Wiesbaden

Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. It is the capital of the Bundesland of Hesse. Wiesbaden is situated on the right (north) bank of the Rhine (German: "Rhein"), near the city of Mainz (spelled "Mayence" in older English documents, but generally spelled "Mainz" in English today) on the opposite side of the river, and a short distance, about twenty miles (thirty kilometers), from Frankfurt am Main, to the east. Wiesbaden has about 270,000 inhabitants (2002).

Miscellaneous

Notable people born in Wiesbaden include American tennis star John McEnroe (who was born on a U.S. military base at Wiesbaden) and German film director Volker Schlöndorff.

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American - Tennis - John McEnroe - German - Film director - Volker Schlöndorff

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Mainz, which is on the opposite side of the Rhine river, is Wiesbaden's archrival — the two cities are the capitals of their respective Bundesländer and citizens of both cities jokingly refer to those of the other one as "living on the wrong side of the river".

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Mainz - Rhine - Jokingly

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