Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen am Rhein | |
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 Ludwigshafen | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Ludwigshafen am Rhein  | |
  Ludwigshafen am Rhein  Ludwigshafen am Rhein | |
| Coordinates: 49°28′52″N 8°26′07″E / 49.48111°N 8.43528°ECoordinates: 49°28′52″N 8°26′07″E / 49.48111°N 8.43528°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Urban district |
| Subdivisions | 10 districts |
| Government | |
| • Lord mayor | Eva Lohse (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 77.68 km2 (29.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 172,145 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67059 - 67071 |
| Dialling codes | 0621, 06237 |
| Vehicle registration | LU |
| Website | www |
Ludwigshafen am Rhein (literally: Ludwigshafen on the Rhine), commonly referred to as Ludwigshafen, is a City in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. and to Mannheim the second largest city of the Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar.
Ludwigshafen is independent of the local district government, but is administrative seat of the surrounding district.
Geography[change | change source]
Ludwigshafen lies on the westbank of the Rhine River.
As one of the five upper centers of the country Rhineland-Palatinate Ludwigshafen forms the core of the European Metropolregion Rhine Neckar triangle together with its neighbour city of Baden-Wuerttemberg Mannheim. Further nearer-lying large cities are Heidelberg (about 25 km southeast), Karlsruhe (about 50 km south) and Mainz (about 60 km north).
Population[change | change source]
The number of people of the city of Ludwigshafen on the Rhine exceeded the 100,000 by the year 1925. Nowadays it has about 160,000 people, who lives mostly on the chemical industry.
Town hall
East Asia Institute
Sister cities[change | change source]
Pasadena (United States), since 1948
Lorient (France), since 1963
Havering (England), since 1971
Sumqayıt (Azerbaijan), since 1987
Dessau (Germany), 1988
Antwerpen (Belgium), since 1999
References[change | change source]
Other websites[change | change source]
Media related to Ludwigshafen am Rhein at Wikimedia Commons
- Official City Website
- Ludwigshafener Kongress- und Marketing-Gesellschaft mbH Archived 2006-12-19 at the Wayback Machine(in English)
- BASF Website(in German and English)
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