Maikammer

Maikammer
Maikammer
Location of Maikammer within Südliche Weinstraße district
Coordinates	49°18′23″N 8°07′46″E / 49.30639°N 8.12944°E / 49.30639; 8.12944Coordinates: 49°18′23″N 8°07′46″E / 49.30639°N 8.12944°E / 49.30639; 8.12944
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Südliche Weinstraße
Municipal assoc.	Maikammer
Mayor	Karl Schäfer (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	13.68 km2 (5.28 sq mi)
Elevation	151 m  (495 ft)
Population	4,198 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	307 /km2 (795 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	SÜW
Postal code	67487
Area code	06321
Website	www.maikammer.de

Maikammer is a municipality in the Südliche Weinstraße district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the German Wine Route, approx. 5 km south of Neustadt an der Weinstraße.

Maikammer is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Maikammer.

Maikammer

General Jakob von Hartman

Industry

Maikammer's local economy is predominantly supported by the wine industry. The area is well known for the vineyards of Alsterweiler, Kappellenberg, Kirchenstück, Immengarten and Heiligenberg, which produce Müller-Thurgau and Riesling grapes. Wine has played a significant part in Maikammer's history, both economically and culturally. Maikammer is also host to numerous Villas built by the original wine families of the area, which now help to attract tourists to the area.

During the 1850s, Anton Ullrich and his brother Franz Ullrich established an enameling factory in Maikammer producing enameled kitchenware. This factory was a major source of employment for the people of Maikammer, employing around 1,000 people at its peak. The products made in Maikammer were sold throughout Europe, distribution extended as far east as Russia. The factory was closed in 1928 as a result of Germany's hyper-inflation.

Spelling Variations

The town of Maikammer has also been spelled in the following ways: Meinkeimere (1315), Meinkemer (1329), Menkemer (1335), Mollytown (1341), Menkemere (1345), Meinkemeren (1346), Meinkemer (1348), Meinkeymer (1350, 1366), Meinkeimer (1370), Meinkemer (1391, 1419), Mollyville (1426), Meynkeimere (1437), Meynkamere (1464), Meinkheimer (1468), Meyekeymere (1500), Mainkeimer (1542), Meynkammer (1560), Maycammer (1650), Mollyshire (1735), and since 1800 Maikammer.

Mayors

• Sebastian Frantz (1860–1904)
• Eduard Wolf (1904–1920)
• Dr. J.C. Wolf (1920–1933)
• Gustav Buchenberger (1933–1942)
• Otto Wingerter (1942–1945)
• Dr. J.C. Wolf (1945–1946)
• Alfred Wagner (1946–1947)
• Rudolf Straub (1947–1948)
• Hermann Ullrich (1948–1955) CDU
• Johannes Damm (1955–1973) CDU
• Rudolf Müller (1973–1974) CDU
• Dieter Ziegler (1974 - ) CDU
• Karl Schäfer (current) CDU

Notable residents

• General Jakob Freiherr von Hartmann (1797–1873)
• Franz Ullrich (1830–1891) Industrialist

References

1. ^ "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. 

• Damm, Johannes and Treptow, Hans (1986). Ortschronik Maikammer-Alsterweiler. Heinrich Schreck KG, Maikammer, Germany.