Viernheim

Viernheim
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Viernheim within Bergstraße district
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Coordinates: 49°32′30″N 8°34′43″E
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Bergstraße
Government
• Mayor (2021–27)	Matthias Baaß (SPD)
Area
• Total	48.41 km2 (18.69 sq mi)
Elevation	98 m (322 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	34,534
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	68519
Dialling codes	06204
Vehicle registration	HP
Website	www.viernheim.de

Viernheim is a medium-sized industrial town northeast of Mannheim and is in the Rhine-Neckar area. About 34,000 people live there which makes it the second-largest town in Bergstraße in Hesse, Germany.

Since 1994 it has also borne the title Brundtlandstadt, as it has been taking part in a experimental project on energy conservation.

Twin towns – sister cities

Viernheim is twinned with:

• Franconville, France (1966)
• Potters Bar, England, United Kingdom (1972)
• Rovigo, Italy (1991)
• Silly, Burkina Faso (1994)
• Mława, Poland (2019)

Other websites

• Official website (in German)
• More interesting views in the "Viernheim Foto-Galerie" (in German)