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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Viernheim is a
midsize industrial town on Mannheim's outskirts and is found in the
Rhine Neckar agglomeration and economic area. It is the second biggest
town in Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. Since 1994 it has also
borne the title Brundtlandstadt, as it has been taking part in an energy
conservation pilot project. Viernheim lies in the Rhine rift, and
although it also lies in Hesse, it is bounded on the west, south and
east by Baden-Württemberg. North of the Viernheim woods, in Lampertheim,
begins the Hessisches Ried. East of Viernheim lies the town of Weinheim,
which is where the district's namesake Bergstraße begins, and which also
marks the beginning of the Odenwald. The town lies roughly 10 km
northeast of Mannheim, 10 km west of the Rhine and 10 km east of the
Bergstrasse.
