Martinstein

Martinstein
Coat of arms of Martinstein
Location of Martinstein within Bad Kreuznach district
Martinstein is located in Germany
Martinstein
Martinstein
Martinstein is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Martinstein
Martinstein
Coordinates: 49°48′14″N 7°32′28″E / 49.80389°N 7.54111°E / 49.80389; 7.54111
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc.Bad Sobernheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Paul-Walter Bock[1]
Area
 • Total
0.39 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Elevation
190 m (620 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
257
 • Density660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55627
Dialling codes06754
Vehicle registrationKH

Martinstein 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 of Bad Sobernheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Martinstein is a state-recognized tourism resort, and with an area of 39 ha is Germany's smallest municipality by land area.[3]

  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