Büsing-Palace (Offenbach)

The Büsing-Palais is a neo-baroque city palace in Offenbach am Main. Adjacent to the property are Offenbach's current city park, the Büsing-Park, and the Lili-Park with the Lili-Tempel. Today, the Büsing-Palais is considered one of the most representative buildings in Offenbach am Main.

Peter Bernard and Johann Georg d´Orville, prominent manufacturers of their time, had a manor house with a landscaped garden built in the second half of the 18th century. In 1775, the young Frankfurt poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe also used this manor house with Lili Schönemann for a summer. The current naming is explained by the change of ownership to Baron Adolf von Büsing at the end of the 19th century and his commissioned further expansion of the manor house into a neo-baroque city palace by the architect Wilhelm Manchot. In 1921, the Büsing-Palais became the property of the city of Offenbach, which used the building as its town hall. During World War II, the main wing of the palace was then destroyed down to its outer walls. In the middle of the 20th century, the Klingspor Museum and the Offenbach City Library finally moved into the wings of the building. The destroyed main wing was rebuilt according to the original model and now houses the Offenbach Registry Office.

Today, parts of the Büsing-Palais are used by an adjacent hotel as conference rooms. The city of Offenbach rents out rooms in the Büsing-Palais for events of all kinds. Concerts take place in the inner courtyard in summer.