Wiesbaden
Sign in to saveWiesbaden (; ) 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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50 sectionsContents
- 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
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.
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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