Schifferstadt ( pfl, Schiwwerschdadd, ''Schiffaschdad'', or ''Schiwwerschdadt'') is a town 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 Lud ...

, 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 Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. If not including

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 ...

(the district free city that is the capital of Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis), Schifferstadt is the only urban municipality in the

. It is situated approximately 12 km southwest of

and 6 km northwest of

Speyer Speyer (, older spelling ''Speier'', French: ''Spire,'' historical English: ''Spires''; pfl, Schbaija) is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany with approximately 50,000 inhabitants. Located on the left bank of the river Rhine, Speyer lie ...

History

In 1835 the

Golden Hat of Schifferstadt The Golden Hat of Schifferstadt (german: Der Goldene Hut von Schifferstadt) was discovered in a field near the town of Schifferstadt in Southwest Germany in 1835. It is a Bronze Age artefact made of thin sheet gold and served as the external d ...

was found nearby, the oldest of four known hats of that kind, dated to 1400-1300 BC.

Mayors

* 1945–1946: Arnulf Kaufmann * 1946–1949: Valentin Stahl (CDU) * 1949–1971: Adam Teutsch (CDU) * 1971–1975: Theo Magin (CDU), born 1932 * 1975–1995: Josef Sold (CDU) * 1995–2003: Edwin Mayer (CDU) * 2003–2011: Klaus Sattel (FWG) * since 2011: Ilona Volk (The Greens), born 1963, first green mayor in Rhineland-Palatinate

Population development

Coat of arms

The blazon of the coat of arms of Schifferstadt is: ''„In Blau ein stilisiertes goldenes Schiff mit vorne angelehntem, aufrechtem goldenem Ruder, daraus wachsend ein silbernes Kreuz.“'' “In blue a stylized golden ship, with an upright golden oar, and a silver cross” File:Wappen Schifferstadt 1.png, The greater version of the coat of arms File:Wappen Schifferstadt 2.png, The lesser version of the coat of arms

Town twinning

Aichach Aichach (; Central Bavarian: ''Oacha'') is a town in Germany, located in the Bundesland of Bavaria and situated just northeast of Augsburg. It is the capital of the district of Aichach-Friedberg. The municipality of Aichach counts some 20,000 inh ...

(Germany) *

Frederick Frederick may refer to: People * Frederick (given name), the name Nobility Anhalt-Harzgerode *Frederick, Prince of Anhalt-Harzgerode (1613–1670) Austria * Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg), Duke of Austria from 1195 to 1198 * Frederick ...

(US) *

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(Germany)

Personalities

Honorary citizen

* 1969:

Wilfried Dietrich Wilfried Dietrich (14 October 1933 – 2 June 1992) was a German heavyweight wrestler. Between 1956 and 1972 he took part in five Olympics and six world championships, often entering both the freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling contests – a f ...

(1933-1992), Olympic champion in wrestling, called the '' Crane of Schifferstadt "''

Sons and daughters of the city

* Franz Funk (1905-1987), musician, composer, arranger and composer *

Heinz Hoffmann Heinz Hoffmann (28 November 1910 – 2 December 1985) was Minister of National Defense in the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic, and since 2 October 1973 member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Socialist Uni ...

(1923-1999), physician, pedagogue and engineer *

Philip Jalalpoor Philip Pujan Jalalpoor (born 14 June 1993) is an Iranian German professional basketball player who last played for Úrvalsdeild karla club Njarðvík. He also played for Iran men's national basketball team at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Professio ...

(born 1993), basketball player *

Stefan Jambo Stefan Franz Jambo (born 2 August 1958) is a German former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Bundesliga and the Norwegian Premier League. Jambo mainly played in FC 08 Homburg and 1. FC Saarbrücken. In his second Hombu ...

(born 1958), footballer * Bernd Gerber (born 1961), footballer

People who have worked in the city

Hieronymus Bock Hieronymus Bock ( Latinised Hieronymus Tragus; c. 1498 – 21 February 1554) was a German botanist, physician, and Lutheran minister who began the transition from medieval botany to the modern scientific worldview by arranging plants by their re ...

(1498-1554), botanist and theologian, lived on a temporary basis *

Albert Ferber Albert Ferber (29 March 191111 January 1987) was a Swiss pianist who had an international performing career that spanned four decades and took him across the world. Training Albert Ferber was a classical pianist and teacher. He was born in Lucer ...

(1923-2010), German semi-heavyweight champion (Wrestling) * Hans-Jürgen Veil (born 1946), Olympic silver medal winner 1972 in the wrestling (VfK Schifferstadt) * Markus Scherer (born 1962 in Ludwigshafen), Olympic silver medal winner 1984 in the wrestling (VfK Schifferstadt) *

Claudio Passarelli Claudio Passarelli (born January 18, 1965, in Ludwigshafen) is a German former wrestler who won the world championship in 1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress Street Viaduct, Cypress structure collapses as a resul ...

(born 1965 in Ludwigshafen), wrestler and world champion of 1989

References

External links

www.schifferstadt.dewww.schifferstadt.com
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