News on the topic of Smart City Offenbach

The city of Offenbach am Main has had its own app since the end of November. The application can now be downloaded for Android and iOS via offenbach.de/app or in the app stores.

Offenbach has made significant progress in the Bitkom Smart City Index 2025, moving up 23 places compared to the previous year to 49th place in the sometimes controversial index.

Step by step towards a smart city: the Digitalization Stabsstelle, which is part of Mayor Dr. Felix Schwenke's Department I, is driving the transformation to a smart city with innovative projects.

The mayors and mayors of the inter-municipal cooperation Digitale Kommune@Hessen met in September at the Hessian Association of Cities and Towns in Wiesbaden.

The state of Hesse is funding the "Competence Center for Intermunicipal Cooperation for Smart Data and AI - Smart KIKZ" set up by Offenbach with Giessen, Wetzlar and Fulda with 733,500 euros.

Exchange and networking are the be-all and end-all when it comes to digitalization. This was precisely the focus of the Digital Forum, which took place for the first time in the city of Offenbach on November 16, 2023.

Around 140 citizens and employees of the city of Offenbach attended the presentation and discussion of the draft Smart City Strategy 1.0 on November 16 at the Offenbach Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

In this interview, Anne Schwarz, Head of the Digitalization Stabsstelle, and project manager Christa Petrovic explain what makes an Open Smart City and report on the goals and project status.

"How can the Open Smart City improve your city?" - What digital services and opportunities do citizens want? Answers are now possible online.

The term "smart city" refers to a city with modern technology - efficient, climate-friendly and liveable. Citizen participation started with a future workshop.