Meißenheim

This article is about the municipality in Baden-Württemberg. For the town in Rhineland-Palatinate, see Meisenheim.

Meißenheim (pronounced [ˈmaɪsn̩haɪm]; Low Alemannic: Missennä) is a municipality in the district of Ortenau in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

Meißenheim
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Meißenheim within Ortenaukreis district
Meißenheim Show map of Germany Meißenheim Show map of Baden-Württemberg
Coordinates: 48°24′36″N 07°46′25″E
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Ortenaukreis
Government
• Mayor (2017–25)	Alexander Schröder[1]
Area
• Total	21.33 km2 (8.24 sq mi)
Elevation	151 m (495 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	4,132
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	77974
Dialling codes	07824
Vehicle registration	OG, BH, KEL, LR, WOL
Website	www.meissenheim.de

Demographics

Population development:^[3]

Year Inhabitants 1990 3,092 2001 3,583 2011 3,748 2021 4,073

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Ferdinand Kopf (1857-1943), born in Kürzell, lawyer, member of parliament
• Karl Hoppe (1889-1963), politician (Social Democratic Party of Germany, Communist Party of the Saar), member of the Saarland Parliament 1947-1952

Other personalities related to the place

Friederike Brion

• Friederike Brion (1752-1813), the youthful love of Goethe was buried in Meißenheim