Jockgrim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, 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 ...

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. It is situated on the left bank of the

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, approximately 15 km north-west of

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. Jockgrim is the seat of the ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhine ...

'' ("collective municipality") Jockgrim. Jockgrim station is on

Schifferstadt–Wörth railway The Schifferstadt–Wörth railway or Speyer line is a uniformly double track and electrified main line in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Between Schifferstadt and Germersheim it is part of the network of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn. Bet ...

and is served by the

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. In 1965, Jockgrim celebrated the 700th anniversary of the old part of town: Hinterstadtl. This picturesque area has a bi-annual festival called Hinterstadtl Fest which takes place on the first weekend of September. In 2015 they were celebrating the 750th anniversary. Rathaus-Jockgrim-1

Facts

Jockgrim had a little scene in the movie "Buffalo Soldiers". The scene when a tank runs over a gas station was filmed in Jockgrim, in the background is the Hinterstädel. Das Hinnerschdaedtl in Jockgrim - 2007-CC-BY-SA SYNTAXYS Achim Lammerts.jpg, „Hinnerstädel“, Ludwig street Das Ziegeleimuseum in Jockgrim - 2007-CC-BY-SA SYNTAXYS Achim Lammerts.jpg, Ziegeleimuseum (Brickyard museum) Kugelhaus-1.JPG, Kugelhaus (Globe house)

People who have worked on the ground

* Franz Bernhard (1934–2013), sculptor, lived in Jockgrim * Albert Haueisen (1872–1954), painter * Helmut Rußwurm (1911–1995), painter

External links

References

Germersheim (district) {{Germersheim-geo-stub