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Country
  
Germany

Elevation
  
104 m (341 ft)

Vehicle registration
  
GER

Area
  
131.6 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 8:36 PM

Postal codes
  
76730–76744

State
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Website
  
www.woerth.de

Population
  
17,377 (31 Dec 2008)

District
  
Germersheim

Wörth am Rhein photoswikimapiaorgp0001531101bigjpg

Weather
  
10°C, Wind N at 5 km/h, 51% Humidity

Dialling codes
  
07271 (Wörth am Rhein) 07277 (Wörth-Büchelberg) 06340 (Wörth-Schaidt)

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.

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Map of 76744 W%C3%B6rth am Rhein, Germany

Mayors

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

    • 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

    Wörth am Rhein Wikipedia
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