Lingenfeld ( pfl, Lingefeld) is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in

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. It is situated approximately 5 km north-west of

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, and 10 km south-west of

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. Lingenfeld has about 5,800 citizens (2020) and is continuously growing because of its good connections to nearby cities such as

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and

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via the

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("suburban railway"). Lingenfeld is the seat of the ''

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'' ("collective municipality") Lingenfeld.

Geography

Lingenfeld is located in the

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in the south of the

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-growing region Palatinate ("Pfalz") in

. Close by are the river

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in the East of the village and the

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to the West. Neighbouring places are Römerberg (Pfalz) to the north,

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and Westheim (Pfalz) to the west,

to the south and the frontier to

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

realised through the cut-off meander of the Rhine to the east. In past centuries the old current of the Rhine caused the loss of about 250 hectares of land due to undermining of the banks. Lingenfeld lies 104 meters higher than the other communities close to the Rhine, so danger of flooding can be almost entirely excluded.

History

The name ''Lingenfeld'' probably comes from settlement "at the long field". It was first mentioned in a document from 1163 as "Lengenveld".

Religions

In 2007 53,3 percent of the inhabitants were Roman Catholic and 22 percent

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. The rest belonged to a different religion or was undenominational.

Development of inhabitants

References

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