Dudenhofen

This article is about the municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the district in Rodgau, Hesse, see Rodgau § Dudenhofen.

Dudenhofen
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Dudenhofen within Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis district
Dudenhofen Dudenhofen
Coordinates: 49°19′4″N 8°23′26″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
Municipal assoc.	Römerberg-Dudenhofen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Jürgen Hook (SPD)
Area
• Total	13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	6,008
• Density	460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67373
Dialling codes	06232
Vehicle registration	RP
Website	www.dudenhofen.de

Dudenhofen is a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated about 3 kilometers west of Speyer. Dudenhofen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Römerberg-Dudenhofen.

Notable people

• Jürgen Creutzmann (born 1945), member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate from 1989 to 2009, vice president of the state parliament from 2001 to 2006 and member of the Europaparlie from 2009 to 2014.
• Edward Duyker (born 1955), Australian writer and historian. Wrote in his biography François Péron about the occupation of Dudenhofens in 1793.
• Jan van Eijden (born 1976), former course cyclist, Olympic champion in Sydney 2000, coach of the British National Cycling Team.
• Olaf Schmäler (* 1969), former Bundesliga footballer, was a youth coach at football club FV Dudenhofen.
• Martin Faustmann (1841-1868), chief forester of Dudenhofen, whose analysis of the optimal rotation problem helped establish the field of forest economics (see Faustmann's formula).
• Nikolaus von Weis (1796-1869), Catholic theologian, Bishop of Speyer, was pastor in Dudenhofen.