Heppenheim

seat of Kreis Bergstraße and town in Hesse, Germany
Place district_capital Q524407
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Summary

Heppenheim is a district capital[1]. Heppenheim draws 2,949 Wikipedia views per month (district capital category, ranking #22 of 45).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Hessischer Städtetag[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Landkreis Bergstraße[4]
  • Country: Germany[5]
  • Head of government: Rainer Burelbach[6]
  • Instance of: town[7], urban municipality in Germany[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Erbach[9], Hambach[10], Igelsbach[11], Kirschhausen[12], Mittershausen-Scheuerberg[13], Ober-Hambach[14], Ober-Laudenbach[15], Sonderbach[16], Unter-Hambach[17], Wald-Erlenbach[18], Heppenheim[19]
  • Twinned administrative body: Kaltern an der Weinstraße[20], Le Chesnay[21], West Bend[22], Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt[23]
  • Postal code: 64646[24]
  • Commons category: Heppenheim (Bergstraße)[25]
  • Licence plate code: HP[26]
  • Local dialing code: 06252[27]
  • Coordinate location: 49.641527777778, 8.645[28]
  • Official website: https://www.heppenheim.de/[29]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heppenheim (Bergstraße)[30]
  • Commons gallery: Heppenheim[31]
  • Described at URL: https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/2/sn/ol?q=Heppenheim+%28Bergstraße%29[32]
  • Population: 25,284[33], 25,755[34], 26,023[35], 26,357[36], 26,946[37], 27,610[38], 27,864[39], 28,031[40]
  • Described by source: Topographia Hassiae[41], Topographia Palatinatus Rheni et Vicinarum Regionum[42], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[43], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[44]
  • Capital of: Landkreis Bergstraße[45]
  • Category for people born here: Q6454972[46]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Heppenheim[47]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People of Heppenheim (Bergstraße)[48]
  • Elevation above sea level: 122[49]
  • Area: 52.14[50], 52.12[51]

Why It Matters

Heppenheim has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] Heppenheim is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+25284'}, {'amount': '+25755'}, {'amount': '+26023'} +5
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 180988751
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  5. 22w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → —
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    Instance of → district capital, town, urban municipality in Germany
    Elevation above sea level → {'amount': '+122'}
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