Stockstadt am Rhein

Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Wappen = Wappen Stockstadt am Rhein.svg
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 49
lon_deg = 8 |lon_min = 28
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Hessen
Regierungsbezirk = Darmstadt
Kreis = Groß-Gerau
Höhe = 112
Fläche = 18.72
Einwohner = 5678
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 64589
Vorwahl = 06158
Kfz = GG
Gemeindeschlüssel = 06 4 33 013
Adresse = Rheinstraße 34 - 36
64589 Stockstadt
Website = [http://www.stockstadt.de/ www.stockstadt.de]
Bürgermeister = Klaus Horst
Partei = SPD

Stockstadt am Rhein is a community in Groß-Gerau district in Hesse, Germany, lying on the southern edge of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region.

Geography

Location

Stockstadt lies in the Rhine rift right on the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue EU reserve. The community lies at the mouth of the Modau, where it empties into the Rhine.

Neighbouring communities

Stockstadt borders in the north and east on the town of Riedstadt, in the south on the community of Biebesheim and in the west on the communities of Gimbsheim (Alzey-Worms) and Guntersblum (Mainz-Bingen).

Constituent communities

Stockstadt consists of only one centre.

History

Stockstadt had its first documentary mention in 830-850 in the Lorsch codex under the name "Stochestat".

Politics

Municipal council

Municipal council is made up of 25 councillors, with seats apportioned thus, in accordance with municipal elections held on 26 March 2006:
*CDU 11 seats
*SPD 11 seats
*Greens 3 seats

Coat of arms

Stockstadt's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: In gules two boat hooks per saltire argent, thereabout four six-pointed stars argent.

The boat hooks refer to boatmen on the Rhine, but it is unknown what the stars are meant to stand for. The arms are based on the community's oldest known seal from the late 16th century, and were officially conferred in 1927 in Mainz colours. This is a reference to the community's history as an old (until 1579) Mainz domain. [http://www.ngw.nl/int/dld/s/stockstr.htm]

Partnerships

* Villa Lagarina, Italy, since 1990

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Stockstadt lies on Federal Highway ("Bundesstraße") B 44 (Frankfurt am Main - Ludwigshafen). The Autobahn interchange Pfungstadt-West on the A 67 (Rüsselsheim – Viernheim) is about 9 km away.

The community is also a stop on the Frankfurt-Mannheim S-Bahn line.

Education

*Grundschule Stockstadt (primary school)

References

External links

* [http://www.stockstadt.de Stockstadt am Rhein]
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