Rüdesheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach (district)

Bad Kreuznach is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Rhein-Hunsrück, Mainz-Bingen, Alzey-Worms, Donnersbergkreis, Kusel and Birkenfeld.- History :...

, in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....

, Germany

Germany

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. It is situated near the Nahe River, approx. 3 km west of Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine...

. The town has about 2,400 inhabitants and is spread over 2,47 square kilometres.

During the 1960s, the town was amalgamated into the city of Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach

Bad Kreuznach is the capital of the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is located on the Nahe river, a tributary of the Rhine...

, but the inhabitants of Rüdesheim successfully resisted the amalgamation by winning a court rule on the case.

At the moment, the town council consists of 4 parties (CDU

Christian Democratic Union (Germany)

The Christian Democratic Union of Germany is a Christian democratic and conservative political party in Germany. It is regarded as on the centre-right of the German political spectrum...

, SPD

Social Democratic Party of Germany

The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...

, FBL, FWG), in which CDU, FBL, and FWG form a majority coalition. Jürgen Poppitz of the FBL (Freie Bürgerliste (Free Citizens List)) is the current mayor, after a long period of SPD-mayors.

Rüdesheim is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...

(collective municipality) Rüdesheim

Rüdesheim (Verbandsgemeinde)

Rüdesheim is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Rüdesheim an der Nahe....

, which was organized in 1970.


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