Rüdesheim | ||
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Rüdesheim an der Nahe in November 2007
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Coordinates: 49°50′42.64″N 7°48′50.86″E / 49.8451778°N 7.8141278°ECoordinates: 49°50′42.64″N 7°48′50.86″E / 49.8451778°N 7.8141278°E | ||
Country | Germany | |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
District | Bad Kreuznach | |
Municipal assoc. | Rüdesheim | |
Government | ||
• Mayor | Jürgen Poppitz | |
Area | ||
• Total | 3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi) | |
Elevation | 135 m (443 ft) | |
Population (2015-12-31) | ||
• Total | 2,679 | |
• Density | 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 55593 | |
Dialling codes | 0671 | |
Vehicle registration | KH | |
Website | www.ruedesheim-nahe.de |
Rüdesheim an der Nahe, or simply Rüdesheim, 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 Rüdesheim, and is also its seat. Rüdesheim customarily takes the tag “an der Nahe” to distinguish itself from nearby Rüdesheim am Rhein. Rüdesheim is laid out in state planning as a lower centre. Rüdesheim is a winegrowing village.
Rüdesheim lies in the transitional zone between Rhenish Hesse and the Hunsrück at the mouth of the Katzenbach, where it empties into the Ellerbach, itself a tributary to the Nahe. Although that river lies a short way outside Rüdesheim, the municipality still styles itself “an der Nahe” (“on the Nahe”) and claims that it lies im Herzen des wunderschönen Nahetals (“in the heart of the wonderfully lovely Nahe valley”). The village is found some 4 km west of the district seat of Bad Kreuznach, with which it has all but grown together into one built-up area. The village sits at an elevation of 135 m above sea level. The municipal area measures 3.47 km².
Clockwise from the north, Rüdesheim an der Nahe’s neighbours are the municipality of Roxheim, the town of Bad Kreuznach and the municipalities of Hüffelsheim, Weinsheim and Mandel, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.