Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen

Breitscheid
Coat of arms of Breitscheid Coat of arms
Breitscheid
Location of Breitscheid within Mainz-Bingen district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Rhein-Nahe
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Kröber
Area
• Total	5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	135
• Density	26/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55422
Dialling codes	06743
Vehicle registration	MZ

Breitscheid is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

Breitscheid lies in the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. The placename comes from the Middle High German breit and -scheid: “wooded ridge”.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 5 council members who were elected by majority vote in a municipal election held on 2 March 2008.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a cross sable and gules in chief sinister a mullet of six, and in base a mound royal ensigned with a cross crosslet Or.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Autobahn A 61 can be reached after a drive of roughly 10 km.

External links

• Photos from Breitscheid