Wörth am Rhein (, ) is a town in the southernmost part of the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is on the left bank of the Rhine approximately 10 km west of the city centre of Karlsruhe and is just north of the German-French border. Daimler AG's largest truck production plant (2.8 km2) has been located in the town since 1960.
Mayors 1960–1980: Karl-Josef Stöffler (CDU) 1980–2016: Harald Seiter (CDU) 2016–2024: Dennis Nitsche (SPD) since 2024: Steffen Weiß
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Notable people Ferdinand Brossart (1849–1930), 1915-1923 Bishop of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky, United States. Ludwig Damminger (1913–1981), footballer
Linked to town Kevin Akpoguma (born 1995), German footballer who played in his youth for FC Bavaria Wörth Friedel Grützmacher (born 1942), former Landtag deputy (Alliance 90/The Greens) lived in Wörth Tobias Lindner (born 1982), Bundestag deputy (Alliance 90/The Greens) who lives in Wörth Petrissa Solja (born 1994), table tennis player Herbert Wetterauer (born 1957), artist and author who lives in Wörth Wynkyn de Worde (unknown birth date; died c. 1534), printer and publisher in London who was possibly born in Wörth am Rhein Marlene Zapf (born 1990), handball player who grew up in Wörth
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