# Lingenfeld

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**Lingenfeld** (pfl: *Lingefeld*) is a municipality in the [district of Germersheim](/source/Germersheim_(district)), in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated approximately 5 km north-west of [Germersheim](/source/Germersheim), and 10 km south-west of [Speyer](/source/Speyer).

Lingenfeld has about 5,800 citizens (2020) and is continuously growing because of its good connections to nearby cities such as [Speyer](/source/Speyer), [Mannheim](/source/Mannheim), [Ludwigshafen](/source/Ludwigshafen) and [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe) via the [S-Bahn](/source/S-Bahn) ("suburban railway").

Lingenfeld is the seat of the *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)* ("collective municipality") [Lingenfeld](/source/Lingenfeld_(Verbandsgemeinde)).

## Geography

Lingenfeld is located in the [Upper Rhine valley](/source/Upper_Rhine_valley) in the south of the [German wine](/source/German_wine)-growing region [Palatinate](/source/Palatinate_(region)) ("Pfalz") in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate). Close by are the river [Rhine](/source/Rhine) in the East of the village and the [German Wine Route](/source/German_Wine_Route) to the West. Neighbouring places are [Römerberg (Pfalz)](/source/R%C3%B6merberg_(Pfalz)) to the north, [Schwegenheim](/source/Schwegenheim) and [Westheim (Pfalz)](/source/Westheim_(Pfalz)) to the west, [Germersheim](/source/Germersheim) to the south and the frontier to [Baden-Württemberg](/source/Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg) realised through the cut-off meander of the Rhine to the east.

In past centuries the old current of the Rhine caused the loss of about 250 hectares of land due to undermining of the banks.

Lingenfeld lies 104 meters higher than the other communities close to the Rhine, so danger of flooding can be almost entirely excluded.

## History

The name *Lingenfeld* probably comes from settlement "at the long field". It was first mentioned in a document from 1163 as "Lengenveld".

## Religions

In 2007 53,3 percent of the inhabitants were Roman Catholic and 22 percent [Protestant](/source/Protestant). The rest belonged to a different religion or was undenominational.

## Development of inhabitants

Year Population 1480 c. 180 1530 c. 180 1705 c. 257 1742 c. 500 1771 c. 585 Year Population 1806 871 1833 1229 1890 1556 1925 2270 1953 3000 Year Population 1967 3740 1977 4172 1984 4055 2001 5473 2004 5870

## References

1. [Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Germersheim](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3340000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.

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