Ludwigshafen on the Rhine

This article describes the city Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. For the municipality at the Bodensee, see Bodman Ludwigshafen.
Coat of arms Map
Base data
Land of the Federal Republic: Rhineland-Palatinate
Circle: Circle-free city
Geographical situation:
Coordinate: 49° 28' 52"N, 8° 26' 7"O49° 28' 52"N, 8° 26' 7"O
Height: about 96 m ue. NN
Surface: 77,68 km²
Inhabitant: 167.410 (31. December 2004)
Population density: 2,155 inhabitants ever km²
Postal zip codes: 67001-67071 (old: 6700)
Preselections: 0621 and 06237
Kfz characteristic: LU
LU-AA for BASFVehicles
Municipality key: 07 3 13 000
City arrangement: 10 local parts
Address that
City administration: 		Town hall square 20
67059 Ludwigshafen on the Rhine
InterNet side: www.Ludwigshafen.de
E-Mail address:
Politics
Oberbuergermeisterin: EH Lohse (CDU)
MajorityA party: CDU

Ludwigshafen on the Rhine is after Mainz second largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Ludwigshafen is one circle-free city and administrative seat of the Rhine Pfalz circle (until 2003 district Ludwigshafen). It went out of the former Mannheimer Rhine-digs out, is because of the left Rhine bank opposite the city of Baden-Wuerttemberg Mannheim and is above all admits by those BASF, those here their seat has.

As one of the five Upper centers the country Rhineland-Palatinate forms Ludwigshafen together with its neighbour city of Baden-Wuerttemberg Mannheim the core of the European ones Metropolregion Rhine hitting a corner acre triangle. Further nearer-lying large cities are Heidelberg (about 25 km southeast), Karlsruhe (about 50 km south) and Mainz (about 60 km north).

The number of inhabitants of the city Ludwigshafen on the Rhine exceeded by the year 1925 the border of 100.000, whereby it within one century since their establishment in the year 1853 to Large city became.

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Geography

Ludwigshafen is in the Auen because of the left Rhine bank of the Upper Rhine ditch, in relation to the delta of the Neckars into that Rhine.

Neighbour municipalities

The following Cities and Municipalities border on the city Ludwigshafen, they become in Clockwise direction beginning in the east mentioned:

Mannheim (circle-free city in Baden-Wuerttemberg), Altrip, Neuhofen, Limburgerhof, Nut/mother city as well as Fussgoenheim and Max village (Convention community max village) (all to Rhine Pfalz circle duly) and Frankenthal (Pfalz) (circle-free city).

City arrangement

Stadtteilbrunnen
Quarter well
Wappen der Stadtteile im Stadtmuseum
Coat of arms of the quarters in the city museum
Rhine bank south also Roller mill

The city from Ludwigshafen is in accordance with § 2 that Main statute the city Ludwigshafen in 10 Local parts arranged. In each local part there is a consisting of 7 to 15 members Local adviser and one Local chief. The local advisers are to important, to hear the local part affairs concerned. The final decision over a measure is incumbent on then however the local council of the entire town Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. The local parts are partially into further Quarters and/or statistic districts subdivided. This organization serves only statistic purposes.

Local parts with their associated quarters and/or districts

History

Rheinschanze, 1834
Rhine-dig, 1834

The area Ludwigshafen is already settled since very in former times time. Within the range of the local part Rheingoenheim existed that Roman castellet Rufiniana. By the gemarkung of the local parts Maudach and Oggersheim led the important Roman road of Speyer after Worms.

1607 bases Cure prince Friedrich IV. of the Pfalz on the west bank of Rhine those Mannheimer Rhine-digs as bridgehead that Fortress Mannheim. It becomes after the reestablishment of the city Mannheim 1720 further developed. The fortress becomes between 1799 and 1804 from France geschleift.

Rheinschanze 1834
Rhine-dig 1834

1811 a private ship landing strip on the Rhine develops here. After that Viennese congress 1815 those comes west the Rhine convenient Pfalz to Bavaria. The area of the later city Ludwigshafen belongs thus first to the district and/or canton Nut/mother city the Landkommissariats Speyer in the Rhine circle.

Off 1820 a private trading firm develops, on the area that 1843 by the Bavarian state one acquires. This designates it in honours of King Ludwig I. by Bavaria in Ludwigshafen over and the rapid Aufsiedelung supports Mannheim as Gegenpol to the city of Baden. Nine years later the rising settlement becomes an independent Municipality within the Landkommissariats Speyer, today a district comparably, explained, with effect of 14. April 1853 formally one establishes. Their Gemarkungsflaeche amounts to 366 hectars, it receives as follows: 240 hectars of the municipality Friesenheim and 126 hectars of the municipality Mouth home. Both places are eingemeindet later.

1852 king lent Maximilian II. Ludwigshafen the rights of a municipality:

Ludwig I. von Bayern
Ludwig I. by Bavaria
"His majesty the king have the education of an own political municipality Ludwigshafen, consisting of the settlements to Ludwigshafen, the Hemshoefen, the Ganter and Rohrlachhofe, so then the Graefenau, furthermore the spell department between the municipalities Friesenheim, Mouth home and Ludwigshafen allergnaedigst to approve rested."

To 8. November 1859 becomes the municipality Ludwigshafen City raised and illustrates 1860 an own district within the Landkommissariats Speyer. To 8. May 1865 becomes the concession the settlement of the company BASF given. This company had been established briefly before as "aniline and sodafabrik of Baden", however granted by the Mannheimer local council had not gotten an area, why the company "of Baden" moved to Ludwigshafen into the Pfalz. From their a company operating world-wide becomes later, that the face of the city and their history until today lastingly coins/shapes.

1882 the city receives the name additive for the distinction from other places of the same name "on the Rhine" and 1886 the past Landkommissariat Speyer is converted into an office for district and divided at the same time. Thus Ludwigshafen becomes seat of its own office for district, from the late district the Ludwig port (today Rhine Pfalz circle) comes out.

1891 those is integrated north the city convenient municipality Friesenheim. Follow to 1974 further incorporations.

1920 becomes circle direct Ludwigshafen, that is called it separates from the district Ludwigshafen, however first still remains under the financial autonomy of the district. The mayor receives the title mayor. 1925 becomes Ludwigshafen large city.

In the Second World War Ludwigshafen as well as Mannheim is destroyed nearly perfectly by air raids. One rebuilt the city in the new style.

In the course of the Rhineland-Palatinian regional reorganization becomes 1974 the municipality Ruchheim integrated. Thus the city achieves its current expansion.

Incorporations

Level clock on that Park island

Formerly independent cities and municipalities, into the city the Ludwigshafen on the Rhine were integrated. In the case of establishment of the municipality Ludwigshafen 1853 the gemeindegebiet covered only 366 hectars.

Year Places Increase in hectar
1. December 1891 Friesenheim 772
1. December 1899 Mouth home 1.027
1. April 1938 Oppau (city; with at the 1. April 1929 eingemeindeten Edigheim) 1.677
1. April 1938 Oggersheim (city) 1.087
1. April 1938 Maudach 787
1. April 1938 Rheingoenheim 1.172
17. March 1974 Ruchheim 961

Inhabitant development

Einwohnerentwicklung der Stadt Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Inhabitant development of the city Ludwigshafen on the Rhine

Numbers of inhabitants after the respective area conditions. Census results (¹) or official updating of the respective statistic offices and/or the city administration.

Year Numbers of inhabitants
1843 90
1853 1.520
1867 4.887
1871 7.830
1875 12.093
1890 28.768
1895 38.799
1900 61.914
1910 83.301
16. June 1925 ¹ 101.869
16. June 1933 ¹ 107.344
17. May 1939 ¹ 144.425
13. September 1950 ¹ 123.869
6. June 1961 ¹ 165.761
27. May 1970 ¹ 176.300
30. June 1975 172.700
30. June 1980 160.300
30. June 1984 154.500
27. May 1987 ¹ 156.601
30. June 1997 166.800
30. June 2005 167.345

¹ census result

Religions

The area of the city Ludwigshafen belonged to the Pfalz and was thereby predominantly an Evangelist area. But also Roman-catholic inhabitants tightened already briefly, after establishment of the municipality so that both denominations were relatively balanced represented.

The Evangelist inhabitants belonged at first to the church municipalities Oggersheim and/or Frankenthal (Pfalz), before they received 1862 their first independent church municipality. 1913 became the Evangelist Dekanat Ludwigshafen within that Evangelist church of the Pfalz (Protestant regional church) based, to that today all Evangelist church municipalities of the city belong, it is it is members of a free church.

The Roman-catholic inhabitants belonged at first to the Pfarreien Friesenheim, Mouth home and Oppau, before they received 1857 their first independent Pfarrei. Around 1913 the catholic Stadtdekanat Ludwigshafen developed within that Dioezese Speyer, to that today all catholic Pfarrgemeinden of the city belongs. By immigrants were added in the last 10 - 20 years also different religions.

Politics

City hall

City heads and town councillor

At the point of the municipality (and/or city) stood for Ludwigshafen since establishment of the municipality 1853 honorary, starting from 1896 full-time Mayor, starting from 1920 the title mayors received.

Municipality and city heads

With the municipal elections of 13. June 2004 the following result resulted:

  1. CDU 42,9% (-0,0) - 26 seats (=)
  2. SPD 32,6% (-8,6) - 20 seats (-5)
  3. REP 8,8% (+3,5) - 5 seats (+3)
  4. Alliance 90/The Greens 6,0% (+1,7) - 4 seats (+1)
  5. FWG 5.5% (+1,5) - 3 seats (=)
  6. FDP 4,1% (+1,7) - 2 seats (+2)

The parliamentary groups of CDU and SPD co-operate since 2001 in the advice, has however no official Coalition formed.

Coat of arms

ehemaliges Wappen aus dem Jahr 1900
former coat of arms from the year 1900

That Coat of arms the city Ludwigshafen shows a lowered golden anchor in red. The city colors are red yellow-red.

The anchor as symbol of the navigation is the city at the Rhine harbour sense-figurative. The today's coat of arms became to 14. September 1937 by the realm governor in Bavaria approves. The anchor was also in the 1. Coat of arms of the city from the year 1853 illustrated. With the incorporation of neighboring places also the coat of arms changed 1895 and again 1900. The coats of arms at that time showed fourth-hasty coat of arms sign with anchor, Lozenges and spades and/or anchors, Lozenges, Spade and key. 1937 one reduced the coat of arms pictures on the anchor alone. The city colors, usually from the coat of arms colors to derive only 1895 approved themselves officially.

Partnerships between cities

Ludwigshafen maintains one with the following cities Partnership between cities:

Economics and infrastructure

Chemical industry

BASF multistoried building

In Ludwigshafen is the master seat that BASF, those here the largest coherent chemistry location of the world - arranged into more than 300 individual enterprises - operates. In the surrounding field of the BASF and by Ausgruendungen further chemistry enterprises have themselves such as z. B. those Abbott GmbH and those Raschig GmbH settled.

Resident enterprise

Traffic

By the northern city those leads Federal motorway 6 Saarbruecken Nuernberg. In the west of the city those leads Federal motorway 61 Speyer Koblenz past. Furthermore here those begin A 65 toward new city at the crying race and those A 650 toward Bath Duerkheim. The following Federal highways lead by the city: from the south to the north those B 9, toward the west those B 37 after bath Duerkheim and toward the south those B 44.

The main station, 1967 as "the most modern station of Europe" inaugurated, for December the rapid-transit railway yard Ludwigshafen center competition makes 2003. In addition there are quarter stations in Oggersheim, Mouth home and Rheingoenheim as well as a work station on the area of the BASF.

Since 14. December 2003 those opens Rapid-transit railway Rhine Neckar the entire Rhine-Neckar area with lines into the Westpfalz, the Odenwald and to south Hessen leads.

Several strassenbahnlinien that supply the public local passenger traffic Transporting enterprises Ludwigshafen (VBL), that Rhine Haardtbahn (RHB) the MVV traffic as well as buslinien of several transporting enterprises. All public means of transport are to be used for uniform prices within the traffic group Rhine Neckar (VRN).

Media

Ludwigshafen is seat of Radio RPR, the oldest private broadcasting station of South West German country. Besides here that operated SWR a studio. As daily paper the main expenditure appears that Rheinpfalz, a regional newspaper with numerous expenditures for restaurant in the whole Pfalz.

In Ludwigshafen started to 1. January 1984 with that Cable pilot project Ludwigshafen that Private television and thus that binary broadcast system in Germany. From a Kellerstudio the transmitter PKS took up its transmit mode, from one year later SAT.1 became.

Education

Ostasieninstitut der FH Ludwigshafen am Rheinufer
Ostasieninstitut the FH Ludwigshafen at the Rhine bank

In Ludwigshafen there are two Professional schools:

The nearest university is those University of Mannheim on the opposite Rhine side.

Culture and objects of interest

Theatre and orchestra

Pfalzbau and Pfalzsaeule
  • Theatre in the Pfalzbau (without own ensemble)
  • Studio stage tip
  • Prince regent theatre at the Hemshof
  • Theatre Hemshof box
  • National philharmonic concert hall Rhineland-Palatinate - which became orchestra 1919 in Ludwigshafen based. It worked among other things with premieres of works of Werner Egk, Giselher sticks and Wolfgang Rihm with.

Museums

von Joan Miró gestaltete Wand am Wilhelm-Hack-Museum
from Joan Miró arranged wall to William chopping museum
  • Mayor Ludwig enriching house (art association)
  • Ernst Bloch Bloch-Zentrum Exhibition over Ernst Bloch (Bloch archives) and drawing of a bill
  • Local history museum in Friesenheim (culture history)
  • Karl petrol brown museum in Oppau (culture history)
  • Schillerhaus in Oggersheim (Friedrich Schiller Erstdrucke)
  • City museum Ludwigshafen (urban history)
  • William chopping museum (Gondorfer find, The Middle Ages, Classical modern trend and graphic cabinet)

Buildings

Faktor Haus am Berliner Platz
Factor house at the citizen of Berlin place

Art in the public area

Lutherbrunnen von Barbara und Gernot Rumpf
Luther well of Barbara and Gernot trunk

Other objects of interest

Regular meetings

Personalities

Honour citizen

the list is incomplete

Helmut Kohl

Sons and daughters of the city

Literature

  • Kathrin Braeuer: Ludwigshafen. A book of pictures in color. Photo of Johannes cock. Waiting mountain, Gudensberg same 2000 ISBN 3-86134-593-5
  • Siegfried Fauck: History of the city Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in data. 2. A. City archives, Ludwigshafen 1989 ISBN 3-924667-14-4
  • City bibliography Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. Volume 1 = features until 1990. Juergen Nuernberger, Ludwigshafen 1993 ISBN 3-929153-03-3
  • City bibliography Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. Volume 2 = features 1991-1995 and Nachtraege. Juergen Nuernberger, Ludwigshafen 1998 ISBN 3-929153-06-8
  • City bibliography Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. Volume 3 = features 1996-2000 and Nachtraege. Juergen Nuernberger, Ludwigshafen 2004 ISBN 3-929153-09-2 [ so far 9284 bibliographies ]
  • City bibliography Ludwigshafen on the Rhine. Volume 4 = features 2001-2005 and Nachtraege. Juergen Nuernberger, Ludwigshafen [ in preparation February 2006, every 5 years appear periodic ]
  • City book Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Volume IV 3. Volume out German city book. Manual of urban history. Stuttgart 1964

See also

- pictures, Video or audio files


Metropolregion Rhine hitting a corner acre triangle (Portal)

Cities: Frankenthal | Heidelberg | Landau | Ludwigshafen | Mannheim | New cityWeinstr. | Speyer | Worms
Circles: Bath Duerkheim | Mountain route | Germersheim | Neckar Odenwald | Rhine Neckar | Rhine Pfalz | Southern crying race

Districts and circle-free cities in Rhineland-Palatinate

Ahrweiler | Old person churches (Westerwald) | Alzey Worms | Bath Duerkheim | Cross after bath | Bernkastel Wittlich | Birkenfeld | Bitburg Pruem | Cochem cell | Daun | Thunder mountain circle | Frankenthal (Pfalz) | Germersheim | Kaiserslautern | Kaiserslautern (city) | Koblenz | Kusel | Landau in the Pfalz | Ludwigshafen on the Rhine | Mainz | Mainz being gene | Mayen Koblenz | New city at the crying race | Neuwied | Pirmasens | Rhine Hunsrueck circle | Rhine Lahn circle | Rhine Pfalz circle | Speyer | Southern crying race | Suedwestpfalz | Trier | Trier Saarburg | Westerwaldkreis | Worms | Two-bridges

 

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