Lauterborn is a quarter (''

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'') of

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, with approximately 9,500 inhabitants (2020). It is located in the south-east part of the town and borders

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and the

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History

Lauterborn was the historic name of a fountain. The district was built from the 1960s on with terraced houses and apartment blocks. A half dozen atrium houses were constructed by the famous architect

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. The central park is called "John-F.-Kennedy-Promenade". Until the 1990s there were some smaller factories and a truck garage of the US Army next to Lauterborn. These facilities closed and offices and the distribution center Briefzentrum 63 of the

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were built.

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Europa (North) has its headquarters in Lauterborn. In 1999 opened the shopping mall "Ring-Center".

Gallery

Impressions of Lauterborn

File:Lauterborn-häuserzeile.jpg, The typical houses in Lauterborn File:Lauterborn-so (1).JPG, John-F.-Kennedy-Promenade Image:Lauterborn-so (25).jpg, The ''Odenwaldring'' drive File:Ringcenter Offenbach.JPG, Shopping Mall Ring-Center

References

External links

Website Offenbach am Main
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