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Mainz: Germany

Mainz: Germany Mainz (French Mayence) is a city in Germany, which is the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Mainz is located on the left bank of the river Rhine, opposite the confluence of the Main river with the Rhine. Population (2002): 183,822 (an additional 18,619 people maintain a primary residence elsewhere but have a second home in Mainz). Mainz is easily reached from Frankfurt International Airport in 25 minutes by commuter railway (S-Bahn). The city consists of 15 districts: Altstadt, Neustadt, Mombach, Gonsenheim, Hartenberg-Münchfeld, Oberstadt, Bretzenheim, Finthen, Drais, Lerchenberg, Marienborn, Hechtsheim, Ebersheim, Weisenau, and Laubenheim. Until 1945, the districts

Mannheim: Germany

Mannheim: Germany Mannheim is a city in Germany. With 318,873 inhabitants it is the second largest city in the state of Baden-Württemberg after the capital Stuttgart. Mannheim is situated in the delta of the Rhine and Neckar rivers, in the northwestern corner of Baden-Württemberg. To the west of Mannheim, across the Rhine, lies the Rhineland-Palatinate city of Ludwigshafen. The Hessian border is north of the city. Mannheim is unique among German cities in that its downtown area is laid out in a grid pattern (called Quadrate - squares), much like many North American cities. The main route through the squares leads to an

Kaiserslautern: Germany

Kaiserslautern: Germany Kaiserslautern is a town in the south of the Land Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It has 100,000 inhabitants and some 38,000 additional American citizens due to the large military bases in the region. Kaiserslautern is the home to Ramstein Air Base which is the seat of US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) Headquarters, the Allied Air Forces Central Europe (AIRCENT) and the 86th Airlift Wing. Americans stationed in Kaiserslauten call it K-Town. The American military presence in Kaiserslautern has decreased substantially in recent years, with consequent economic effects to the area. Kaiserslautern's other industries include manufacturing, as the home of Pfaff, an internationally-known

Koblenz: Germany

Koblenz: Germany Koblenz (also Coblenz and the French Coblence) is after Mainz and Ludwigshafen am Rhein the third largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate (german Rheinland-Pfalz), Germany. It derives from the ancient Latin name Confluentes ("confluence" of river rhine and river mosel). Koblenz lies in the Rhineland, 92 kilometers (57 miles) southeast of Cologne by rail, pleasantly situated on the left bank of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle. Population: (1885) 31,669; (1905) 53,902; (2002) 107,434. Its defensive works are extensive, and consist of strong forts crowning the hills encircling the town on the west, and of the citadel of Ehrenbreitstein

Siegen: Germany

Siegen: Germany Siegen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the capital of the district Siegen-Wittgenstein. As of December 31, 2003 it has a population of 106,143. Twinned cities: Berlin-Spandau, Germany, since 1952 Rijnsburg, the Netherlands, since 1963 Leeds, since 1966 Ypres, Belgium, since 1967 Zakopane, Poland, since 1989 Plauen, Saxony, Germany, since 1990