Jockgrim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Jockgrim within Germersheim district  | |
  Jockgrim  Jockgrim | |
| Coordinates: 49°5′42″N 08°16′42″E / 49.09500°N 8.27833°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Germersheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Jockgrim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Sabine Baumann[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 12.61 km2 (4.87 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,592 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 76751 |
| Dialling codes | 07271 |
| Vehicle registration | GER |
| Website | www.jockgrim.de |
 | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2023) |
Jockgrim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 15 km north-west of Karlsruhe.
Jockgrim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Jockgrim. Jockgrim station is on Schifferstadt–Wörth railway and is served by the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn.
In 1965, Jockgrim celebrated the 700th anniversary of the old part of town: Hinterstadtl. This picturesque area has a bi-annual festival called Hinterstadtl Fest which takes place on the first weekend of September. In 2015 they were celebrating the 750th anniversary.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Germersheim, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.