Wörth am Rhein

Wörth am Rhein
Wörth am Rhein
	Town hall
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Wörth am Rhein Location of Wörth am Rhein within Germersheim district
	Coordinates: 49°3′6″N 8°15′37″E / 49.05167°N 8.26028°ECoordinates: 49°3′6″N 8°15′37″E / 49.05167°N 8.26028°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Germersheim
Government
• Mayor	Dennis Nitsche (SPD)
Area
• Total	131.64 km2 (50.83 sq mi)
Elevation	104 m (341 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
• Total	17,968
• Density	140/km2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	76730–76744
Dialling codes	07271 (Wörth am Rhein) 07277 (Wörth-Büchelberg) 06340 (Wörth-Schaidt)
Vehicle registration	GER
Website	www.woerth.de

Wörth am Rhein is a town in the southernmost part of the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approx. 10 km west of the city centre of Karlsruhe and just north of the German-French border. Daimler AG's biggest truck production plant (approx. 2,8 square kilometer) has been located in this town since 1960.

Mayors

1960–1980: Karl-Josef Stöffler (CDU)
1980–2016: Harald Seiter (CDU)
since 2016: Dennis Nitsche (SPD)

Gallery

Friedenskirche (Peace church)
St. Laurentius in Wörth-Büchelberg
St. Leo in Wörth-Schaidt
Wörth-Schaidt
Wörth harbour
Rhine water meadows Nature reserve area

Sons and daughters of the town

Ferdinand Brossart (1849–1930), 1915-1923 Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, USA.
Ludwig Damminger (1913–1981), footballer

Connected to Wörth

Kevin Akpoguma (born 1995), German footballer, played in his youth at the FC Bavaria Wörth
Friedel Grützmacher (born 1942), former Landtag deputy (Alliance '90/The Greens), lived in Wörth
Tobias Lindner (born 1982), Bundestag deputy (Alliance 90/The Greens), lives in Wörth
Petrissa Solja (born 1994), table tennis player
Herbert Wetterauer (born 1957), artist and author, lives in Wörth
Marlene Zapf (born 1990), handball player, grew up in Wörth,

References

↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.

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[1] Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.