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Bobenheim-Roxheim

Bobenheim-Roxheim is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km south of Worms, and 13 km northwest of Ludwigshafen. It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.

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Bobenheim-Roxheim
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Location of Bobenheim-Roxheim within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 49°35′N 8°21′E / 49.583°N 8.350°E / 49.583; 8.350
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Government
 • Mayor (2021–29) Michael Georg Müller1 (SPD)
Area
 • Total
20.51 km2 (7.92 sq mi)
Elevation
94 m (308 ft)
Population
 (2024-12-31)2
 • Total
10,157
 • Density495.2/km2 (1,283/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67240
Dialling codes06239
Vehicle registrationRP
Websitewww.bobenheim-roxheim.de

Bobenheim-Roxheim (German pronunciation: [ˈboːbn̩haɪm ˈʁɔkshaɪm]) is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approximately 5 km south of Worms, and 13 km northwest of Ludwigshafen. It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.3

The people who worked in Bobenheim-Roxheim include Franziskus von Bettinger, Harald Braner and Albert Friedrich Speer.

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References

  1. "Stichwahl: Michael Müller bleibt Bürgermeister". Die Rheinpfalz (in German). 10 October 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
  3. C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44.