Ludwigshafen

city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Summary

Ludwigshafen is a big city[1]. Ludwigshafen draws 10,123 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #143 of 300).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Climate Alliance[3], City diet Rhineland-Palatinate[4], District association Palatinate[5]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Rhineland-Palatinate[6]
  • Country: Germany[7]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Rhine[8]
  • Head of government: Klaus Blettner[9]
  • Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[10], urban district of Rhineland-Palatinate[11], district capital[12]
  • Shares border with: Mannheim[13], Rhein-Pfalz[14], Frankenthal[15]
  • Named after: Ludwig I of Bavaria[16]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Friesenheim[17], Ludwigshafen-Gartenstadt[18], Maudach[19], Mundenheim[20], Ludwigshafen-Nördliche Innenstadt[21], Oppau[22], Oggersheim[23], Rheingönheim[24], Ruchheim[25], Ludwigshafen-Südliche Innenstadt[26]
  • Twinned administrative body: Pasadena[27], Lorient[28], London Borough of Havering[29], Sumgait[30], Dessau-Roßlau[31], Antwerp[32], Gaziantep[33], San Gimignano[34], Tiszaújváros[35]
  • Postal code: 67059[36], 67060[37], 67061[38], 67062[39], 67063[40], 67064[41], 67065[42], 67066[43], 67067[44], 67068[45], 67069[46], 67070[47], 67071[48]
  • Commons category: Ludwigshafen am Rhein[49]
  • Licence plate code: LU[50]
  • Local dialing code: 0621[51], 06237[52]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Ludwigshafen[53]
  • Coordinate location: 49.481111111111, 8.4352777777778[54]
  • Official website: https://ludwigshafen.de[55]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ludwigshafen[56]
  • Commons gallery: Ludwigshafen am Rhein[57]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Ludwigshafen include Ludwigshafen am Rhein[58], a corvette[59].

Why It Matters

Ludwigshafen has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] Ludwigshafen is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]

Entities named for Ludwigshafen include Ludwigshafen am Rhein[58], a corvette[59].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [59] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [61] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+161518'}, {'amount': '+163832'}, {'amount': '+166621'} +9
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  2. 14w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 15w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+161518'}, {'amount': '+163832'}, {'amount': '+166621'} +9
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  4. 17w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0313067-Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein-Nemecko
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0313067-Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein-Nemecko, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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