| Ludwigshafen am Rhein | |
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| Coordinates | 49°28′52″N 8°26′07″E / 49.48111°N 8.43528°E |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
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| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Urban district |
| City subdivisions | 10 districts |
| Lord Mayor | Eva Lohse (CDU) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 77.68 km2 (29.99 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 96 m (315 ft) |
| Population | 163,560 (31 December 2006) |
| - Density | 2,106 /km2 (5,453 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | LU |
| Postal codes | 67059 - 67071 |
| Area codes | 0621, 06237 |
| Website | www.ludwigshafen.de |
Ludwigshafen on the Rhine is 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.
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Geography
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
The number of inhabitants of the city Ludwigshafen on the Rhine exceeded the 100.000 by the year 1925 It has about 160,000 inhabitants and lives mostly on the chemical industry.
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town hall
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East Asia Institute
Sister cities
Pasadena (United States), since 1948
Lorient (France), since 1963
Havering (England), since 1971
Sumqayıt (Azerbaijan), since 1987
Dessau (Germany), 1988
Antwerpen (Belgium), since 1999
Images for kids
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Rheinschanze c. 1750
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Ludwig I of Bavaria
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BASF, 1866
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Tramway from the 60`s in regular service
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Miró mural, known as the Miró-Wand, on the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum.
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Südweststadion
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Parkinsel
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Kurt Biedenkopf Leipzig 2006
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Ernst Bloch Berlin 1954
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Wilhelm Hack Museum of Art. "Miró-Wand" mural (1971) by Joan Miró, in collaboration with the Catalan ceramist Joan Gardy Artigas.
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Pfalzbau concert hall and theater. In the foreground: "Pfalzsäule" (Palatinate Column, 1968), by the Munich artist Blasius Spreng and the local artist Ernst W. Kunz.
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Berliner Platz. In the foreground: "Conversation II" (1999), kinetic sculpture by the American sculptor, George Rickey.
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position
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Pegeluhr
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harbour
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Südwestplatz
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position
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Europaplatz
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Landratsamt
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Municipal Clinic (Städtisches Klinikum), with the sculpture "Ring des Seyns" (The Ring of Being, 1998) by the Japanese conceptual artist, Kazuo Katase.
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position
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Detail of the Eberthalle, an exhibition and concert hall dating from 1965.
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The Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (Eberthalle for short), general view, built by the Viennese architect, Roland Rainer, in 1965.
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Ebertpark
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position
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catholic church
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BASF-Bicycles
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1921 Memorial
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position
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church
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water tower
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street
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position
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hospital
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kindergarten
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church
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position
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Triport
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cemetery chapel
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nursing home
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position
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Wallfahrtskirche
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The "Privatbrauerei Gebrüder Mayer" (Meyer Brother's Private Brewery), founded in 1846 and still going strong.
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position
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Wildpark
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Wildpark
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catholic church
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Location
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The centre
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castle
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Maudacher Bruch
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position
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Paul Münch
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former townhall
