Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen

Breitscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Breitscheid
Coat of arms
Location of Breitscheid within Mainz-Bingen district
Breitscheid
Breitscheid
Coordinates: 50°03′25″N 7°42′29″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Rhein-Nahe
Government
 • MayorNorbert Kröber
Area
 • Total5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total131
 • Density25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
55422
Dialling codes06743
Vehicle registrationMZ

Geography

Location

Breitscheid lies in the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. The placename comes from the Middle High German breit and -scheid: “wooded ridge”.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 5 council members who were elected by majority vote in a municipal election held on 2 March 2008.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross sable and gules in chief sinister a mullet of six, and in base a mound royal ensigned with a cross crosslet Or.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Autobahn A 61 can be reached after a drive of roughly 10 km.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.



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