Discover Offenburg. Take the baroque facades along the high street, for example. The former Königshof was built between 1714 an 1717, and housed the offices of Ortenau district governors. Today it serves as Offenburg police headquarters.
At that time, Offenburg belonged to Near Austria. It was the Napoleonic wars that finally brought the influence of the Habsburgs to an end. In 1803, Offenburg joined the Grand Duchy of Baden. Almost fifty years later, in 1848/49, it was at the centre of the Baden revolution.
Traces of the Habsburgs can still be found on the town hall built in 1741, which boasts a proud Austrian double eagle on an impressive facade.
Our picture gallery shows you some of the most beautiful sightseeing places.
  The former "Königshof" (administration building of the landvogt of the Ortenau) was designed by the Vorarlberg architect Dominik Elmenreich.
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 The "Sonne" is said to date back to 1350. After the great fire of 1689 it was reconstructed soon and is thus the oldest still existing hotel in Offenburg.
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 Baroque building dating back to 1741. Above the balcony you can see the coat-of arms of the town and the Austrian double-headed eagle under a flat gable.
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 The Kapuzinerkloster, Gymnasiumstrasse, was built from 1641 to 1647. lt was the only building in Offenburg that survived the great town fire of 1689.
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The Ritterhaus, Ritterstrasse 10, was built in 1784 as a manor-house for a mayor of the German Reich. Today it houses the municipal archives and the museum.
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 The Fischmarkt is a picturesque square in the town centre with the Hirsch Pharmacy, the Lion's Fountain (1599) and the Salzhaus (Salt House) (1786).
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The former patrician house was built by Josef Freiherr von Ried. The Vincentiushaus has a picturesque garden above the town wall with a wrought-iron Rococo gate and sandstone sculptures.
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 Dionysos (the bronze sculpture of the Greek god of wine) was made by the Italian painter and sculptor Sandro Chia.
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 The conversion of the former French barracks was the largest structural engineering project of the city in the 20th century.
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