Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen
Breitscheid | |
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Location of Breitscheid within Mainz-Bingen district | |
Coordinates: 50°03′25″N 7°42′29″E / 50.05694°N 7.70806°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Mainz-Bingen |
Municipal assoc. | Rhein-Nahe |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Marcel Rüdesheim[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi) |
Elevation | 360 m (1,180 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 150 |
• Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55422 |
Dialling codes | 06743 |
Vehicle registration | MZ |
Breitscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]Breitscheid lies in the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. The placename comes from the Middle High German breit and -scheid: “wooded ridge”.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of five council members who were elected by majority vote in a municipal election held on 2 March 2008.
Coat of arms
[edit]The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross sable and gules in chief sinister a mullet of six, and in base a mound royal ensigned with a cross crosslet Or.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Transport
[edit]Autobahn A 61 can be reached after a drive of roughly 10 km.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in German)