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Rhenish Hesse

Rhenish Hesse is in in . The land of the thousand hills, a large part of which is covered in vineyards, is defined to the north and east by the river Rhine and , to the west by the and to the south by the Donnersberg in the .
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is the capital city of the state of in . is notable as a transport hub, for wine production, and for its many rebuilt historic buildings. In 2019, it was home to about 219,000 people.

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is a city in the region of . You can still see many vestiges of the old city walls, particularly the Torturmplatz and the Karolingerstraße.

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am Rhein is a town in the region of at the junction of the Rhine and the Nahe, across the river from . It came into being as a strategically important location for the Romans.

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am Rhein is a city between and in . It features the ancient Kaiserpfalz.

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is a city of 7,600 people at the Rhine in the state in .

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is a town in the district in , . Until 5 November 2006 it was an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – but it was raised to town the next day.

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is a town in the district in , . It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of , a kind of collective municipality.

is village of 3600 people in Rhenish Hesse. It is known for its fruit-growing and wine-making. The village is in the Rheinhessen wine-growing region. There are a number of buildings from the 18th and 19th century in the village.

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an der Selz is a small village in Rhenish Hesse in the state of .

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is reasonable sized village in Rhenish Hesse in the state of .

Rhenish Hesse

Latitude of center
49.782° or 49° 46′ 55″ north
Longitude of center
7.964° or 7° 57′ 50″ east
Wiki­data ID
Q707297
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Rhenish Hesse” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rynhesse”
  • Albanian: “Rheinhessen”
  • Catalan: “Rheinhessen”
  • Chinese: “莱茵黑森”
  • Chinese: “萊茵黑森”
  • Danish: “Rheinhessen”
  • Dutch: “Rheinhessen”
  • Dutch: “Rijn-Hessen”
  • Dutch: “Rijnhessen”
  • Esperanto: “Rejnhesio”
  • French: “Hesse rhénane”
  • French: “Rheinhessen”
  • German: “Rheinhessen”
  • German: “Rhh.”
  • German: “Rhh”
  • Hebrew: “ריינהסן”
  • Indonesian: “Rheinhessen”
  • Italian: “Assia Renana”
  • Italian: “Assia-Renana”
  • Italian: “Rheinhessen”
  • Japanese: “ラインヘッセン”
  • Lithuanian: “Reino Hesenas”
  • Macedonian: “Рајнски Хесен”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rheinhessen”
  • Norwegian: “Rheinhessen”
  • Polish: “Hesja Nadreńska”
  • Polish: “Hesja Reńska”
  • Polish: “Rheinhessen”
  • Portuguese: “Hesse Renano”
  • Portuguese: “Rheinhessen”
  • Romanian: “Rheinhessen”
  • Russian: “Рейнгессен”
  • Slovenian: “Renski Hessen”
  • Spanish: “Hesse Renano”
  • Swedish: “Rheinhessen”
  • Venetian: “Asia Renana”
  • Vietnamese: “Rheinhessen”
  • Yue Chinese: “萊茵黑森”

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