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Our Town

• Ludwigshafen and its parks• Tunnel slides,climbing nets,swings,bridges and climbing

towers offer limitless oppotunites for playing.The water play area is particularly popular during warm weather. A barbecue area invites guests to while the time away.Skareboards will get their money’s worth at the neighbouring complex, which feature a snake run and a fun.

• Hemshof• IS ONE of the oldest parts of the

city of Ludwigshafen. It is a part where the workers of the BASF live. Today there live many immigrants from Turkey.

• Hemshof was founded 150 years ago. At firds it was an old farm. Later lots of people moved there. Today there are lots of shops, theatres and cinemas. In summer people celebrate festivals in the streets.

• Ludwigshafen am Rhein Originally a bridgehead of the Mannheim Fried- richsburg fortress on the left of the Rhine called “Rheinschanze,did not become an independent

• Town until the 19 th century 1852.A Iocal • government was introduced in 1853, the town´s• official year of birth. In 1859 Ludwigshafen

received its town charter. The former trade and transhipment centre began its development to a globally recognised ´´ City of Chemistry´´ in 1865 with the settiement of the Badenese aniline and soda factory. With around 168,000 inhabitants,it is the largest city in the Palate.

• The Rhine• Length:

• 1320 km (6st-largest river in Europe)

Catchment area:about 185,000 km2

•Flows through the following 9 states:Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Franc, Liechtenstein, Italy and the Benelux countries (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)

Flows through Lake Constance, which has an area of 539 km2 and an average depth of 100 m (deepest point measures 254 m)

The Rhine is 8 million years ago created the Kaiserstuhl

• Prince regent theatre • Prinzregenten Straße 45• www.grosses-haus.de

Prinzregnten Straße .45 The prince Regent

Theatre offers performances ranging from challenging comedies to strong comedies with a touch of Palatine influence, throughout the year.

• Rhein Galerie • This is Ludwigshafen`s biggest shopping

center. • The Rheingalerie• It opened last September • And there are more than 100 shops.• I like most the Game Stop • Where I buy my x-box games !

• Stadtpark-Parkinsel• The oldest park in the city wascreated in 1901.• Ten kiiometres of pathways dissect the 28-hectare-large grounds.• Afitness trail and sports centre attract those • Interested in recreational sports.Meanwhile,the river walk is of• Great interest to walkers and inline skaters.• Younger guests can enjoy the play areas.The Stadtpark’s • Picturesque location by the Rhine makes it• A much-visited local recreational area.Walking from• Berliner Platz along the Rhine promenade• And “Schneckenudelbrick” to the Parkinsel and then the• Pegeluhr clock comes highly recommended.• Built in 1897,the clock displays the Rhine’s water level.• Cultural events like the German Film Festival • And the InselSommer festival attract guests from far and wide.

• Südweststadion

• is a multi-purpose stadium in Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany. The stadium holds 6,100 people and was built in 1950. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home of FSV Oggersheim.

•On August 30th 1992, Michael Jackson made a stop at the stadium as part of his Dangerous World Tour and played to a record low of only 3000 fans