Hockenheim

Hockenheim () is a town in northwest Baden-Württemberg, Germany, about 20 km south of Mannheim and 10 km west of Walldorf. It is located in the Upper Rhine valley on the tourist theme routes "Baden Asparagus Route" () and Bertha Benz Memorial Route. The town is widely known for its Hockenheimring, a motor racing course, which has hosted over 30 Formula One German Grand Prix races since 1970.

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Hockenheim is a town in northwest Germany, located about 20 kilometers south of Mannheim in the Upper Rhine valley. It is widely known as the home of the Hockenheimring, a famous motor racing circuit that has hosted more than 30 Formula One German Grand Prix races since 1970.

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Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: File:20140117Hockenheim1.jpg
German location.image_coa: COA Hockenheim.svg
German location.image_plan: Hockenheim in HD.svg
German location.state: Baden-Württemberg
German location.region: Karlsruhe
German location.district: Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
German location.elevation: 102
German location.area: 34.84
German location.postal_code: 68754–68766
German location.area_code: 06205
German location.licence: HD
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 08 2 26 032
German location.Verwaltungsgemeinschaft: with Reilingen, Neulußheim and Altlußheim
German location.website: www.hockenheim.de
German location.mayor: Marcus Zeitler
German location.leader_term: 2019–27
German location.Bürgermeistertitel: Oberbürgermeister

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Official website

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Described at

Hockenheim

The historical entry for Hockenheim, Schwetzingen, Mannheim, Baden, including parish and jurisdiction information, in the Meyers Gazetteer of the German Empire also known as Meyers Orts- und Verkehrs-Lexikon des Deutschen Reichs.

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The original entry has a correcting entry in the addendum. Any data listed above has already been changed to match the correcting entry BKdo Mannheim - The Bezirkskommando for Hockenheim is in Mannheim. The Bezirkskommando is the District Military Command. You can look in the BKdo to find military records. StdA Hockenheim [self] - The Standesamt for Hockenheim is in itself. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located. kath. Pfk. 2 - Hockenheim has 2 katholisch Pfarrkirche (Catholic parish churches). The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Hockenheim (which may include itself) and are listed as containing a Catholic Church or Parish, a Protestant Church or Parish, a Synagogue, or Other Church.

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Wikidata facts

Population: 21631
Area: 34.84
Elevation: 102
Official website: www.hockenheim.de
Image: Hockenheim Rathaus 20130528.jpg
Dialing code: 06205
Licence plate code: HD

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Commons category: Hockenheim
postal code: 68766
P8168: Hugo Botstiber
described at URL: www.leo-bw.de/web/guest/detail-gis/-/Detail/details/ORT/labw_ortslexikon/6359/Hockenheim
hashtag: Hockenheim

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Location and environment
Town structure
History
Politics
Transport
Coat of arms
Sport
Places of interest
International relations
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Hockenheim is one of the six largest towns in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district; since 1999 the number of inhabitants exceeded the 20,000 threshold, thus the town received the status of a regional central town (Große Kreisstadt) in 2001. It is twinned with the French town of Commercy, the German town of Hohenstein-Ernstthal in Saxony and the American town of Mooresville, North Carolina.