Merxheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Merxheim within Bad Kreuznach district  | |
  Merxheim  Merxheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°47′40″N 7°33′44″E / 49.79444°N 7.56222°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Kreuznach |
| Municipal assoc. | Bad Sobernheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Egon Eckhardt[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 17.05 km2 (6.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,436 |
| • Density | 84/km2 (220/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55627 |
| Dialling codes | 06754 |
| Vehicle registration | KH |
| Website | www.merxheim.de |
Merxheim is a small town and Ortsgemeinde in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Sobernheim. The town's economy is traditionally based on wine making. The town is partnered with Merxheim, Haut-Rhin in France. The town is located around 100 km. east of the city of Luxembourg and around 90 km southwest of Frankfurt. Merxheim is located on the border of Moselle Franconian dialects and Hessian dialects.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.