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Wörrstadt (Verbandsgemeinde)
Wörrstadt is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Wörrstadt. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Wörrstadt consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Armsheim # Ensheim # Gabsheim # Gau-Weinheim # Partenheim # Saulheim # Schornsheim # Spiesheim # Sulzheim # Udenheim # Vendersheim # Wallertheim # Wörrstadt Wörrstadt () is a town in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The town lies in Rhenish Hesse on the northwest edge of the Upper Rhine Plain. It is the seat of the Wörrstadt (Verbandsgemeinde), like- ... Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate {{AlzeyWorms-geo-stub ...
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Verbandsgemeinde
A (; plural ) is a low-level administrative division, administrative unit in the Germany, German States of Germany, federal states of Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A is typically composed of a small group of Municipalities of Germany, municipalities. Rhineland-Palatinate The state of Rhineland-Palatinate is divided into 163 , which are municipal associations grouped within the 24 Districts of Germany, districts of the state and subdivided into 2,257 Ortsgemeinden (singular Ortsgemeinde) which comprise single settlements. Most of the were established in 1969. Formerly the name for an administrative unit was ''Amt (political division), Amt''. Most of the functions of municipal government for several municipalities are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central town or municipality among the group, while the individual municipalities (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. Saxony-Anhalt The 11 distric ...
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Saulheim
Saulheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, 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 is the second biggest ''Ortsgemeinde'' in the Wörrstadt (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the Wörrstadt, like-named municipality. It covers an area of 18.94 km2 and has a population of 7395 (31 December 2014). History In 763, Saulheim had its first documentary mention, and is thereby one of the oldest places in Rhenish Hesse. The municipality of Saulheim was formed on 7 June 1969 from the two formerly autonomous municipalities of Nieder-Saulheim and Ober-Saulheim. Religion Some two thirds of the population is Evangelical Church in Germany, Evangelical, while the other third, aside from a few non-religious people, is Roman Catholicism, Catholic. Standing ...
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Wallertheim
Wallertheim 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 As a winegrowing centre, Wallertheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Wallertheim lies at the foot of the Wißberg (mountain). Through the municipality flows the river Wiesbach. Neighbouring municipalities Wallertheim's neighbours are Gau-Weinheim, Sulzheim, Armsheim and Gau-Bickelheim. History Archaeology In Wallertheim, up to the present day, a great many archaeological finds have been made, of which the ''Wallertheimer-Hündchen'' (“Wallertheim little dog”) might well be the best known. It is 2.1 cm long and 1.6 cm broad. It is made of blue glass covered with white threads and ...
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Vendersheim
Vendersheim 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 between Mainz (some 28 km away) and Alzey (some 14 km away). The highest mountain in the Palatinate, the Donnersberg, rises some 30 km away to the south-southwest (as the crow flies). Vendersheim is surrounded by vineyards shaped like a horseshoe with the open end towards the south, and has more than 1,500 hours of sunshine each year. The soil around Vendersheim is very fertile, made up as it is of weathered loess, the so-called ''Lößlehm'' (decalcified loess). File:Vendersheim.jpg, Vendersheim photographed from the east File:Ven_mondunterg.jpg, Moonset in May. In foreground at left the Catholic church, at right the Evangelical church, view towards the west History After the last ice age and the return of p ...
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Udenheim
Udenheim 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 As a winegrowing centre, Udenheim lies in Germany’s biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: Coat of arms The German blazon reads: ''In blau ein goldener, von zwei roten Sparren belegter Schräg-rechts-Balken, beseitet von je einem silbernen rechtsgewendeten Adler. Darüber in einem goldenen Schildhaupt ein blaues Rebengewinde''. The municipality’s arms might in English h ...
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Sulzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
Sulzheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location As a winegrowing centre, Sulzheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the Rheinhessen (wine region), wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Wörrstadt (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the Wörrstadt, like-named municipality. The municipality's highest elevation is the Schildberg at 209 m above sea level. The Sulzheimer Bach rises north of the municipality. Neighbouring municipalities Sulzheim's neighbours are Armsheim, Ensheim, Gau-Bickelheim, Gau-Weinheim, Spiesheim, Vendersheim, Wallertheim and Wörrstadt. History In 766, Sulzheim had its first documentary mention. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by Plurali ...
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