# Maxdorf

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Not to be confused with [Marxdorf](/source/Marxdorf_(disambiguation)).

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Maxdorf Municipality Coat of arms Location of Maxdorf within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district Location of Maxdorf Maxdorf Show map of Germany Maxdorf Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 49°28′55″N 8°17′24″E / 49.48194°N 8.29000°E / 49.48194; 8.29000 Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Municipal assoc. Maxdorf Government • Mayor (2024–29) Werner Baumann[1] (CDU) Area • Total 7.35 km2 (2.84 sq mi) Elevation 95 m (312 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 7,224 • Density 983/km2 (2,550/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 67133 Dialling codes 06237 Vehicle registration RP Website https://www.vg-maxdorf.de/

**Maxdorf** (German pronunciation: [\[ˈmaksdɔʁf\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German)) is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the [Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis](/source/Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis), in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is situated approximately 11 km west of [Ludwigshafen](/source/Ludwigshafen). Maxdorf is also the seat of the *[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)* ("collective municipality") [Maxdorf](/source/Maxdorf_(Verbandsgemeinde)).[3]

## History

The area that would become Maxdorf was originally a timber yard in the 1700s until it was destroyed in the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution) in 1794.[4] Gradually people started settling around the timber yard until 1819 when Maxdorf was formally founded by King [Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria](/source/Maximilian_I_Joseph_of_Bavaria).[4] It was incorporated into [Lambsheim](/source/Lambsheim) in 1865. After the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), French soldiers occupied the village and destroyed the schoolhouse. During the [Second World War](/source/Second_World_War), [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany) used French prisoners of war to clear the streets of snow in 1941. Maxdorf was bombed by the [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) in 1944, which destroyed a third of the village's buildings.[4]

In 1952, Maxdorf became an independent municipality again. They adopted a new coat of arms with a crown as a reference to King Maximilian I, the blue diamonds being a reference to the historical associations with [Bavaria](/source/Bavaria), the red and silver being a reference to Lambsheim and the golden tree referencing their former timber industry.[4][5]

In the 1980s, Maxdorf was attacked by members of the communist [Red Army Faction](/source/Red_Army_Faction) with them robbing the municipality's gun shop in 1984 and using the weapons that they stole to commit further crimes throughout [West Germany](/source/West_Germany).[6] The stolen firearms were still being recovered as of 2024, with some being rediscovered as far away as [Berlin](/source/Berlin).[7]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Direktwahlen 2024, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis](https://rlp-kw24.wahlen.23degrees.eu/wahlen/direktwahlen-gemeindeebene/3380401800), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 24 October 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)"](https://www.statistik.rlp.de/themen/bevoelkerung/daten/bevoelkerungsfortschreibung/bf-t2b) (in German). [Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz](/source/Statistisches_Landesamt_Rheinland-Pfalz).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Maxdorf investiert Millionen"](https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/rhein-pfalz-kreis_artikel,-maxdorf-investiert-millionen-_arid,884701.html). *Rheinpfalz* (in German). 13 May 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-md_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-md_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-md_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-md_4-3) ["Zeittafel zur Ortsgeschichte von Maxdorf"](https://www.maxdorfer-geschichte.de/?page_id=1730). *Maxdorfer Geschichte* (in German). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Maxdorf Associated Municipality (Germany)"](https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/de-lu-04.html). *CRW Flags*. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Bei RAF-Terroristin Waffe aus Maxdorf entdeckt"](https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/ludwigshafen_artikel,-bei-raf-terroristin-waffe-aus-maxdorf-entdeckt-_arid,5622123.html). *Rheinpflaz* (in German). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Waffe von RAF-Terroristin stammt aus der Pfalz - Kriminalität"](https://www.rheinpfalz.de/politik_artikel,-waffe-von-raf-terroristin-stammt-aus-der-pfalz-_arid,5622095.html). *Rheinpfalz* (in German). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

v t e Towns and municipalities in Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis Altrip Beindersheim Birkenheide Bobenheim-Roxheim Böhl-Iggelheim Dannstadt-Schauernheim Dudenhofen Fußgönheim Großniedesheim Hanhofen Harthausen Heßheim Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal Hochdorf-Assenheim Kleinniedesheim Lambsheim Limburgerhof Maxdorf Mutterstadt Neuhofen Otterstadt Rödersheim-Gronau Römerberg Schifferstadt Waldsee Coat of arms

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