Dudenhofen | |
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Location of Dudenhofen within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 49°19′4″N 8°23′26″E / 49.31778°N 8.39056°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis |
Municipal assoc. | Römerberg-Dudenhofen |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Jürgen Hook[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 6,008 |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 67373 |
Dialling codes | 06232 |
Vehicle registration | RP |
Website | www.dudenhofen.de |
Dudenhofen is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated about 3 kilometers west of Speyer. Dudenhofen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Römerberg-Dudenhofen.
Notable people
[edit]- Jürgen Creutzmann (born 1945), member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1989 to 2009, vice president of the state parliament from 2001 to 2006 and member of the Europaparlie from 2009 to 2014.
- Edward Duyker (born 1955), Australian writer and historian. Wrote in his biography François Péron about the occupation of Dudenhofens in 1793.
- Jan van Eijden (born 1976), former course cyclist, Olympic champion in Sydney 2000, coach of the British National Cycling Team.
- Olaf Schmäler (* 1969), former Bundesliga footballer, was a youth coach at football club FV Dudenhofen.
- Martin Faustmann (1841-1868), chief forester of Dudenhofen, whose analysis of the optimal rotation problem helped establish the field of forest economics (see Faustmann's formula).
- Nikolaus von Weis (1796-1869), Catholic theologian, Bishop of Speyer, was pastor in Dudenhofen.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.