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Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Stadt

Ludwigshafen am Rhein [ˈluːtvɪçsˌhaːfn̩ ʔam ʁaɪ̯n or ˈluːtvɪks-] is the largest city in the Palatinate, with 177,222 inhabitants (December 31, 2024), the second largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate after the state capital Mainz and the second largest city in the metropolitan region after Mannheim Rhine-Neckar. Located on the left bank of the Rhine opposite its Baden-Württemberg sister city of Mannheim, Ludwigshafen emerged in the 1840s from the former Mannheim Rheinschanze. In 1853 it officially became a separate municipality. The city is best known as the headquarters of BASF and as the hometown of Helmut Kohl and Ernst Bloch. Ludwigshafen and Mannheim form a contiguous urban area and share, among other things, the tram network and the telephone network with the common area code 0621, alt

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📊 Population Statistics (Census 2022)

177.222
Total population
Male
Female
Einw./km²

🏘️ Districts & Bezirke von Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Stadt

Friesenheim

Friesenheim is one of the ten districts of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein.…

📜 5 history entries 🏛️ 3 sights

Ludwigshafen-Gartenstadt

The garden city is one of the ten districts of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein. It was initiated by 16 citizens who fo…

Ludwigshafen-Nördliche Innenstadt

The northern inner city is one of the ten districts of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein, consisting of the Nord-Hemshof…

Ludwigshafen-Südliche Innenstadt

The southern inner city is one of the ten districts of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Rhineland-Palatinate. It inc…

Maudach

Maudach is a district and at the same time one of the ten districts of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein.…

Mundenheim

Mundenheim is one of the ten districts of the city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein in Rhineland-Palatinate. It is a traditional…

📜 1 history entries

Oggersheim

With a population of over 23,000, Oggersheim (in the local dialect Oggersche or Oggerschum) is the largest district and …

📜 5 history entries

Oppau

Oppau is a district of Ludwigshafen am Rhein where BASF opened another factory in 1913. As a result, the farming village…

📜 3 history entries

Rheingönheim

Rheingönheim is the southernmost district and at the same time one of the ten districts of the independent city of Ludwi…

📜 4 history entries

Ruchheim

Ruchheim is a district and at the same time one of the ten districts of the independent city of Ludwigshafen am Rhein in…

📜 3 history entries

🏭 Wirtschaft & Unternehmen

In 2016, Ludwigshafen, within the city limits, generated a gross domestic product (GDP) of €13.546 billion, placing it 26th in the ranking of German cities by economic performance and first in Rhineland-Palatinate. The GDP per capita in the same year was €81,765 (Rhineland-Palatinate: €34,118, Germany €38,180), making it the ninth highest among all independent cities in Germany. The GDP per employed person is €107,198, making Ludwigshafen the city with the third highest employee productivity. In 2016, around 126,400 people were employed in the city. However, the unemployment rate was 8.9% in January 2020, well above the Rhineland-Palatinate average of 4.7%. Ludwigshafen is the major city in Germany that has the highest proportion of commuters, with 68.7% of all employees. In the 2016 Future Atlas, the independent city of Ludwigshafen ranked 187th out of 402 districts, municipal associations and independent cities in Germany, making it one of the places with a “balanced opportunity-risk mix” for the future. The headquarters of BASF is located in Ludwigshafen, which operates the largest contiguous chemical site in the world here - divided into more than 300 individual compani

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