Wachenheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wachenheim within Bad Dürkheim district  | |
  Wachenheim  Wachenheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°26′28″N 8°10′48″E / 49.44111°N 8.18000°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Dürkheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Wachenheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Torsten Bechtel[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24.97 km2 (9.64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 141 m (463 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 4,561 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67157 |
| Dialling codes | 06322 |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW |
| Website | www.wachenheim.de |
Wachenheim an der Weinstraße (formerly called Wachenheim im Speyergau) is a small town in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, roughly 1 km south of Bad Dürkheim and 20 km west of Ludwigshafen. It is known above all else for its various businesses in the field of winegrowing, and in particular for Sekt.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.