Schifferstadt Explained

Type:	Stadt
Schifferstadt
Image Coa:	DEU Schifferstadt COA.svg
Coordinates:	49.3833°N 30°W
Image Plan:	Karte Schifferstadt.png
State:	Rheinland-Pfalz
District:	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Elevation:	104
Area:	28.04
Postal Code:	67105
Area Code:	06235
Licence:	RP
Gemeindeschlüssel:	07 3 38 025
Website:	www.schifferstadt.de
Mayor:	Ilona Volk^[1]
Leader Term:	2019 - 27
Party:	Greens

Schifferstadt (Schiwwerschdadd, Schiffaschdad, or Schiwwerschdadt) is a town in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. If not including Ludwigshafen (the district free city that is the capital of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis), Schifferstadt is the only urban municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis.

It is situated approximately 12 km southwest of Ludwigshafen and 6 km northwest of Speyer.

History

In 1835 the Golden Hat of Schifferstadt was found nearby, the oldest of four known hats of that kind, dated to 1400-1300 BC.

Mayors

• 1945–1946: Arnulf Kaufmann
• 1946–1949: Valentin Stahl (CDU)
• 1949–1971: Adam Teutsch (CDU)
• 1971–1975: Theo Magin (CDU), born 1932
• 1975–1995: Josef Sold (CDU)
• 1995–2003: Edwin Mayer (CDU)
• 2003–2011: Klaus Sattel (FWG)
• since 2011: Ilona Volk (The Greens), born 1963, first green mayor in Rhineland-Palatinate

Population development

Year Inhabitants 1815 1.836 1835 2.994 1871 3.995 1905 7.505 1939 11.315 1950 13.242

Year Inhabitants 1961 15.636 1970 17.148 1987 17.322 1997 18.955 2005 19.242

Coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms of Schifferstadt is: „In Blau ein stilisiertes goldenes Schiff mit vorne angelehntem, aufrechtem goldenem Ruder, daraus wachsend ein silbernes Kreuz.“ “In blue a stylized golden ship, with an upright golden oar, and a silver cross”

Town twinning

• Aichach (Germany)
• Frederick (US)
• Löbejün (Germany)

Personalities

Honorary citizen

• 1969: Wilfried Dietrich (1933-1992), Olympic champion in wrestling, called the Crane of Schifferstadt "

Sons and daughters of the city

• Franz Funk (1905-1987), musician, composer, arranger and composer
• Heinz Hoffmann (1923-1999), physician, pedagogue and engineer
• Philip Jalalpoor (born 1993), basketball player
• Stefan Jambo (born 1958), footballer
• Bernd Gerber (born 1961), footballer

People who have worked in the city

• Hieronymus Bock (1498-1554), botanist and theologian, lived on a temporary basis
• Albert Ferber (1923-2010), German semi-heavyweight champion (Wrestling)
• Hans-Jürgen Veil (born 1946), Olympic silver medal winner 1972 in the wrestling (VfK Schifferstadt)
• Markus Scherer (born 1962 in Ludwigshafen), Olympic silver medal winner 1984 in the wrestling (VfK Schifferstadt)
• Claudio Passarelli (born 1965 in Ludwigshafen), wrestler and world champion of 1989

See also

• Schifferstadt, a house in the U.S. state of Maryland

External links

• www.schifferstadt.de
• www.schifferstadt.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/direktwahlen/wahl-der-buergermeister-verbandsfreier-gemeinden/ Wahlen der Bürgermeister der verbandsfreien Gemeinden