It has about 8.200 inhabitants and is situated approximately 15 km southwest of Ludwigshafen, and 10 km northwest of Speyer.
Bohl has won more games than any other North Dakota State head football coach; he surpassed Rocky Hager on September 21, 2013 with his 92nd win.
Lew Perkins, previously at Connecticut, replaced Al Bohl as the university's athletic director in 2003.