Monzernheim
Monzernheim | |
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Location of Monzernheim within Alzey-Worms district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 49°43′17″N 8°13′42″E / 49.72139°N 8.22833°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Alzey-Worms |
Municipal assoc. | Wonnegau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Ansgar Münnemann[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi) |
Elevation | 219 m (719 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 544 |
• Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55234 |
Dialling codes | 06244 |
Vehicle registration | AZ |
Website | www.monzernheim.de |
Monzernheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
History
[edit]Monzernheim is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.[3]
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]As a winegrowing centre, Monzernheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[4]
Coat of arms
[edit]The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess sable a demi-lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules, and argent a bunch of grapes palewise leafed of two and couped vert.
References
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
[edit]- Official website
(in German)