Kallstadt

Kallstadt is a village in the Palatine part of Rhineland-Palatinate, one of Germany's 16 federal states. It is part of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region which is centered around the city of Mannheim Germany's 22nd largest city. During much of the 19th century, it was part of the principality of Bavaria.It has gained international media attention as the ancestral home of the related Heinz and Trump families, two prominent business and political families in the United States.GeographyKallstadt is located on the German Wine Route.It is part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Freinsheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.The village of 1,200 inhabitants is in a region whose economy is booming. It has restaurants that can accommodate about 2,000 guests and hotels with about 400 beds. Tourists include Americans from Ramstein Air Base.HistoryA Roman road linked Altenstadt – now in French Alsace and a constituent community of Wissembourg – with the Rhineland; an early settlement here was prosperous in Roman times. Many archaeological finds are evidence of settlement by merchants, former legionnaires and also winegrowers from about 79 BC to at least 383 AD. A Frankish clan arose about 500 and its chief, Chagilo, became the village’s namesake.