Philipp Mainländer was a German philosopher and poet. Born Philipp Batz, he later changed his name to "Mainländer" in homage to his hometown, Offenbach am Main.
Mainländer c. 1867
Mainländer with his sister Minna in 1855
Title page of the second volume of Die Philosophie der Erlösung
Offenbach am Main is a city in Hesse, Germany, on the left bank of the river Main. It borders Frankfurt and is part of the Frankfurt urban area and the larger Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. It has a population of 138,335.
The downtown of Offenbach
The main street Frankfurter Straße around 1900
Mayor Felix Schwenke
The 120-meter high "City-Tower" is mainly used as the German headquarters of Capgemini