Jockgrim

Jockgrim
Jockgrim
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Jockgrim within Germersheim district
	Jockgrim Jockgrim
	Coordinates: 49°5′42″N 08°16′42″E / 49.09500°N 8.27833°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Germersheim
Municipal assoc.	Jockgrim
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Sabine Baumann (CDU)
Area
• Total	12.61 km2 (4.87 sq mi)
Elevation	114 m (374 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	7,592
• Density	600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76751
Dialling codes	07271
Vehicle registration	GER
Website	www.jockgrim.de

Jockgrim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 15 km north-west of Karlsruhe.

Jockgrim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Jockgrim. Jockgrim station is on Schifferstadt–Wörth railway and is served by the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn.

In 1965, Jockgrim celebrated the 700th anniversary of the old part of town: Hinterstadtl. This picturesque area has a bi-annual festival called Hinterstadtl Fest which takes place on the first weekend of September. In 2015 they were celebrating the 750th anniversary.

Facts

Jockgrim had a little scene in the movie "Buffalo Soldiers". The scene when a tank runs over a gas station was filmed in Jockgrim, in the background is the Hinterstädel.