Dear user,

we would like to welcome you to the English pages of the official web site of the City of Viernheim. The following pages contain translations of selected items from our German-language domain www.viernheim.de. 

Virtual city tour

History - Viernheim´s way from village to town

Town-Twinning - Viernheim and its twin towns

Welcome to viernheim
with links to welcome comittee, order service, family, intercultural contact, removal, list of local clubs and associations, public transport.

Viernheim, a town with around 33.000 citizens, is situated right in the heart of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region in southern Hesse. The city ist known throughout the region and beyond for its Rhein-Neckar-Zentrum shopping centre and by the name "Brundtlandstadt" for its status as Hesse`s first energy-efficient municipality.

Viernheim thrives on community activity and the lively dialogue among its policymakers, administrators, citizens - oriented community - an effort obtaining spezial distinction through the Bertelsmann Foundation in the CIVITAS network.

Viernheim has much more to offer, as well, such as excellent autobahn connections and strong framework of midsize companies. Thanks in part of the new Bannholzgraben industrial park located in its eastern section, the city achieved record business-tax revenues in the past two years. Renowned companies operating in Germany and throughout the world feel right at home in Viernheim, among them Buderus, Scil Animal Care, ISL Schaumstoff-Technik GmbH, and Adler Immobilien Investment und Investfinanz.