Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

(2019–24) Marcel Rüdesheim^[1]Area • Total5.29 km² (2.04 sq mi)Elevation360 m (1,180 ft)Population • Total150 • Density28/km² (73/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codesDialling codes06743Vehicle registrationMZ

Breitscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

Breitscheid lies in the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. The placename comes from the Middle High German breit and -scheid: “wooded ridge”.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 5 council members who were elected by majority vote in a municipal election held on 2 March 2008.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross sable and gules in chief sinister a mullet of six, and in base a mound royal ensigned with a cross crosslet Or.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Autobahn A 61 can be reached after a drive of roughly 10 km.

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