Breitenheim

Breitenheim
Coat of arms
Breitenheim
Location of Breitenheim within Bad Kreuznach district
Coordinates: 49°41′50″N 7°37′50″E / 49.69722°N 7.63056°E / 49.69722; 7.63056Coordinates: 49°41′50″N 7°37′50″E / 49.69722°N 7.63056°E / 49.69722; 7.63056
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.	Meisenheim
Government
• Mayor	Reiner Hill
Area
• Total	5.69 km2 (2.20 sq mi)
Elevation	165 m (541 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	400
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55592
Dialling codes	06753
Vehicle registration	KH
Website	www.breitenheim.de

Breitenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Meisenheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Breitenheim, a linear village (by some definitions, a “thorpe”), lies in the North Palatine Uplands in a side dale to the Glan. The municipal area measures 569 ha.

Clockwise from the north, Breitenheim’s neighbours are the municipality of Desloch, the town of Meisenheim, the municipality of Odenbach, the municipality of Medard (both in the neighbouring Kusel district), the municipality of Löllbach and the municipality of Jeckenbach.

Also belonging to Breitenheim is the outlying homestead of Lacher Hof.

Yearly precipitation in Breitenheim amounts to 747 mm, which falls into the middle third of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 51% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, lower figures are recorded. The driest month is February. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is 1.6 times what it is in February. Precipitation varies hardly at all. At only 7% of the weather stations are lower seasonal swings recorded.