Stockstadt (Hesse)

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Stockstadt am Rhein (Stockstadt)


Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Administrative region	Darmstadt
District	Groß-Gerau
Population	5,815 (31/12/2004)
Area	18.72 km²
Population density	311 /km²
Elevation	112 m
Coordinates	49°49′ N 8°28′ E
Postal code	64589
Area code	06158
Licence plate code	GG
Mayor	Klaus Horst (SPD)
Website	Gemeinde Stockstadt am Rhein

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

1 Geography
2 History
3 Politics
4 Economy and infrastructure
- 4.1 Transport
- 4.2 Education
5 Reference
6 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] 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.

[edit] Neighbouring communities

Stockstadt borders in the north and east on the community 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).

[edit] Constituent communities

Stockstadt consists of only one centre.

[edit] History

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

[edit] Politics

[edit] 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

[edit] 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.[1]

[edit] Partnerships

Villa Lagarina, Italy, since 1990

[edit] Economy and infrastructure

[edit] 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.