Hockenheim

Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes "Baden Asparagus Route" () and Bertha Benz Memorial Route. The town is widely known for its Hockenheimring, a motor racing course, which has hosted over 30 Formula One German Grand Prix races since 1970.

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Hockenheim is a town in northwest Germany, located about 20 kilometers south of Mannheim in the Upper Rhine valley. It is widely known as the home of the Hockenheimring, a famous motor racing circuit that has hosted more than 30 Formula One German Grand Prix races since 1970.

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Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: File:20140117Hockenheim1.jpg
German location.image_coa: COA Hockenheim.svg
German location.image_plan: Hockenheim in HD.svg
German location.state: Baden-Württemberg
German location.region: Karlsruhe
German location.district: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
German location.elevation: 102
German location.area: 34.84
German location.postal_code: 68754–68766
German location.area_code: 06205
German location.licence: HD

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Geography
Location and environment
Town structure
History
Politics
Transport
Coat of arms
Sport
Places of interest
International relations
References
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Hockenheim is one of the six largest towns in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district; since 1999 the number of inhabitants exceeded the 20,000 threshold, thus the town received the status of a regional central town (Große Kreisstadt) in 2001. It is twinned with the French town of Commercy, the German town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal in Saxony and the American town of Mooresville, North Carolina.