Ludwigshafen
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Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein, is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it
Ludwigshafenmitte ausderluft
Ludwigshafen Pfalzbau Pfalzsäule 2005
Wallfahrtskirche in Oggersheim 03
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Oppau explosion
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The Oppau explosion occurred on September 21, 1921, when approximately 4,500 tonnes of a mixture of ammonium sulfate and ammonium nitrate fertilizer stored in a tower silo exploded at a BASF plant in
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…Ludwigshafen's most elegant houses were erected for the officers of the French garrison. The economic recovery of the 1920s was marred by one of the worst industrial explosions in history on 21 September 1921, when a BASF storage silo in Oppau blew up, killing more than 500 people, injuring a further 2000, and destroying…
Aerial photograph from Popular Mechanics magazine, 1921
Postcard 1 Oppau Explosion Crater