Wörth am Rhein

Wörth am Rhein (, Template:Lit) is a town in the southernmost part of the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Rhine approximately 10 km west of the city centre of Karlsruhe and is just north of the German-French border. Daimler AG's largest truck production plant (2.8 km2) has been located in the town since 1960.

Mayors

• 1960–1980: Karl-Josef Stöffler (CDU)
• 1980–2016: Harald Seiter (CDU)
• 2016–2024: Dennis Nitsche (SPD)
• since 2024: Steffen Weiß

Gallery

• Friedenskirche (Peace church)
  Friedenskirche (Peace church)
• St. Laurentius in Wörth-Büchelberg
  St. Laurentius in Wörth-Büchelberg
• St. Leo in Wörth-Schaidt
  St. Leo in Wörth-Schaidt
• Wörth-Schaidt
  Wörth-Schaidt
• Wörth harbour
  Wörth harbour
• Rhine water meadows Nature reserve area
  Rhine water meadows Nature reserve area

Notable people

• Ferdinand Brossart (1849–1930), 1915-1923 Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, United States.
• Ludwig Damminger (1913–1981), footballer

Linked to town

• Kevin Akpoguma (born 1995), German footballer who played in his youth for FC Bavaria Wörth
• Friedel Grützmacher (born 1942), former Landtag deputy (Alliance 90/The Greens) lived in Wörth
• Tobias Lindner (born 1982), Bundestag deputy (Alliance 90/The Greens) who lives in Wörth
• Petrissa Solja (born 1994), table tennis player
• Herbert Wetterauer (born 1957), artist and author who lives in Wörth
• Wynkyn de Worde (unknown birth date; died c. 1534), printer and publisher in London who was possibly born in Wörth am Rhein
• Marlene Zapf (born 1990), handball player who grew up in Wörth