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Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen
Coat of arms of Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Coat of arms
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Urban district
Subdivisions 10 districts
Elevation
96 m (315 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)
 • Total 172,145
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
67059 - 67071
Dialling codes 0621, 06237
Vehicle registration LU
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.

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.

Sister cities

Images for kids

  • RheinschanzeMannheim

    Rheinschanze c. 1750

  • BASF Werk Ludwigshafen 1866

    BASF, 1866

  • Blick auf die BASF

    View from west over Edigheim and Oppau to the BASF Ludwigshafen

  • Mh RHB GT6 mit gelenkbeiwagen

    Tramway from the 60's in regular service

  • Miro-Wand in Ludwigshafen 07

    Miró mural, known as the Miró-Wand, on the Wilhelm-Hack-Museum.

  • BASF Ludwigshafen part

    BASF Ludwigshafen

  • Suedweststadion Ludwigshafen 05

    Südweststadion

  • Ludwigshafen Parkinsel Weg

    Parkinsel

  • Bundesarchiv Bild 183-27348-0008, Berlin, Ernst Bloch auf Begegnung der Geistesschaffenden

    Ernst Bloch Berlin 1954

  • Kurt Biedenkopf

    Kurt Biedenkopf, Leipzig 2006

  • Miro-Wand in Ludwigshafen 13

    Wilhelm Hack Museum of Art. "Miró-Wand" mural (1971) by Joan Miró, in collaboration with the Catalan ceramist Joan Gardy Artigas.

  • Ludwigshafen Pfalzbau Pfalzsäule 2005

    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.

  • Brunnen am Berliner Platz in Ludwigshafen

    Berliner Platz. In the foreground: "Conversation II" (1999), kinetic sculpture by the American sculptor, George Rickey.

  • Ludwigshafen Sued

    position

  • Ludwigshafen Pegeluhr Norden

    Pegeluhr

  • Ludwigshafen Parkinsel Luitpoldhafen

    harbour

  • Suedwest Ludwigshafen Platz

    Südwestplatz

  • Ludwigshafen Hemshof

    position

  • Europaplatz in Ludwigshafen

    Europaplatz

  • RheinPfalzKreisLandratsamt

    Landratsamt

  • Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Klinikum Ring des Seyns2

    Municipal Clinic (Städtisches Klinikum), with the sculpture "Ring des Seyns" (The Ring of Being, 1998) by the Japanese conceptual artist, Kazuo Katase.

  • Ludwigshafen Friesenheim

    position

  • Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Eberthalle3

    Detail of the Eberthalle, an exhibition and concert hall dating from 1965.

  • Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Eberthalle2

    The Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (Eberthalle for short), general view, built by the Viennese architect, Roland Rainer, in 1965.

  • Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Ebertpark1

    Ebertpark

  • Ludwigshafen Oppau

    position

  • Ludwigshafen-Oppau katholische Kirche

    catholic church

  • Ludwigshafen-Oppau BASF-Parkplatz

    BASF-Bicycles

  • Ludwigshafen-Oppau Gedenkstaette 1921

    1921 Memorial

  • Ludwigshafen Edigheim

    position

  • Ludwigshafen-Edigheim Kirche

    church

  • Ludwigshafen-Edigheim Wasserturm Norden

    water tower

  • Strasse in Edigheim 01

    street

  • Ludwigshafen Gartenstadt

    position

  • Marienkrankenhaus Ludwigshafen Eingang

    hospital

  • Hedwigs-Kindergarten Ludwigshafen-Gartenstadt

    kindergarten

  • KircheGartenstadtLudwigshafen

    church

  • Ludwigshafen Mundenheim

    position

  • Triport Ludwigshafen 2

    Triport

  • Mundeheim Friedhofkapelle

    cemetery chapel

  • Josefspflege Mundenheim Ludwigshafen

    nursing home

  • Ludwigshafen Oggersheim

    position

  • Ludwigshafen Oggersheim Wallfahrtskirche Sueden

    Wallfahrtskirche

  • Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim Brauerei

    The "Privatbrauerei Gebrüder Mayer" (Meyer Brother's Private Brewery), founded in 1846 and still going strong.

  • Ludwigshafen Rheingoenheim

    Position

  • Ludwigshafen-Rheingoenheim Wildpark Eingang

    Wildpark

  • Ludwigshafen-Rheingoenheim Wildpark

    Wildpark

  • Katholische Kirche von Rheingoenheim

    Catholic church

  • Ludwigshafen Maudach

    Location

  • Ortsmitte von Maudach 02

    The centre

  • MaudacherSchloss

    castle

  • Weg im Maudacher Bruch 01

    Maudacher Bruch

  • Ludwigshafen Ruchheim

    position

  • Ludwigshafen-Ruchheim Paul-Muench-Brunnen

    Paul Münch

  • Ludwigshafen-Ruchheim Rathaus

    former townhall

See also

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