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Heppenheim is a city in Hesse, Germany. It is situated at the edge of the Odenwald mountains and is the capital of the Bergstraße district. Its population is 25,400. It is accessed by routes B3 and 460 and autobahns A5 and A67. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2281 KB) Summary Heppenheim, Germany Photographer: Marco Mayer Picture taken: October 13th, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Heppenheim ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2281 KB) Summary Heppenheim, Germany Photographer: Marco Mayer Picture taken: October 13th, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Heppenheim ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2287 KB) Summary Heppenheim, Germany Photographer: Marco Mayer Picture taken: October 13th, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Heppenheim ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2287 KB) Summary Heppenheim, Germany Photographer: Marco Mayer Picture taken: October 13th, 2005 Licensing File links The following pages link to this file: Heppenheim ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 Ã— 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (2048 Ã— 1536 pixel, file size: 1. ... Look up city, City in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Location Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE7 Capital Wiesbaden Largest city Frankfurt Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU) Governing party CDU Votes in Bundesrat 5 (from 69) Basic statistics Area 21,100 kmÂ² (8,147 sq mi) Population 6,077,000 (08/2006)[1] - Density... The Odenwald is a mountain chain in southern Hessen, northern Bavaria and northern Baden-Württemberg. ... BergstraÃŸe (Mountain Road) is the name of a mountain route, and the area around it, which stretches across the western edge of the Odenwald in southern Hesse, Germany. ... The BundesstraÃŸe 3 (abbreviated B 3) is one of the longest BundesstraÃŸen in Germany. ... This article is about the German, Austrian and Swiss road system. ...

The city was founded about 755 in the vicinity of the then powerful monastery of Lorsch. The young town was ruled by the abbots of Lorsch during the early Middle Ages. In 1065 the Starkenburg was built, a castle above the city. Its purpose was to protect the town and the monastery from invaders; in 1066 it successfully resisted a siege by the bishop of Bremen. In the 13th century Lorsch and Heppenheim were acquired by the archbishop of Mainz, who pawned Heppenheim to the count of the Palatinate in 1461 and redeemed the pledge 1623/1650. Events Abd-ar-rahman I lands in Spain, where the next year he will establish a new Umayyad dynasty. ... Lorsch is a small town in southwest Germany (60 kilometers south of Frankfurt) in the Kreis BergstraÃŸe district of Hessen. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Events December 28 - Westminster Abbey is consecrated. ... Events January 6 - Harold II is crowned September 20 - Battle of Fulford September 25 - Battle of Stamford Bridge September 29 - William of Normandy lands in England at Pevensey. ... The Archbishopric of Bremen was an ecclesiastical state in the Holy Roman Empire. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... A palatinate is a territory administered by a count palatine, originally the direct representative of the sovereign, but later the hereditary ruler of the territory subject to the crowns overlordship. ... Events February 2 - Battle of Mortimers Cross - Yorkist troops led by Edward, Duke of York defeat Lancastrians under Owen Tudor and his son Jasper Tudor, Earl of Pembroke in Wales. ... Year 1623 (MDCXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1650 (MDCL) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...

A fire in 1369 destroyed the whole city except 4 houses. Events King Charles V of France renounces the treaty of Brétigny and war is declared between France and England. ...

Heppenheim severely suffered in the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648); it was conquered by Spanish troops in 1621, and by the Swedes in 1630; the plague decimated the population in 1635, and in 1645 the town was sacked by the French. After the end of the war French troops continued to devastate the region, due to their king's claim to the Palatinate. A fire in 1693, caused by the French troops, destroyed the city almost completely. Combatants Sweden Bohemia Denmark-Norway (Until 1643) Dutch Republic France Scotland England Saxony Holy Roman Empire ( Catholic League) Spain Austria Bavaria Commanders Frederick V Buckingham Leven Gustav II Adolf â€ Johan Baner Cardinal Richelieu Louis II de Bourbon Turenne Christian IV of Denmark Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar Johann Georg I of... 1621 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... Events February 22 - Native American Quadequine introduces Popcorn to English colonists. ... The bubonic plague or bubonic fever is the best-known variant of the deadly infectious disease caused by the enterobacteria Yersinia pestis. ... Events February 10 - The AcadÃ©mie franÃ§aise in Paris is expanded to become a national academy for the artistic elite. ... // Events January 10 - Archbishop Laud executed on Tower Hill, London. ... Events January 11 - Eruption of Mt. ...

Rebuilding started in the beginning of the 18th century when the city acquired much of its present look. In 1803 the clerical states of Germany were abolished, and Heppenheim fell to Hesse-Darmstadt. The new province was called "Starkenburg", and this name is sometimes even today applied to the entire region. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Capital Darmstadt Government Monarchy Landgrave - 1567 - 1596 George I - 1790 - 1806 Louis X History - Established 1567 - Disestablished 1806 The Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt (German: ) was a member state of the Holy Roman Empire. ... Starkenburg is a historical region of the state of Hesse in Germany, consisting of the districts (Kreise) of BergstraÃŸe, Darmstadt-Dieburg, GroÃŸ-Gerau, and Odenwaldkreis, along with the city of Darmstadt. ...

The largest buildings of the city were built around 1900, among them the cathedral of Saint Peter (1904), the Protestant church (1888) and the synagogue (1900, destroyed in the pogrom night of 1938) and the electrical power plant in neo gotic style providing electricity using steam engines (1899). Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... For other uses, see Cathedral (disambiguation). ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Protestantism is a general grouping of denominations within Christianity. ... For the toll-free telephone number see Toll-free telephone number Year 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... A synagogue (from ancient Greek: , transliterated synagogÄ“, assembly; â€Ž beit knesset, house of assembly; Yiddish: or Template:Lanh-he beit tefila, house of prayer, shul; Ladino: , esnoga) is a Jewish house of worship. ... Kristallnacht, also known as Reichskristallnacht, Pogromnacht, Crystal Night and the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom[1] against Jews throughout Germany and parts of Austria on November 9â€“November 10, 1938. ... Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

During World War II, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located here. It provided slave labour for the Deustche Versuchanstalt (German Research Institute).^[1] Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The main entrance just after the liberation Memorial at the camp, 1997. ... Slavery is any of a number of related conditions involving control of a person against his or her will, enforced by violence or other clear forms of coercion. ...

The Free Democratic Party of Germany was founded in Heppenheim (1949). Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | German political parties | Liberal parties ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Every year, Heppenheim exchanges students with West Bend, who send their German language students to Heppenheim and vice versa. West Bend is the name of a few places in the United States, and a company: West Bend, Iowa West Bend, Wisconsin West Bend (town), Wisconsin West Bend Company This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... West Bend is a city in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. ... Le Chesnay is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. ...

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Mother Marianne Cope, also called Blessed Marianne of Molokai, lived, worked and died for the lepers of Hawaii. ... Sebastian Vettel (born July 3, 1987 in Heppenheim) is a German race car driver. ... JÃ¼rgen Groh (born [[17 July] in Heppenheim] 1956) is a former German footballer who played for Hamburger SV and was part of their European Cup victory in 1983. ...

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