Meißenheim

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Municipality in Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Meißenheim within Ortenaukreis district

(2017–25) Alexander Schröder^[1]Area

• Total21.33 km² (8.24 sq mi)Elevation

151 m (495 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total4,066 • Density190/km² (490/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

77974

Dialling codes07824Vehicle registrationOG, BH, KEL, LR, WOLWebsitewww.meissenheim.de

Meißenheim (Low Alemannic: Missennä) is a municipality in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Demographics

Population development:^[3]

Year	Inhabitants
1990	3,092
2001	3,583
2011	3,748
2021	4,073

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

Ferdinand Kopf (1857-1943), born in Kürzell, lawyer, member of parliament
Karl Hoppe (1889-1963), politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany, Communist Party of the Saar), member of the Saarland Parliament 1947-1952

Other personalities related to the place

Friederike Brion (1752-1813), the youthful love of Goethe was buried in Meißenheim

References

^ Aktuelle Wahlergebnisse, Staatsanzeiger, accessed 13 September 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung nach Nationalität und Geschlecht am 31. Dezember 2022" [Population by nationality and sex as of December 31, 2022] (CSV) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. June 2023.
^ "Meißenheim (Ortenaukreis, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland) - Einwohnerzahlen, Grafiken, Karte, Lage, Wetter und Web-Informationen". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2023-06-23.