Electorate of the Palatinate, which refers to the honor of the counts palatine of the Rhine. The flag is yellow and red and was awarded by the Ministry of State in 1959. International relations Eppelheim is twinned with: Wilthen (Saxony), since 1989 Dammarie-lès-Lys (France), since 1996 Friendly contacts have been established with the following cities: Vértesacsa (Hungary) Montebelluna (Italy) Economy and infrastructure Businesses The largest employer in Eppelheim is the Rudolf-Wild-Werke in the southern part of the city with about 1400 workers. The tax on the company's business is an important factor in determining the city budget. The company Wild has its headquarters in Eppelheim. Transportation Eppelheim is directly on the Bundesautobahn 5 and has access through the Heidelberg/Schwetzingen exit. The city is connected to the neighboring university city, Heidelberg by the well travelled streetcar line 22. The streetcar is run by the Rhein-Neckar-Verkehr GmbH (RNV). The connection leads to other public transit opportunities. Bus line 713 connects to Schwetzingen via Plankstadt. Intracity connections are offered by Eppelheim's bus line 732, run by Busverkehr Rhein-Neckar GmbH as the so-called City-Bus. Personality Honorary citizen 1906: Jakob Neu (1836-1921), head teacher from 1878 to 1907 Andreas Jäger, mayor from 1919 to 1933 and from 1945 to 1954 1979: Rudolf Wild (1904–1995), entrepreneur, founder of the Wild (company) Alois Berberich (1913–2000), second mayor 1997: Leonie Wild, (1908–2005) co-founder of the Wild-company 2001: Inge Burck 2003: Hans Stephan, retired rector 2006: Hans-Peter Wild, (born 1941), lawyer and entrepreneur Personalities who have worked in Eppelheim Wolfgang Ketterle (born 1957), grew up in Eppelheim, holder of the Nobel Prize for Physics Ernst Knoll (1940–1997), eight times German champion and twice Olympic participant in wrestling Jakob Rupper (1896–1958), owner of a steel construction company and Member of the Landtag Wolfgang Ernst (born 1957), politician, Lord Mayor of Leimen 2000–2016 External links (German) Official website (German) Private website about Eppelheim (German) Condor Airpictures Aerial photos of Eppelheim and other cities. References Towns in Baden-Württemberg