leather goods industry, mechanical engineering has come to dominate the town's industry today. Many inhabitants also find jobs in nearby Frankfurt am Main. (purchasing power) in Obertshausen in 2003 averaged €19,315 per inhabitant, putting it at 116.3% of the countrywide average. Established businesses (textile machine manufacturer) Magna Exterior Systems GmbH Holzland Becker GmbH & Co. KG Feintool PICARD Lederwaren GmbH & Co. KG (leather goods) YMOS AG, former car supply industry Media Offenbach-Post – the publishing house has its headquarters in Offenbach am Main and it reports regularly about Obertshausen in the regional section. Heimatbote – Regional newspaper for Obertshausen, reports about events in Obertshausen (in the interim under the Offenbach-Post's umbrella) Dreieich-Spiegel Dreieich-Zeitung Schools Primary schools Friedrich-Fröbel-Schule Joseph-von-Eichendorff-Schule Sonnentauschule Waldschule Secondary schools Georg-Kerschensteiner-Schule Hermann-Hesse-Schule Kindergartens In the constituent community of Hausen, three municipal kindergartens and one Catholic one are available. Obertshausen has three municipal kindergartens and two ecclesiastical ones. Moreover, the district's first forest kindergarten is in the town. Twin towns – sister cities Obertshausen is twinned with: Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France (1971) Laakirchen, Austria (1972) Meiningen, Germany (2007) Notable people (1923–2000), paedagogue and politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag Sven Väth (born 1964), DJ and musician, pioneer of the German Techno scene Honorary citizens Hildegard Bühl Peter Döbert (1907–1994) Robert Flügel (1909–1990) Kurt Formhals (1914–2009) Heide Heß (born 1940) Johann Karl Kämmerer (1870–1957) Valentin Mahr (1908–1972) Karl Mayer (1909–1995) Ulrich Mayer Robert Pappert (1930–2010) Josef Pieroth (1885–1957) Robert Roth (1929–2015) Eric Christian Schreiber, Sr. (1921–2008) Pfarrer Peter Valentin Schwahn (1889–1964) Marie Friederike Vetter (1904–1995) Leonhard Wilhelm (1883–1960) Jakob Wolf (1899–1982) References External links Offenbach (district)