Eltville Eltville am Rhein |
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Coordinates: 50°1′32″N 8°7′9″E / 50.02556°N 8.11917°ECoordinates: 50°1′32″N 8°7′9″E / 50.02556°N 8.11917°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Hesse | |
Admin. region | Darmstadt | |
District | Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Patrick Kunkel (CDU) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 46.77 km2 (18.06 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 95 m (312 ft) | |
Population (2015-12-31) | ||
• Total | 16,970 | |
• Density | 360/km2 (940/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 65343–65347 | |
Dialling codes | 06123, 06723 (Hattenheim) |
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Vehicle registration | RÜD | |
Website | www.eltville.de |
Eltville am Rhein (German pronunciation: [ˈɛltvɪlə], from Alta Villa, Latin for "high estate, high town", corrupted to Eldeville, Elfeld and later Eltville) is a town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the Regierungsbezirk of Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. It lies on the German Timber-Frame Road (Fachwerkstraße).
Eltville is the biggest town in the Rheingau. It bears the nicknames Weinstadt, Sektstadt, Rosenstadt and since 2006 also Gutenbergstadt. Some of Germany's most famous vineyards (Steinberg, Rauenthaler Baiken, Erbacher Marcobrunn) are found within Eltville's municipal limits.
Eltville, which belongs culturally to the Rheingau region, lies on the River Rhine, 12 km westsouthwest of Wiesbaden.
Eltville borders in the north on the municipalities of Schlangenbad and Kiedrich, in the east on the district-free city of Wiesbaden and the municipality of Walluf, in the south – separated by the Rhine – on the municipalities of Budenheim und Heidesheim and the town of Ingelheim (all three in Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate) and in the west on the town of Oestrich-Winkel.
Eltville am Rhein as a municipality consists of five Stadtteile: