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Mutterstadt
Coat of arms of Mutterstadt
Location of Mutterstadt within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
FrankenthalBergstraße (district)Alzey-WormsBad Dürkheim (district)Germersheim (district)Karlsruhe (district)Neustadt an der WeinstraßeSüdliche WeinstraßeLudwigshafenMannheimRhein-Neckar-KreisSpeyerWormsAltripBeindersheimBirkenheideBobenheim-RoxheimBöhl-IggelheimDannstadt-SchauernheimDudenhofenFußgönheimGroßniedesheimHanhofenHarthausenHeßheimHeuchelheim bei FrankenthalHochdorf-AssenheimKleinniedesheimLambsheimLimburgerhofMaxdorfMutterstadtNeuhofenOtterstadtRödersheim-GronauRömerbergSchifferstadtWaldsee
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Government
 • MayorHans-Dieter Schneider (SPD)
Area
 • Total
21 km2 (8 sq mi)
Elevation
97 m (318 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total
13,139
 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67112
Dialling codes06234
Vehicle registrationRP
Websitewww.mutterstadt.de

Mutterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Though classified as rural the municipality does contain urbanized areas.

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

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.

References

  1. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.