Riedstadt

Riedstadt
Coat of arms
Riedstadt
Location of Riedstadt within Groß-Gerau district
Coordinates: 49°50′14″N 08°30′16″E / 49.83722°N 8.50444°E / 49.83722; 8.50444Coordinates: 49°50′14″N 08°30′16″E / 49.83722°N 8.50444°E / 49.83722; 8.50444
Country	Germany
State	Hesse
Admin. region	Darmstadt
District	Groß-Gerau
Government
• Mayor	Werner Amend
Area
• Total	73.76 km2 (28.48 sq mi)
Elevation	88 m (289 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	22,998
• Density	310/km2 (810/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	64560
Dialling codes	06158
Vehicle registration	GG
Website	www.riedstadt.de

Riedstadt, with its municipal area of 73.76 km² is Groß-Gerau district's biggest town by land area. It lies in Hesse, Germany, about 12 km southwest of Darmstadt.

Riedstadt is shaped not only by its preserved rural structure, but also by being near several cities, namely Frankfurt am Main, Darmstadt, Wiesbaden, Mainz, and Mannheim. As its name suggests, it lies in the Hessisches Ried, the northeastern section of the Rhine rift. The community practises the structured settlement of environmentally friendly business operations.

Local recreation sites near the community include the Kühkopf-Knoblochsaue nature reserve, the Bergstraße, the Odenwald, and the Taunus.

Riedstadt borders in the north on the community of Trebur and the town of Groß-Gerau, in the east on the towns of Griesheim and Pfungstadt (both in Darmstadt-Dieburg), in the south on the town of Gernsheim and the communities of Biebesheim and , and in the west on the communities of Ludwigshöhe and Dienheim as well as the town of Oppenheim (all 3 in Mainz-Bingen).

Riedstadt consists of the centres Crumstadt, Erfelden, Goddelau, Leeheim, and Wolfskehlen.

The community came into being on 1 January 1977 with Hesse's municipal reforms, which merged the formerly independent communities of Goddelau, Wolfskehlen (which had already merged voluntarily with Goddelau in 1973), Erfelden, Crumstadt, and Leeheim.