Lingenfeld

Lingenfeld
Lingenfeld
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Germersheim
Municipal assoc. Lingenfeld
Mayor Hans Jürgen Wallat (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area 15.33 km2 (5.92 sq mi)
Elevation 104 m  (341 ft)
Population 5,514 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 360 /km2 (932 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate GER
Postal code 67360
Area code 06344
Website www.lingenfeld.de

Lingenfeld is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated approx. 5 km north-west of Germersheim, and 10 km south-west of Speyer.

Lingenfeld has about 5900 citizens and is continuously growing because of its excellent connections to nearby cities such as Speyer, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Karlsruhe via the S-Bahn ("suburban railway").

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

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Geography

Lingenfeld is located in the Upper Rhine valley in the south of the German wine-growing region Palatinate ("Pfalz") in Rhineland-Palatinate. Close by are the river Rhine in the East of the village and the German Wine Route to the West. Neighbouring places are Römerberg (Pfalz) to the north, Schwegenheim and Westheim (Pfalz) to the west, Germersheim to the south and the frontier to Baden-Württemberg realised through the cut-off meander of the Rhine to the east.

In past centuries the old current of the Rhine caused the loss of about 250 hectares of land due to undermining of the banks.

Lingenfeld lies 104 meters higher than the other communities close to the Rhine, so danger of flooding can be almost entirely excluded.

History

The name Lingenfeld probably comes from settlement "at the long field". It was first mentioned in a document from 1163 as "Lengenveld".

Religions

In 2007 53,3 percent of the inhabitants were Roman Catholic and 22 percent Protestant. The rest belonged to a different religion or was undenominational.

Development of inhabitants

  • 1480 ca. 180
  • 1530 ca. 180
  • 1705 ca. 257
  • 1742 ca. 500
  • 1771 ca. 585
  • 1806 ca. 871
  • 1833 ca. 1229
  • 1890 ca. 1556
  • 1925 ca. 2270
  • 1953 ca. 3000
  • 1967 ca. 3740
  • 1977 ca. 4172
  • 1984 ca. 4055
  • 2001 ca. 5473
  • 2004 ca. 5870

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