Editing Ludwigshafen (section)

==Districts==

===Centre===
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File:Ludwigshafen Mitte.png|
File:Miro-Wand in Ludwigshafen 13.jpg|Wilhelm Hack Museum of Art. "Miró-Wand" mural (1971) by [[Joan Miró]], in collaboration with the Catalan ceramist Joan Gardy Artigas.
File:Ludwigshafen Pfalzbau Pfalzsäule 2005.jpg| 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.
File:Brunnen am Berliner Platz in Ludwigshafen.jpg|Berliner Platz. In the foreground: "Conversation II" (1999), kinetic sculpture by the American sculptor, [[George Rickey]].
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The city centre of Ludwigshafen is comparatively small and dominated by post-war buildings. Its northern and southern boundaries are the Hochstraßen (highways on stilts), the Rhine is in the East and the [[Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Hauptbahnhof|main station]] is located in the West of downtown Ludwigshafen, at a walking distance of about 15 minutes from the central pedestrian precinct ''Bismarckstraße'' that forms, together with the shopping mile ''Ludwigsstraße'', the main North-South Axis, connecting the so-called “North Pole” with the ''Rathaus Center'' and the “South Pole” with Berliner Platz, the Walzmühle shopping centre and [[Ludwigshafen (Rhein) Mitte station]]. The main east–west connections are the ''Bahnhofsstraße'' and ''Kaiser-Wilhelm-Straße''. The Pfalzbau, Staatsphilharmonie, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum and the half-destroyed monument [[Lutherkirche, Wiesbaden|Lutherkirche]] are main features of downtown Ludwigshafen.

===South===
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File:Ludwigshafen Sued.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen Pegeluhr Norden.jpg|Pegeluhr
File:Ludwigshafen Parkinsel Luitpoldhafen.jpg|Harbour
File:Suedwest Ludwigshafen Platz.jpg|Südwestplatz
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The ''Südliche Innenstadt'' (“southern city centre”) is home to approximately 29,000 residents and includes the central district and the ''Stadtteil Süd'' (“South” quarter). The South quarter contains sub-neighbourhoods such as the ''Parkinsel'' area, ''Musikantenviertel'', and ''Malerviertel''. Redevelopment plans have been promised for the ''Rheinufer Süd'' area along the Rhine, near the former industrial sites by the Walzmühle shopping complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lu-City Entwicklungs-GmbH {{!}} Ludwigshafen |url=https://ludwigshafen.de/standort-mit-zukunft/lu-city-entwicklungs-gmbh |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=ludwigshafen.de |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=Rheinufer Süd brachte junge Menschen nach Ludwigshafen: Segregation erkennbar, Gentrifizierung nicht - Ludwigshafen |url=https://www.wochenblatt-reporter.de/ludwigshafen/c-lokales/rheinufer-sued-brachte-viele-junge-nach-lu-segregation-erkennbar-gentrifizierung-nicht_a642593 |access-date=2025-05-04 |website=Wochenblatt Reporter |language=de}}</ref>

===North===
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File:Ludwigshafen Hemshof.png|Position
File:Europaplatz in Ludwigshafen.jpg|Europaplatz
File:RheinPfalzKreisLandratsamt.jpg|Landratsamt
File:Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Klinikum Ring des Seyns2.jpg|Municipal Clinic (Städtisches Klinikum), with the sculpture "Ring des Seyns" (The Ring of Being, 1998) by the Japanese conceptual artist, Kazuo Katase
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The ''Nördliche Innenstadt'' (ca. 22,000 inhabitants) includes the Hemshof, “North” and “West” districts. Hemshof and “North” represent the “old town” of Ludwigshafen, they are known for their very high proportion of foreign inhabitants, making them culturally diverse. ”West” (also called ''Valentin-Bauer-Siedlung'') is located between main station and main cemetery.

===Friesenheim===
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File:Ludwigshafen Friesenheim.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Eberthalle3.jpg|Detail of the Eberthalle, an exhibition and concert hall dating from 1965
File:Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Eberthalle2.jpg|The Friedrich-Ebert-Halle (Eberthalle for short), general view, built by the Viennese architect, Roland Rainer, in 1965
File:Ludwigshafen Friesenheim Ebertpark1.jpg|Ebertpark
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''Friesenheim'' (ca. 18,000 inhabitants) is located north of Hemshof and is one of the two (the other one being Mundenheim) “mother villages” of Ludwigshafen, because they were responsible for the administration of Ludwigshafen prior to its independence. Helmut Kohl was born in Friesenheim. Its western district, the ''Froschlache'', boasts four impressive tower blocks.

===Oppau===
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File:Ludwigshafen Oppau.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen-Oppau katholische Kirche.jpg|Catholic church
File:Ludwigshafen-Oppau BASF-Parkplatz.jpg|BASF bicycles
File:Ludwigshafen-Oppau Gedenkstaette 1921.jpg|1921 memorial
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''Oppau'' (ca. 10,000 inhabitants) in the North is dominated by the nearby BASF and had once been a town of its own prior to its incorporation into Ludwigshafen. In its history, it has been afflicted by several catastrophes like the [[Oppau explosion|explosion of 1921]] and the flood of 1882.

===Edigheim===
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File:Ludwigshafen Edigheim.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen-Edigheim Kirche.jpg|Church
File:Ludwigshafen-Edigheim Wasserturm Norden.jpg|Water tower
File:Strasse in Edigheim 01.JPG|Street
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''Edigheim'' (ca. 9,000 inhabitants) had once been a part of Oppau in the South, today ist almost as large as Oppau.

The ''Pfingstweide'' (ca. 6,000 inhabitants) is Ludwigshafen's northernmost district; it is dominated by tower blocks and is located in close vicinity to Frankenthal.

===Gartenstadt===
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File:Ludwigshafen Gartenstadt.png|Position
File:Marienkrankenhaus Ludwigshafen Eingang.jpg|Hospital
File:Hedwigs-Kindergarten Ludwigshafen-Gartenstadt.jpg|Kindergarten
File:KircheGartenstadtLudwigshafen.jpg|Church
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The ''Gartenstadt'' (ca. 18,000 inhabitants), west of Mundenheim, is (as the name “garden city” suggests) a very green suburb, dominated by flat roofed houses and some tower blocks. Its sub-districts are ''Niederfeld'', ''Hochfeld'' and ''Ernst-Reuter-Siedlung''.

===Mundenheim===
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File:Ludwigshafen Mundenheim.png|Position
File:Triport Ludwigshafen 2.jpg|Triport
File:Mundeheim Friedhofkapelle.jpg|Cemetery chapel
File:Josefspflege Mundenheim Ludwigshafen.jpg|Nursing home
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''Mundenheim'' (ca. 13,000 inhabitants) is a very old suburb, it boasts its own railway station, an extensive industrial area near the harbour. A sub-district is the ''Herderviertel'' in Mundenheim's North.

===Oggersheim===
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File:Ludwigshafen Oggersheim.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen Oggersheim Wallfahrtskirche Sueden.jpg|Wallfahrtskirche
File:Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim Brauerei.jpg|The "Privatbrauerei Gebrüder Mayer" (Meyer Brother's Private Brewery), founded in 1846 and still going strong
File:Schillerdenkmal Oggersheim 2.jpg|[[Friedrich Schiller]]
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''Oggersheim'' (ca. 23,000 inhabitants) is one of the most important suburbs, being much like a town for itself (which it was in the Middle Ages). It is mentioned in the [[Descriptio Wormatiensis civitatis|Wormser wall-building ordinance]] from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the [[city wall]] of [[Worms, Germany|Worms]].<ref name=CVDKJFN>C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44.</ref> During the 18th century, [[Electress Palatine]], [[Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach|Elisabeth Auguste]] used [[Schloss Oggersheim]] as her summer palace.

[[Helmut Kohl]] owned a bungalow in southern Oggersheim. The Wallfahrtskirche, a railway station, the important Unfallklinik (“casualty hospital”), and several large residential blocks are to be found in Oggersheim. For the last few years, the northern subdistricts of ''Notwende'' and ''Melm'' have seen a large amount of building activities in their new housing estates.

===Rheingönheim===
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File:Ludwigshafen Rheingoenheim.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen-Rheingoenheim Wildpark Eingang.jpg|Wildpark
File:Ludwigshafen-Rheingoenheim_Wildpark.jpg|Wildpark
File:Katholische Kirche von Rheingoenheim.jpg|Catholic church
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''Rheingönheim'' (ca 7,000 inhabitants), as the southernmost suburb of Ludwigshafen, is known mainly for its industry ([[Woellner]]) and its game enclosure Wildpark.

===Maudach===
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File:Ludwigshafen Maudach.png|Location
File:Ortsmitte von Maudach 02.JPG|The centre
File:MaudacherSchloss.jpg|Castle
File:Weg im Maudacher Bruch 01.JPG|Maudacher Bruch
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''Maudach'' (ca. 7,000 inhabitants), in Ludwigshafen's South-West, is a popular residential area, closely associated with the Maudacher Bruch park.

===Ruchheim===
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File:Ludwigshafen Ruchheim.png|Position
File:Ludwigshafen-Ruchheim Paul-Muench-Brunnen.jpg|Paul Münch
File:Ludwigshafen-Ruchheim Rathaus.jpg|Former townhall
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''Ruchheim'' (ca. 6,000 inhabitants), as the westernmost suburb, has long been a small agricultural village, but now it is growing rapidly due to new housing estates.