Wörth am Rhein

Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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)
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  St. Laurentius in Wörth-Büchelberg
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  St. Leo in Wörth-Schaidt
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  Wörth-Schaidt
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  Wörth harbour
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  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 footballe 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

1. Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.