Mutterstadt

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Coat of arms of Mutterstadt
Coat of arms
Location of Mutterstadt within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
FrankenthalBergstraße (district)Alzey-WormsBad Dürkheim (district)Germersheim (district)Karlsruhe (district)Neustadt an der WeinstraßeSüdliche WeinstraßeLudwigshafenMannheimRhein-Neckar-KreisSpeyerWormsAltripBeindersheimBirkenheideBobenheim-RoxheimBöhl-IggelheimDannstadt-SchauernheimDudenhofenFußgönheimGroßniedesheimHanhofenHarthausenHeßheimHeuchelheim bei FrankenthalHochdorf-AssenheimKleinniedesheimLambsheimLimburgerhofMaxdorfMutterstadtNeuhofenOtterstadtRödersheim-GronauRömerbergSchifferstadtWaldsee
(2023–31) Thorsten Leva[1] (SPD)Area
 • Total21 km2 (8 sq mi)Elevation
97 m (318 ft)Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total13,139 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes
67112
Dialling codes06234Vehicle registrationRPWebsitewww.mutterstadt.de

Mutterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Though classified as rural the municipality does contain urbanized areas.

It is situated approximately 7 km southwest of the city center of Ludwigshafen.

History

Mutterstadt was first mentioned in the Lorsch codex in the year 767 as mutherstather marca. The name Mutterstadt is derived from the medieval personal name Muothari (or Muther) and not from the German word Mutter.

  • Old town hall
    Old town hall
  • Former Post office
    Former Post office

News

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mutterstadt.

On the 9th of August 2016 a suspected IS terrorist was apprehended on suspicion of planning an attack during a soccer match[3]

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Coat of arms
Coat of arms

References

  1. ^ Doreen Reber: Stabwechsel im Amt des Bürgermeisters, Die Rheinpfalz, 2 July 2023, accessed 23 September 2023 (in German).
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ "Einsatz in Mutterstadt: Terrorverdächtiger in Rheinland-Pfalz festgenommen". Retrieved 2016-08-09.
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