Heidelberg

Heidelberg (halfway between Stuttgart and Frankfurt) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As of 2005, there are 140,000 people living on the city's 109 km².

International friendship

Heidelberg maintains sister city relationships (Städtepartnerschaft) with the following cities:

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• Montpellier, France, since 1961
• Cambridge, Great Britain, since 1965
• Rehovot, Israel, since 1983
• Simferopol, Ukraine, since 1991
• Bautzen, Saxony, since 1991
• Kumamoto, Japan, since 1992

There is also an Amerika-House (DAI) and a French Montpellier-House in Heidelberg.

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In addition there are several places named in honor of international figures:

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• Memorial for José Rizal Mercado y Alonzo Realonda, national hero of the Philippines, at Bergheimerstr. 5 (the former eye-hospital, where he worked)
• John Rabe Communication Centre, at L.Krehlstr.56 (Ph: 47 30 45) for his work in Nanjing (See also Nanjing Massacre)