Germersheim ( German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯mɐsˌhaɪm] ) is a district in the south-east of Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany . Neighboring districts are (from west clockwise) Südliche Weinstraße , Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis , the district Karlsruhe as well as the district-free city of Karlsruhe , and the French département Bas-Rhin .
4-664: Bellheim is a municipality in the district of Germersheim in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate . It is situated west of the Rhine , approx. 13 km east of Landau and 15 km northwest of the city of Karlsruhe . It is home to the Bellheimer Brauerei (part of Park & Bellheimer AG), a brewery that produces the Bellheimer Lord, Bellheimer Silberpils, and Bellheimer Naturtrüb beers and Bellaris mineral waters. Bellheim
8-627: Is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Bellheim . Bellheim station is on Schifferstadt–Wörth railway and is served by the Karlsruhe Stadtbahn . This Germersheim district location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Germersheim (district) Most of the region was part of the Palatinate from the 11th century on. The bishops of Speyer owned some lands, too. The Palatinate
12-582: The eastern boundary of the district, the river Lauter most of the southern boundary. The landscape of the district consists of the Rhine valley, in the north and east meeting the jungle-like areas of old Rhine arms, in the south covering the Bienwald , a forest stretching into the north of Alsace . The coat of arms shows the Palatine Lion in the top part, and the cross of Speyer in the bottom part. The wavy line in
16-518: Was destroyed in the Napoleonic Wars , and the clerical states of Germany were dissolved in 1803. After a period of French occupation the Congress of Vienna decided to hand the territories over to Bavaria . The region remained a part of Bavaria until World War II ; afterwards it was incorporated into the newly established state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The Rhine river marks (with a few exceptions)
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