Mutterstadt is a municipality in the
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
The Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Worms, the district Bergstraße, district-free Mannheim, Frankenthal and Ludw ...
, in
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...
,
Germany
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. Though classified as rural the municipality does contain urbanized areas.
It is situated approximately 7 km southwest of the city center of
Ludwigshafen
Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning " Ludwig's Port upon Rhine"), is a city in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, on the river Rhine, opposite Mannheim. With Mannheim, Heidelberg, and the surrounding region, it form ...
.
History
Mutterstadt was first mentioned in the
Lorsch codex
The Lorsch Codex (Chronicon Laureshamense, Lorscher Codex, Codex Laureshamensis) is an important historical document created between about 1175 to 1195 AD in the Monastery of Saint Nazarius in Lorsch, Germany. The codex is handwritten in Caroli ...
in the year 767 as ''mutherstather marca''. The name Mutterstadt is derived from the medieval personal name ''Muothari'' (or ''Muther'') and not from the German word ''Mutter''.
Image:Altes Rathaus Mutterstadt 1.jpg, Old town hall
Image:Post in Mutterstadt.jpg, Former Post office
News
On the 9th of August 2016 a suspected IS terrorist was apprehended on suspicion of planning an attack during a soccer match
References
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Palatinate (region)
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