Ludwigshafen

Ludwigshafen am Rhein (literally: Ludwigshafen on the Rhine), commonly referred to as Ludwigshafen, is a City in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. After Mannheim it is the second largest city of the Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar.

Ludwigshafen am Rhein
City
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
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  (2022-12-31)
• Total	174,265
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,800/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.de

Ludwigshafen is independent of the local district government, but is the administrative seat of the surrounding district.

Geography

Ludwigshafen lies on the west bank 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 in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Mannheim. Large cities nearby are Heidelberg (about 25 km southeast), Karlsruhe (about 50 km south) and Mainz (about 60 km north).

Population

The number of people of the city of Ludwigshafen on the Rhine was more than 100,000 by the year 1925. Nowadays it has about 160,000 people. The chemical industry is big in the city.

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  Town hall
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  BASF
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  Helmut Kohl
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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

Other websites

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)