Wörth am Rhein

Wörth am Rhein
Town hall
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 km^2 (50.83 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	17,645
• Density	130/km^2 (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.

Mayors

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

pictures

Wörth Town hall

Rhine water meadows Nature reserve area

Friedenskirche (Peace church)

Wörth harbour

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 Bayern 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

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.