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Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen

Coordinates: 50°03′25″N 7°42′29″E / 50.05694°N 7.70806°E / 50.05694; 7.70806
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Breitscheid
Coat of arms of Breitscheid
Location of Breitscheid within Mainz-Bingen district
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Breitscheid is located in Germany
Breitscheid
Breitscheid
Breitscheid is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Breitscheid
Breitscheid
Coordinates: 50°03′25″N 7°42′29″E / 50.05694°N 7.70806°E / 50.05694; 7.70806
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Rhein-Nahe
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Marcel Rüdesheim[1]
Area
 • Total5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Elevation
360 m (1,180 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total150
 • Density28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55422
Dialling codes06743
Vehicle registrationMZ

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

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Location

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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

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Municipal council

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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

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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

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Transport

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Autobahn A 61 can be reached after a drive of roughly 10 km.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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