Dudenhofen Explained
Dudenhofen |
Image Coa: | DEU Dudenhofen COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 49.3178°N 8.3906°W |
Image Plan: | Karte Dudenhofen.png |
State: | Rheinland-Pfalz |
District: | Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis |
Verbandsgemeinde: | Römerberg-Dudenhofen |
Elevation: | 105 |
Area: | 13 |
Postal Code: | 67373 |
Area Code: | 06232 |
Licence: | RP |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 07 3 38 007 |
Website: | www.dudenhofen.de |
Mayor: | Jürgen Hook[1] |
Leader Term: | 2019 - 24 |
Party: | SPD |
Dudenhofen is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated about 3 kilometers west of Speyer. Dudenhofen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Römerberg-Dudenhofen.
Notable people
- Jürgen Creutzmann (born 1945), member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1989 to 2009, vice president of the state parliament from 2001 to 2006 and member of the Europaparlie from 2009 to 2014.
- Edward Duyker (born 1955), Australian writer and historian. Wrote in his biography François Péron about the occupation of Dudenhofens in 1793.
- Jan van Eijden (born 1976), former course cyclist, Olympic champion in Sydney 2000, coach of the British National Cycling Team.
- Olaf Schmäler (* 1969), former Bundesliga footballer, was a youth coach at football club FV Dudenhofen.
- Martin Faustmann (1841-1868), chief forester of Dudenhofen, whose analysis of the optimal rotation problem helped establish the field of forest economics (see Faustmann's formula).
- Nikolaus von Weis (1796-1869), Catholic theologian, Bishop of Speyer, was pastor in Dudenhofen.
Notes and References
- https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3380000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis