Schifferstadt
Schifferstadt (Palatine German: Schiwwerschdadd, Schiffaschdad, or Schiwwerschdadt) is a town in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. If not including Ludwigshafen (the district free city that is the capital of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis), Schifferstadt is the only urban municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis.
It is situated approximately 12 km southwest of Ludwigshafen and 6 km northwest of Speyer.
History
In 1835 the Golden Hat of Schifferstadt was found nearby, the oldest of four known hats of that kind, dated to 1400-1300 BC.
Mayors
- 1945–1946: Arnulf Kaufmann
- 1946–1949: Valentin Stahl (CDU)
- 1949–1971: Adam Teutsch (CDU)
- 1971–1975: Theo Magin (CDU), born 1932
- 1975–1995: Josef Sold (CDU)
- 1995–2003: Edwin Mayer (CDU)
- 2003–2011: Klaus Sattel (FWG)
- since 2011: Ilona Volk (The Greens), born 1963, first green mayor in Rhineland-Palatinate
Population development
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Coat of arms
The blazon of the coat of arms of Schifferstadt is: „In Blau ein stilisiertes goldenes Schiff mit vorne angelehntem, aufrechtem goldenem Ruder, daraus wachsend ein silbernes Kreuz.“ “In blue a stylized golden ship, with an upright golden oar, and a silver cross”
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The lesser version of the coat of arms
Town twinning
Personalities
Honorary citizen
- 1969: Wilfried Dietrich (1933-1992), Olympic champion in wrestling, called the Crane of Schifferstadt "
Sons and daughters of the city
- Franz Funk (1905-1987), musician, composer, arranger and composer
- Heinz Hoffmann (1923-1999), physician, pedagogue and engineer
- Philip Jalalpoor (born 1993), basketball player
- Stefan Jambo (born 1958), footballer
- Bernd Gerber (born 1961), footballer
People who have worked in the city
- Hieronymus Bock (1498-1554), botanist and theologian, lived on a temporary basis
- Albert Ferber (1923-2010), German semi-heavyweight champion (Wrestling)
- Hans-Jürgen Veil (born 1946), Olympic silver medal winner 1972 in the wrestling (VfK Schifferstadt)
- Markus Scherer (born 1962 in Ludwigshafen), Olympic silver medal winner 1984 in the wrestling (VfK Schifferstadt)
- Claudio Passarelli (born 1965 in Ludwigshafen), wrestler and world champion of 1989
See also
- Schifferstadt, a house in the U.S. state of Maryland
References
- ^ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
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