Meißenheim
Meißenheim (Low Alemannic: Missennä) is a municipality in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.
Meißenheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Meißenheim within Ortenaukreis district  | |
  Meißenheim  Meißenheim | |
| Coordinates: 48°24′36″N 07°46′25″E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Admin. region | Freiburg |
| District | Ortenaukreis |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2017–25) | Alexander Schröder[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21.33 km2 (8.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 151 m (495 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,040 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 77974 |
| Dialling codes | 07824 |
| Vehicle registration | OG |
| Website | www.meissenheim.de |
Personalities
Sons and daughters of the place
- Ferdinand Kopf (1857-1943), born in Kürzell, lawyer, member of parliament
- Karl Hoppe (1889-1963), politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany, Communist Party of the Saar), member of the Saarland Parliament 1947-1952
Other personalities related to the place
Friederike Brion
- Friederike Brion (1752-1813), the youthful love of Goethe was buried in Meißenheim
References
- Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
- "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2020" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2020] (CSV). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg (in German). June 2021. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
External links
Media related to Meißenheim at Wikimedia Commons
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