Historical Buesing Palais

1733 - 1899 Manor House
In 1773 Nikolaus Bernard und Jean Georg d'Orville bought land at the Herrenstraße to expand their Snuff Fabric. Until 1775 a manor house in baroque and classic style was built and the gardens were set up.

1775 was also the year when the romance of banker's daughter Lili Schoenemann, a relative of the d'Orville and Johann Wolfgang Goethe had started. They spent most of their time together in Offenbach. Even after Goethe had moved to Weimar, he returned three times to Offenbach in the following years. In memory of the romance, the parc on the north side of the Palais is named Lilipark.

1899 - 1920 Neo-Baroque Palais
From 1899 to 1907 the architect Professor Wilhelm Manchot renovated the Palais in Neo-rococco style. In 1920, the snuff factory moved to Bavaria and the Palais was sold to the city of Offenbach.

1920 - 1943 Town Hall
In August 1920, the Palais became the town's new city hall. Additionally, its idyllic gardens were opened to the public in June 1921.

1943 - 1984 Ruins, Library and Museum
In December 1943 the Buesing Palais was destroyed in an air strike - only the exterior walls remained. Before the city council decided to rebuild the wings in 1952/53, the ruin was a popular setting for numerous events.

In 1953 the Klingspor Museum opened its doors, an exhibition of the art of modern book production and typography. Finally, the city of Offenbach decided the reconstruction of the whole Palais with the aim to establish an event.

1984 - 1995 Local city events
In September 1984 the freshly renovated Buesing Palais was re-opened including a weeding room for civil marriages.

In October 1991 the Bavarian Industrial and Commercial Construction Co. GmbH, a 100% subsidiary of Schörghuber group, bought land as well as the swimming pool, both adjacent to the Büsing Palais.

Since 1995, Event Center of the Sheraton Offenbach Hotel
In October 1993 the construction of the hotel started with the gutting of the former pool area. Just the listed facade and the listed mussel roof, one of the biggest in Europe was preserved and later integrated in the new hotel complex.

A glass bridge connects the former swimming pool with the Büsing Palais. In November 1995 the hotel, now the Sheraton Offenbach Hotel opened it doors.