Viernheim
town in Kreis Bergstraße in Hesse, Germany
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.
Viernheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Viernheim within Bergstraße district  | |
  Viernheim  Viernheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°32′30″N 8°34′43″E / 49.54167°N 8.57861°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Hesse |
| Admin. region | Darmstadt |
| District | Bergstraße |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2021–27) | Matthias Baaß[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 48.41 km2 (18.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 98 m (322 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • 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 |
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 change
Viernheim is twinned with:
Franconville, France (1966)
Potters Bar, England, United Kingdom (1972)
Rovigo, Italy (1991)
Silly, Burkina Faso (1994)
Mława, Poland (2019)
References change
- ↑ Direkt gewählte (Ober-) Bürgermeister/-innen der hessischen Städte und Gemeinden, accessed 7 July 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerung in Hessen am 31.12.2022 nach Gemeinden" (XLS) (in German). Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt. June 2023.
Other websites change
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Viernheim.
- Official website (in German)
- More interesting views in the "Viernheim Foto-Galerie" (in German)
