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Selz
The Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a left hand tributary of the Rhine. It flows through the largest German wine region, Rheinhessen (Rhenish Hesse). It rises near the village of Orbis in the county of Donnersbergkreis, crosses the border from the Palatinate into Rhenish Hesse and after about the town of Alzey in the Alzey-Worms district. There the river passes a pond, and disappears underground, flowing through ditches under the town. On its way it passes through Gau-Odernheim, Nieder-Olm and Ingelheim, before finally discharging into the Rhine in , a district of Ingelheim. The Selz has a catchment area of characterised by a warm, dry climate with an average annual precipitation of around . Despite its low, and often irregular water flow, the Selz is regarded as the main river in the rather dry rolling countryside of Rhenish Hesse. During periods of low water, its waters consist of a significant amount of clean effluent from sewage farms. Envir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingelheim
Ingelheim (), officially Ingelheim am Rhein ( en, Ingelheim upon Rhine), is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany. The town sprawls along the Rhine's west bank. It has been Mainz-Bingen's district seat since 1996. From the later half of the 8th century, the Ingelheim Imperial Palace, which served emperors and kings as a lodging and a ruling seat until the 11th century, was to be found here. Etymology The typically Rhenish-Hessian placename ending ''—heim'' might well go back to Frankish times, that is to say, likely as far back as the 5th or 6th century. Settlements or estates then took their lords’ names and were given this suffix, which means "home" in German. The name is recorded in later documents as ''Ingilinhaim'', ''Ingilinheim'' (782), ''Ingilenhaim'', ''Engelheim'', ''Hengilonheim'', ''Engilonheim'' (822), ''Engilinheim'' (826), ''Hingilinheim'' (855), ''Ingilunheim'' (874), ''Ingulinheim'' (889), ''Ingelesheim'' (891 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hahnheim
Hahnheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Hahnheim lies between Mainz and Worms on the river Selz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: (as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004) Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess gules and argent, a cock repassant counterchanged. Culture and sightseeing Jewish graveyard In the countryside towards Köngernheim on the highway going towards ''Bundesstraße'' 420 is an old Jewish graveyard. Biotopes In the countryside, especially along the Selz and on the former Alzey–Bodenheim railway right-of-way – the “Amiche” – several biotopes have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weidas
The Weidas, also called the Weidasserbach, is a roughly eleven-kilometre-long, orographically right-hand tributary of the Selz in the German region of Rhenish Hesse. Course The ''Weidas'' rises near Freimersheim and empties into the Rhine tributary of the Selz near Framersheim from the southwest. From its source to (a district of Alzey) it is also called the Aufspringbach. It flows in sequence through Wahlheim Wahlheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has 587 inhabitants and an area of . Geography Locat ..., Kettenheim, Dautenheim and Gau-Heppenheim. Tributaries * ''Aufspring'' (left), south of Freimersheim, * ''Freimersheimer Bach'' (''Flutgraben'') (left), north of Freimersheim, * ''Esselborn'' (''Esselborner Bach'') (right), near the Hessensteigermühle mill, * ''Gau-Heppenheimerbach'' (right), northeast of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieder-Olm
Nieder-Olm is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Until 5 November 2006 it was an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – but it was raised to town the next day. It is still the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, and functions as a middle centre in the region. Geography Location Nieder-Olm lies some 10 km south of Mainz in the heart of Rhenish Hesse, on the east bank of the Selz in the northern part of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills (''Rheinhessisches Hügelland''), known as the Mainz Basin. The town's average elevation lies at some 150 m above sea level. The highest elevation within municipal limits is the Mühlberg at 243 m in the northeast between Nieder-Olm and Mainz-Ebersheim. The landscape is strongly characterized by winegrowing and fruit growing. A wood named ''Im Loh'' can be found in the northeast of the municipal area. It is only s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sörgenloch
Sörgenloch is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse, some 14 km south of Mainz. It is the smallest municipality in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town. Sörgenloch lies among vineyards in the Rheinhessen wine region on the Selz and is a pilgrimage site of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz. The landscape is strongly characterized by winegrowing and fruit growing. Widespread renaturalization measures on the Selz and the Zornheimer Berg (mountain) have, however, greatly enhanced the natural surroundings. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Nieder-Olm, Zornheim, Hahnheim, Udenheim and Saulheim. History In 1190, Sörgenloch had its first documentary mention. About the village's early history, quite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mainz-Bingen
Mainz-Bingen is a district (''Kreis'') in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Rheingau-Taunus, the district-free cities Wiesbaden and Mainz, the districts Groß-Gerau, Alzey-Worms, Bad Kreuznach, and Rhein-Hunsrück. History During the French occupation under Napoleon the district was part of the departement Donnersberg (fr.:Mont-Tonnerre). After the Congress of Vienna, the area north of the Nahe river went to the Prussian Rhine province, the biggest part however became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was called Rhenish Hesse. In 1835 the Mainz district was created when the province Rheinhessen was abolished. In 1852 the Oppenheim district was created, and took some of the area of the Mainz district; in 1938 this district was abolished again. The current area of the district was formed in 1969, when the districts of Mainz and Bingen were merged. Geography The main river in the district is the Rhine, which marks the bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undenheim
Undenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. Neighbouring municipalities These are Bechtolsheim, Gabsheim, Friesenheim, Köngernheim and Schornsheim. Politics Municipal council *BfU - Bürger für Undenheim *UFL - Undenheimer Freie Liste *WLU - Lebenswertes Undenheim e. V. *SPD - Social Democratic Party of Germany *CDU - Christian Democratic Union of Germany Mayor The current mayor is Marcus Becker of the citizens’ party ''Undenheimer freie Liste'' (UfL). Town partnerships * Blaisy-Bas, Côte-d'Or, France * Dolcè, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy Culture and sightseeing In 2003, Undenheim was chosen as “ Rhenish Hesse’s loveliest village”. Famous people Sons and daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhenish Hesse
Rhenish Hesse or Rhine HesseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 542. . (german: Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district () in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is made up of territories west of the Upper Rhine river that were part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and its successor in the Weimar Republic, the People's State of Hesse from 1816 to 1945. The hilly countryside is largely devoted to vineyards, comprising the Rheinhessen wine region. Geography Rhine Hesse stretches from the Upper Rhine Plain on the west bank of the Rhine up to the Nahe and Alsenz rivers in the west and down to the mouth of the Isenach in the south. The region borders on the Rhineland in the northwest, on the Palatinate in the southwest, and on South Hesse beyond the Rhine. The Rhenish-Hessian Hills along the Selz river, also called the "land of the thousand hills", reach up to at the summit of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palatinate (region)
The Palatinate (german: Pfalz; Palatine German: ''Palz'') is a region of Germany. In the Middle Ages it was known as the Rhenish Palatinate (''Rheinpfalz'') and Lower Palatinate (''Unterpfalz''), which strictly speaking designated only the western part of the Electorate of the Palatinate (''Kurfürstentum Pfalz''), as opposed to the Upper Palatinate (''Oberpfalz''). It occupies roughly the southernmost quarter of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate (''Rheinland-Pfalz''), covering an area of with about 1.4 million inhabitants. Its residents are known as Palatines (''Pfälzer''). Geography The Palatinate borders Saarland in the west, historically also comprising the state's Saarpfalz District. In the northwest, the Hunsrück mountain range forms the border with the Rhineland region. The eastern border with Hesse and the Baden region runs along the Upper Rhine river, while the left bank, with Mainz and Worms as well as the Selz basin around Alzey, belong to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gau-Odernheim
Gau-Odernheim (until 1896 simply ''Odernheim'') is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. Gau-Odernheim lies on the little river Selz, which snakes its way along the Petersberg (mountain). The nearest towns are Alzey (8 km) with both the district and ''Verbandsgemeinde'' seats, and Wörrstadt (12 km). The state capital Mainz, 30 km away, can be reached easily on the Autobahn A 63. As a winegrowing centre, Gau-Odernheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district and in the middle of the Rheinhessen wine region. Because it is near the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, the municipality is also a bedroom community and therefore has many new development areas and new citizens. Neighbouri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alzey
Alzey () is a ''Verband''-free town – one belonging to no ''Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhine ...'' – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Germany, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhein and Bingen am Rhein, Bingen. Alzey is one of the ''Nibelungenstädte'' – towns associated with the ''Nibelungenlied'' – because it is represented in this work by the character Volker von Alzey. Hence, Alzey is also known as ''Volkerstadt''. Geography Location Alzey lies in Rhenish Hesse on the western edge of the northern part of the Upper Rhine Plain. It is surrounded by the northern part of the Alzey Hills, which meets the Rhenish Hesse Hills towards the south and the North Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marsh
A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found at the edges of lakes and streams, where they form a transition between the aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They are often dominated by grasses, rushes or reeds. If woody plants are present they tend to be low-growing shrubs, and the marsh is sometimes called a carr. This form of vegetation is what differentiates marshes from other types of wetland such as swamps, which are dominated by trees, and mires, which are wetlands that have accumulated deposits of acidic peat. Marshes provide habitats for many kinds of invertebrates, fish, amphibians, waterfowl and aquatic mammals. This biological productivity means that marshes contain 0.1% of global sequestered terrestrial carbon. Moreover, they have an outsized influence on clima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
