Mutterstadt

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Mutterstadt
Mutterstadt Wasserturm1.jpg
Coat of arms of Mutterstadt
Mutterstadt is located in Germany
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Mutterstadt
Coordinates 49°26′N 8°21′E / 49.43333°N 8.35°E / 49.43333; 8.35Coordinates: 49°26′N 8°21′E / 49.43333°N 8.35°E / 49.43333; 8.35
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Mayor Ewald Ledig
Basic statistics
Area 21 km2 (8.1 sq mi)
Elevation 97 m  (318 ft)
Population 12,659 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 603 /km2 (1,561 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate RP
Postal code 67112
Area code 06234
Website www.mutterstadt.de

Mutterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

It is situated approx. 7 km southwest of the city center of Ludwigshafen.

[edit] History

Mutterstadt was first mentioned in the Lorsch codex in the year 767 as „mutherstather marca“. The name Mutterstadt is derived from the medieval personal name „Muothari“ (or „Muther“) and not from the German word „Mutter“ (= mother).

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