Wörth am Rhein
Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Coat of arms
Location of Wörth am Rhein within Germersheim district
(2016–24) Dennis Nitsche[1] (SPD)
(2022-12-31)[2]
76730–76744
Wörth am Rhein (German pronunciation: [vœʁt] ⓘ) is a town in the southernmost part of the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Rhine approximately 10 km west of the city centre of Karlsruhe and is just north of the German-French border. Daimler AG's largest truck production plant (2.8 km2) has been located in the 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
Notable people
- Ferdinand Brossart (1849–1930), 1915-1923 Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, United States.
- Ludwig Damminger (1913–1981), footballer
Linked to town
- Kevin Akpoguma (born 1995), German footballer who played in his youth for 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) who lives in Wörth
- Petrissa Solja (born 1994), table tennis player
- Herbert Wetterauer (born 1957), artist and author who lives in Wörth
- Wynkyn de Worde (unknown birth date; died c. 1534), printer and publisher in London who was possibly born in Wörth am Rhein
- Marlene Zapf (born 1990), handball player who grew up in Wörth
References
- ^ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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Towns and municipalities in Germersheim
- Bellheim
- Berg
- Erlenbach bei Kandel
- Freckenfeld
- Freisbach
- Germersheim
- Hagenbach
- Hatzenbühl
- Hördt
- Jockgrim
- Kandel
- Knittelsheim
- Kuhardt
- Leimersheim
- Lingenfeld
- Lustadt
- Minfeld
- Neuburg am Rhein
- Neupotz
- Ottersheim bei Landau
- Rheinzabern
- Rülzheim
- Scheibenhardt
- Schwegenheim
- Steinweiler
- Vollmersweiler
- Weingarten
- Westheim
- Winden
- Wörth am Rhein
- Zeiskam
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