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Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden (; ) is the capital of the German state of Hesse, and the second-largest Hessian city after Frankfurt am Main. With around 283,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 24th-largest city. Wiesbaden forms a conurbation with a population of around 500,000 with the neighbouring city of Mainz. This conurbation is in turn embedded in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region—Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr—which also includes the nearby cities of Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau, and has a combined population exceeding 5.8 million.

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Wiesbaden is the capital city of the German state of Hesse with about 283,000 residents, making it Germany's 24th-largest city overall. It is part of a larger metropolitan region centered around Frankfurt that includes several major cities and more than 5.8 million people, making it Germany's second-largest metropolitan area.

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German location.name: Wiesbaden
German location.type: City
German location.image_flag: Flagge Wiesbaden.svg
German location.image_coa: DEU Wiesbaden COA.svg
German location.image_blank_emblem: Wiesbaden 2022 logo.svg
German location.blank_emblem_type: Logo
German location.image_plan: Hessen WI.png
German location.state: Hessen
German location.region: Darmstadt
German location.district: urban
German location.year: 121
German location.elevation: 115
German location.area: 203.9 <!--
German location.population: 290955
German location.Stand: 2020-06-30
German location.pop_ref: filled via Gemeindeschlüssel -->
German location.postal_code: 65183–6520755246 (Mainz-Kostheim)55252 (Mainz-Kastel)
German location.area_code: 0611, 06122, 06127, 06134

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Climate
History
Classical antiquity
Middle Ages
Modern era
Weimar Republic and Third Reich (1919 to 1945)
World War II
Cold War and contemporary history
Bathing and gambling
Main sights
The Palace Square
Kurhaus and Theater
St. Bonifatius
St. Elizabeth's Church
Museum Wiesbaden
Warmer Damm park
Other sights
Gallery
Boroughs of Wiesbaden
Inner boroughs
Suburban boroughs
Population
Politics
Mayor
City council
Transport
Roads
Rail
Public transport
Airports
Port
Military
Economy
Culture
International May Festival
Rheingau Wine Festival
Shooting Star Market
Rheingau Musik Festival
Sport
Twin towns – sister cities
Coat of arms
Notable people
Notable residents
Notable visitors
Rivalry with Mainz
Fictional references
References
Notes
External links

The city is located on the Rhine (Upper Rhine), at the foothills of the Taunus, opposite the Rhineland-Palatine capital of Mainz, and the city centre is located in the wide valley of the small Salzbach stream. Wiesbaden lies in the Rheingau wine-growing region, one of Germany's 13 wine regions. Three of Wiesbaden's boroughs were part of the city of Mainz until 1945, and still bear the designation "Mainz" in their names—the so-called AKK-boroughs of Mainz-Amöneburg, Mainz-Kastel, and Mainz-Kostheim. This so-called AKK-Konflikt (:de:AKK-Konflikt) is the main cause for the rivalry between Mainz and Wiesbaden. Wiesbaden Main Station is connected to Frankfurt am Main by the Rhine-Main S-Bahn rapid transit system.

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