Nobel Prize Winners and Inventors from Hessen - invest-in-hessen
Nobel Prize Winners and Inventors from Hessen - invest-in-hessen
Nobel Prize Winners and Inventors from Hessen - invest-in-hessen
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› Frankfurt – economic powerhouse<br />
with best “quality of life” rank<strong>in</strong>g<br />
among German cities (accord<strong>in</strong>g to a<br />
recent study by Mercer Human<br />
Resource Consult<strong>in</strong>g, 2004)<br />
› State with a green lung: forest covers<br />
41 percent of the total area<br />
› World-famous delicacies such as<br />
Frankfurter sausages <strong>and</strong> apple w<strong>in</strong>e<br />
› Home to world-renowned<br />
Riesl<strong>in</strong>g w<strong>in</strong>es<br />
Quality of Life: Made <strong>in</strong> <strong>Hessen</strong><br />
<strong>Hessen</strong> is fasc<strong>in</strong>at<strong>in</strong>g – <strong>in</strong> every<br />
respect, everywhere, every time.<br />
Liv<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>Hessen</strong> is <strong>in</strong>deed synonymous<br />
with “pure quality of life”,<br />
<strong>and</strong> every city here has its own<br />
special charm: Wiesbaden is<br />
considered “fashionable”, a Mecca<br />
<strong>and</strong> shopp<strong>in</strong>g magnet for those<br />
with expensive tastes; Fulda has<br />
a baroque fl avor, Marburg is a<br />
historic city, <strong>and</strong> Kassel, Giessen,<br />
<strong>and</strong> Wetzlar have an “artistic fl air”.<br />
Limburg is called the “cathedral<br />
city”, <strong>and</strong> Darmstadt is “the city of<br />
Art Nouveau”.<br />
Hanau is famous as the birthplace<br />
of the Grimm Brothers, <strong>and</strong> Offenbach<br />
is known for its leather fairs.<br />
Rüsselsheim is the automobile city.<br />
<strong>Hessen</strong>’s largest city, Frankfurt,<br />
is a cultural melt<strong>in</strong>g pot. Mercer<br />
Human Resource Consult<strong>in</strong>g’s overall<br />
quality of life survey for 2004<br />
confi rms that Frankfurt does <strong>in</strong>deed<br />
offer the “best quality of life”<br />
among all major German cities.<br />
DID YOU KNOW …<br />
› that Schloss Johannisberg <strong>in</strong> the<br />
Rh<strong>in</strong>egau – at 900 years – is the<br />
oldest Riesl<strong>in</strong>g v<strong>in</strong>eyard <strong>in</strong> the<br />
world?<br />
› that the former Cistercian monastery<br />
Eberbach <strong>in</strong> the Middle<br />
Ages was the most fl ourish<strong>in</strong>g<br />
w<strong>in</strong>e-trad<strong>in</strong>g company <strong>in</strong> the world<br />
<strong>and</strong> thus founded the worldwide<br />
fame of Rh<strong>in</strong>egau w<strong>in</strong>e?<br />
› that the famous fi lm “The Name<br />
of the Rose” with Sean Connery<br />
was fi lmed there?<br />
› that <strong>Hessen</strong>’s stylish public pools,<br />
the so-called “Erlebnisbäder“,<br />
provide various swimm<strong>in</strong>g possibilities<br />
such as deep div<strong>in</strong>g, kids’<br />
pools, slides, <strong>and</strong> wave pools,<br />
as well as saunas, sun beds, <strong>and</strong><br />
solariums, all under one roof?<br />
› that whether it‘s funk, rock, house,<br />
Lat<strong>in</strong>o vibes, hip-hop, jazz, sw<strong>in</strong>g,<br />
blues etc., <strong>in</strong> <strong>Hessen</strong>’s many<br />
clubs <strong>and</strong> discos, night owls will<br />
fi nd music to suit their tastes?<br />
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