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Hofheim (Lampertheim)

Lampertheim
Domkirche
Domkirche
Coat of arms of Lampertheim
Coat of arms
Lampertheim   is located in Germany
Lampertheim
Lampertheim
Coordinates: 49°36′0″N 8°28′0″E / 49.60000°N 8.46667°E / 49.60000; 8.46667Coordinates: 49°36′0″N 8°28′0″E / 49.60000°N 8.46667°E / 49.60000; 8.46667
Country Germany
State Hesse
Admin. region Darmstadt
District Bergstraße
Government
 • Mayor Gottfried Störmer
Area
 • Total 72.3 km2 (27.9 sq mi)
Elevation 92 m (302 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
 • Total 32,303
 • Density 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 68623
Dialling codes 06206, 06256, 06241
Vehicle registration HP
Website www.lampertheim.de

Lampertheim is a town in the Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany. In 1984, the town hosted the 24th Hessentag state festival.

Lampertheim lies in the southwest corner of Hesse in the Rhine rift at the Biedensand Conservation Area (an old arm of the Rhine) and borders on Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate. It is on the right bank of the Rhine across from Worms (Rhineland-Palatinate), roughly 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg). The town is broadly, but visibly surrounded by the Odenwald and the Palatinate Forest.

Lampertheim is one of Hesse’s southernmost towns and borders on Bürstadt, Lorsch, Viernheim and Mannheim (Baden-Württemberg).

Lampertheim has the outlying centres of Hofheim, Hüttenfeld, Neuschloß and Rosengarten, which are all Stadtteile. Furthermore, there are residential neighbourhoods named Heide, Oberlach-Rosenau, Am Küblinger Damm, Lache, An der Wormser Straße, In den Böllenruthen, In den Ruthen, Wehrzollhaus, Wildbahn and Seehof.

The earliest forms of the town’s name handed down from 832 were Langobardonheim or Langbardheim, which led to the conclusion that the town was founded by the Lombards (Langobarden in German). There is however today no further doubt that Lampertheim arose at the time of Frankish settlement and that the name is to be taken as meaning “Lantberths’ Home”, the name “Lantberth” – also “Lampert” or “Lambert” – meaning “Land-brightening ones”. In 1716, the town was granted market rights, and on 4 August 1951 town rights.


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