Otterstadt

Otterstadt
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Otterstadt within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
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Coordinates: 49°22′N 8°27′E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Rheinauen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Bernd Zimmermann[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	16 km^2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	3,478
• Density	220/km^2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67166
Dialling codes	06232
Vehicle registration	RP
Website	www.otterstadt.de

Otterstadt is a municipality in the Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The almost 980-year-old village was once a pure agricultural and fishing village. Today the inhabitants work in the neighbouring industrial cities: Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Speyer.

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.