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This article is about the greater Rhine Neckar area in Germany. See also the German district Rhein-Neckar-Kreis.
Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region
Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar

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location of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region in Germany
Country  Germany
States  Hesse
 Baden-Württemberg
 Rhineland-Palatinate
Largest Cities Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Heidelberg
Government
 - Type Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH
Area
 - Metro 5,637 km2 (2,176.5 sq mi)
Population
 - Metro 2,362,000
 - Metro Density 419/km2 (1,085.2/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Website http://www.wishyouwerehere.de/
Map of urban and suburban poulation in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region
Former logo of the Rhein-Neckar-Triangle initiative

The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (German: Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar), often referred to as Rhein-Neckar-Triangle is a metropolitan area located in south western Germany, between Frankfurt and Stuttgart. The area around the major cities Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg has a population of 2.4 million and encompasses territory from three federal states: Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse.

The region named after the rivers Rhine and Neckar is officially recognized as a European Metropolitan Area. It is a successor of the historical Kurpfalz state.

The city of Heidelberg with its castle and its ancient town is a popular tourist destination. Its university is the oldest one in Germany. Mannheim, where Carl Benz invented his first automobile, is on the other hand one of the most important industrial centers of Southern Germany. Its twin city Ludwigshafen across the Rhine river is host of the largest chemical plant of the world, the headquarters of BASF; Walldorf, just south of Heidelberg hosts the headquarters of Europe's largest software company SAP.

The three major cities are surrounded by a diverse and culturally rich region, including the Palatinate with the World Heritage Sites of the Speyer Cathedral and the Lorsch Abbey, the second largest vine region of the country called Deutsche Weinstraße, the pittoresque Neckar valley and the ancient cities of Speyer and Worms.

[edit] Included cities and areas

Mannheim watertower
Vineyards

Baden-Württemberg

Hesse

Rhineland-Palatinate

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