbachUlmetRathsweilerNiederalbenEschenauSankt Julian–Glanbrücken–Offenbach am Glan–Wiesweiler–Lauterecken),

Le docteur Ox

The work appeared at a difficult period for Offenbach after his return from America, which coincided in early 1877 with virulent attacks in the press, led by the senator Lucien Arbel, around the time of the production of Le docteur Ox.

Offenbach City Tunnel

Following the completion of the upgrading of the Rodgau Railway as well as the route to Dietzenbach on 23 March 2001 lines S1, S2, S8 and S9 now run through the Offenbach City Tunnel.

Paul Oßwald

In the 1937–38 season Eintracht won the championship of the Gauliga Südwest and let Borussia Neunkirchen, Wormatia Worms and Kickers Offenbach behind.

Pike's Opera House

Fisk extended the repertory to include more operettaOffenbach's La Périchole had already received its American premiere there, 4 January 1869— and plays, like Sardou's La Patrie, expressly translated for the theater.

Robert Tear

Roles he sang on disc range in diversity from Uriel in Haydn's "Creation" to the painter in Alban Berg's Lulu, and from Pitichinaccio in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann to Sir Harvey in Donizetti's Anna Bolena.

Ruben Talberg

Talberg, a member of Mensa International, lives and works in Offenbach and Southern France.

Tacoma Opera

Wolf then served as the company's general director until the late 1990s, during which time Tacoma Opera produced several premieres, including the West Coast premiere of Offenbach's Christopher Columbus and the world premiere of Seattle composer Carol Sams' The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

The New Babylon

In the fifth reel of the score he quotes the revolutionary anthem, "La Marseillaise" (representing the Commune), juxtaposed contrapuntally with the famous "Can-can" from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.

Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques

and the repertoire developed more in the field of operetta, La fille de Madame Angot by Charles Lecocq in 1873, Les cloches de Corneville by Robert Planquette in 1877, Madame Favart, by Jacques Offenbach in 1878, La fille du tambour-major by Offenbach in 1879, La fauvette du temple by André Messager in 1885 and La Béarnaise by Messager in 1887 being among the premieres seen at the theatre.

Vanni Marcoux

This was followed by his debut at the Chicago Grand Opera Company in 1913, as the four villains in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann, which is considered one of his greatest histrionic achievements.

Walter Bechtold

This saw the team qualify for the next season's European Cup Winners' Cup, where they were knocked out in the first round by Belgian side Club Brugge K.V. Bechtold played for a year in the Bundesliga with Offenbach before being relegated back to the regional league.


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