Editing Ludwigshafen (section)

===Post-war rebuilding===
[[Post-war]], Ludwigshafen was part of the French occupation zone, becoming part of the newly founded [[States of Germany|Bundesland]] (state) of Rheinland-Pfalz and thus part of the [[Federal Republic of Germany]]. Reconstruction of the devastated city and revival of the economy was supported by the Allies, especially by American aid. In 1948, the "Pasadena Shares Committee" sent packages of blankets, clothing, food, and medicines to help the residents of post-war Ludwigshafen. Many friendships started to form, so that in 1956, Ludwigshafen am Rhein and [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], [[California]] became sister cities.

Large parts of the city were literally ruined, which were rebuilt in the architectural style of the 1950s and 1960s. The most important projects were the Hochstraßen (highways on stilts), the revolutionary new main station (then the most modern station in Europe), several tower blocks and a whole new suburb, the satellite quarter [[Pfingstweide]] north of Edigheim.

The city's economic wealth allowed social benefits and institutions to be introduced. The population number reached its all-time climax in 1970 with more than 180,000 inhabitants, thus surpassing even the capital of Rheinland-Pfalz, [[Mainz]], for a while.