Otterstadt

Otterstadt
Coat of arms of Otterstadt
Location of Otterstadt within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
FrankenthalBergstraße (district)Alzey-WormsBad Dürkheim (district)Germersheim (district)Karlsruhe (district)Neustadt an der WeinstraßeSüdliche WeinstraßeLudwigshafenMannheimRhein-Neckar-KreisSpeyerWormsAltripBeindersheimBirkenheideBobenheim-RoxheimBöhl-IggelheimDannstadt-SchauernheimDudenhofenFußgönheimGroßniedesheimHanhofenHarthausenHeßheimHeuchelheim bei FrankenthalHochdorf-AssenheimKleinniedesheimLambsheimLimburgerhofMaxdorfMutterstadtNeuhofenOtterstadtRödersheim-GronauRömerbergSchifferstadtWaldsee
Otterstadt is located in Germany
Otterstadt
Otterstadt
Otterstadt is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Otterstadt
Otterstadt
Coordinates: 49°22′N 8°27′E / 49.367°N 8.450°E / 49.367; 8.450
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictRhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Municipal assoc.Rheinauen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Bernd Zimmermann[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total16 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation
100 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total3,478
 • Density220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67166
Dialling codes06232
Vehicle registrationRP
Websitewww.otterstadt.de

Otterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The almost 980-year-old village was once a pure agricultural and fishing village. Today the inhabitants work in the neighbouring industrial cities: Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Speyer.

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.