Jockgrim Explained

Image Coa:Wappen Jockgrim.png
Coordinates:49.095°N 8.2783°W
Image Plan:Jockgrim in GER.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Germersheim
Verbandsgemeinde:Jockgrim
Elevation:114
Area:12.61
Postal Code:76751
Area Code:07271
Licence:GER
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 3 34 012
Website:www.jockgrim.de
Mayor:Sabine Baumann[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24
Party:CDU

Jockgrim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the left bank of the Rhine, approximately 15 km north-west of Karlsruhe.

Jockgrim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Jockgrim. Jockgrim station is on Schifferstadt–Wörth railway and is served by the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn.

In 1965, Jockgrim celebrated the 700th anniversary of the old part of town: Hinterstadtl. This picturesque area has a bi-annual festival called Hinterstadtl Fest which takes place on the first weekend of September. In 2015 they were celebrating the 750th anniversary.

Facts

Jockgrim had a little scene in the movie "Buffalo Soldiers". The scene when a tank runs over a gas station was filmed in Jockgrim, in the background is the Hinterstädel.

People who have worked on the ground

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3340000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Germersheim