Hockenheim Travel Guide
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Hockenheim Overview
Hockenheim is a German city in northwest Baden-Württemberg, about 20 km south of Mannheim (Mannheim vacation rentals | Mannheim travel guide). Hockenheim is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route.
Hockenheim is one of the six largest towns in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district. In 1999, the number of inhabitants exceeded the 20,000 threshold, thus in 2001, the Hockenheim government agreed upon a central administrative body with neighbouring municipalities Altlußheim, Neulußheim and Reilingen. It is twinned with the French town of Commercy and the American city of Mooresville.
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Things to See
The Hockenheimring, a grand prix race course built in 1932, has become the home of the Formula One German Grand Prix. It hosted its first F1 event in 1970, and has hosted the event 28 times in the last 35 years, including every race between 1986 and 2006 .
In 1986, the motorsport museum opened at the Hockenheimring. The city's water tower, constructed in 1910 in art nouveau, is the landmark of the city. Other buildings of historical significance include the Evangelist town church, a 1906 neo-baroque by architect Hermann Behaghel; the Catholic church (1910), done in art nouveau with a high tower, by Johannes Schroth; and the old Catholic church (1817), serving as a community center today, which has a late Gothic choir tower in classical hall construction.
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Hockenheim Rathaus
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Related Sites
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- Homepage of Hockenheim: Hockenheim (official home page)
- Wikipedia: Hockenheim
More about the History of Hockenheim
Hockenheim was first mentioned in its beginnings in 769, when it was mentioned in the Lorsch (Lorsch vacation rentals | Lorsch travel guide) Codex as a deed in Ochinheim.
The cultivation of tobacco in the area resulted in the establishment of the cigar industry starting in 1860. The community grew on so much so that they ultimately received their town rights on 22 July 1895 by Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden. The beginning of the 20th Century supplanted the asparagus cultivation hop.
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