36 - Residential buildings of the Frischauf bicycle factory

The three residential buildings on the outer Sprendlinger Landstraße are the only buildings that have survived from the "Frischauf" bicycle factory. The "Arbeiter-Radfahrer-Bund", an association close to the workers' movement and the free trade unions, had built this factory in Offenbach from 1911 to manufacture and sell inexpensive and solid bicycles. The company's self-image of social responsibility also included the construction of well-equipped company apartments. The appearance of the houses corresponded to that of contemporary middle-class residential buildings in the simple late Art Nouveau style.

In 1933, the National Socialists confiscated the company and sold it to the Mayweg-Werke. In 1940/41, the Beetz engineering factory took over the buildings and converted production to armaments requirements. After the end of the war, the newly founded successor organization to the "Arbeiter-Radfahrer-Bund", the "Bund Solidarität", only received a settlement. Beetz repaired the factory buildings, which were taken over by sewing machine manufacturer Haid und Neu in 1959 after the company went bankrupt. After the US Army used the building as a central warehouse, the post office built a new mail distribution center on the former factory site.