• Source: Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen

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

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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

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




= Coat of arms

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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

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




References






External links



Official website (in German)

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• Breitscheid, Mainz-Bingen
• Mainz-Bingen
• Breitscheid
• List of municipal flags of Western Germany
• Rhein-Nahe
• List of dialling codes in Germany
• List of autobahns in Germany