Bretzenheim

Bretzenheim
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
Coat of arms of Bretzenheim
Location of Bretzenheim within Bad Kreuznach district
Bretzenheim is located in Germany
Bretzenheim
Bretzenheim
Bretzenheim is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Bretzenheim
Bretzenheim
Coordinates: 49°52′41″N 7°53′55″E / 49.87806°N 7.89861°E / 49.87806; 7.89861
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.Langenlonsheim-Stromberg
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Olaf Budde[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total
5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation
102 m (335 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
2,600
 • Density450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55559
Dialling codes0671
Vehicle registrationKH
Websitewww.bretzenheim.de

Bretzenheim 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 Langenlonsheim-Stromberg, whose seat is in Langenlonsheim. Bretzenheim is a state-recognized tourism community[3] and a winegrowing centre. It is also one of the district's ten biggest municipalities.[4]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
  3. ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
  4. ^ General information Archived August 13, 2013, at the Wayback Machine