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Mutterstadt Coordinates 49°26′N 8°21′E / 49.43333°N 8.35°ECoordinates: 49°26′N 8°21′E / 49.43333°N 8.35°E 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.
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).
Towns and municipalities in Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Altrip · Beindersheim · Birkenheide · Bobenheim-Roxheim · Böhl-Iggelheim · Dannstadt-Schauernheim · Dudenhofen · Fußgönheim · Großniedesheim · Hanhofen · Harthausen · Heßheim · Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal · Hochdorf-Assenheim · Kleinniedesheim · Lambsheim · Limburgerhof · Maxdorf · Mutterstadt · Neuhofen · Otterstadt · Rödersheim-Gronau · Römerberg · Schifferstadt · WaldseeReferences
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
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