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Wonnegau
Wonnegau is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It takes its name from the larger historical area Wonnegau, which covers the southern part of Rhenish Hesse. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Osthofen. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Wonnegau consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Bechtheim # Bermersheim # Dittelsheim-Heßloch # Frettenheim # Gundersheim # Gundheim # Hangen-Weisheim # Hochborn # Monzernheim # Osthofen # Westhofen Westhofen 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 Westhofen lies between Worms (r ... Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate {{AlzeyWorms-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osthofen
Osthofen () is a town in the middle of the Wonnegau in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 1 July 2014 it is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (a kind of collective municipality) Wonnegau. Osthofen was raised to town on 24 October 1970. Geography Location The town lies in Rhenish Hesse where the river Seebach, a very short river that rises in neighbouring Westhofen and flows for only 9 km, empties into the Rhine. History Archaeology, Archaeological finds have established that the Osthofen municipal area was already settled at least four thousand years ago. The town had its first documentary mention in the Lorsch codex as ''Ostowa'' in a document dated to 784. It is believed that Osthofen was founded by people from either the now amalgamated village of Mühlheim or the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian Kaiserpfalz, royal palace that once stood in Worms-Neuhausen. On Osthofen's Goldberg (mountain), a chapel to Saint Remigius might have been bui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermersheim
Bermersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a winegrowing centre in the Rhenish Hesse wine region. Geography Location Bermersheim lies in Rhenish Hesse, in the west of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. Bermersheim can be reached through the Gundersheim interchange on the A 61, or by public transport from Worms. Neighbouring municipalities Bermersheim borders in the north on the municipality of Gundersheim, in the northeast on the municipality of Westhofen, in the south on the municipality of Gundheim (all in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau), in the southwest on the constituent community of Dalsheim in the municipality of Flörsheim-Dalsheim ( ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Monsheim), and in the northwest on the municipality of Ober-Flörsheim ( ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Alzey-Land). Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dittelsheim-Heßloch
Dittelsheim-Heßloch (or ''Dittelsheim-Hessloch'') 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 is a wine village in the Wonnegau. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. History Werner II of Bolanden was enfeoffed about 1190 with the village of Dittelsheim by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen. Bit by bit, the Electorate of the Palatinate acquired the parts formerly held by the Raugrafen noble family and the Old Bolanden line, and those held by the von Wachenheims and the von Dalbergs (15th to early 17th century). During the Middle Ages, the Lords of Dalberg held the ''Vogtei''. The municipality of Dittelsheim-Heßloch came into being on 7 June 1969 through the merger of the two municipalities of Dittelsheim and Heßloch. Politics Municipal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bechtheim
Bechtheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. History The Frankish nobleman Bero supposedly took his lordly seat here in the 6th century and founded “Beroheim” (''–heim'' means “home”), out of which developed Bechtheim. Saint Lambert's Basilica was founded in the 8th century by the Cathedral Foundation of Liège, in whose ownership the municipality found itself then. In 793, Bechtheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Fulda Abbey. In the Lorsch codex the place was named in 1070. First the Lords of Bolanden and thereafter, as of 1267, the Counts of Leiningen held ownership rights to Bechtheim. The latter nobles pledged their holding several times. In 1700, the so-called Simultaneum was also introduced into Bechtheim, whereby Prote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frettenheim
Frettenheim 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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. Neighbouring municipalities Frettenheim’s neighbours are Dittelsheim-Heßloch, Dorn-Dürkheim, Gau-Odernheim and Hillesheim. History In 767, Frettenheim had its first documentary mention in the Lorsch codex. It then still bore the name ''Frittenheim'', as the founder who built his farm there was named ''Frido''. Only in 1402 did Frettenheim get its current name. In 1575, Frettenheim became part of Electoral Palatinate. Beginning in 1755, the Barons of Heddersdorf were tithe lords. In 1792, Frettenheim lay under French administration and belonged to the Department of Mont-Tonnerre (or Donnersberg in German). In 1816 came the transfer to the Gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundheim
Gundheim 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 is a winegrowing centre. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. History In 774, Gundheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Lorsch Abbey. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Azure a talon Or barwise unguled gules, issuant from the top three plumes argent. What appears on the escutcheon is a canting charge for the noble family that was enfeoffed with Gundheim in 1699. It bore the name Greiffenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gundersheim
Gundersheim 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, Gundersheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district and in the middle of the Rheinhessen wine region. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. Constituent communities Gundersheim has an outlying centre called Enzheim, which was once a separate municipality. History In 769, Gundersheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Lorsch Abbey (Codex Laureshamensis Nr. 920). Even the Weißenburg Monastery in Alsace owned a lordly estate in the municipality in the 9th century, of which there is documentary proof. In the late 10th century, the Weißenburg holding became Salian property, and then a Staufer holding. From the High Middle Ages, the ownership passed from one noble family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangen-Weisheim
Hangen-Weisheim 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 Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. History In 773, Hangen-Weisheim had its first documentary mention. Politics Municipal council 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. The municipal council has formed four boards: the building board, the agriculture, winegrowing, environment and graveyard board, the accounting control board and the grape harvest board, thereby showing the municipality's prevailing character as a winegrowing centre, with boards for both winegrowing and the grape harvest. Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hochborn
Hochborn (until 1971: ''Blödesheim'') is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. This ''Ortsgemeinde'' earned a Germany-wide media presence in early 2001 when a television spot from the 1970s made by the then ''Südwestfunk'' was broadcast by Stefan Raab on his show TV total; it was about the place called ''Blödesheim''. Stefan Raab then visited Hochborn during Carnival (locally known as ''Fastnachtszeit'') and for a few weeks thereafter campaigned for a return to the name Blödesheim. ''Blödes Heim'' in German means "dimwitted home". Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and has roughly 500 inhabitants. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. At 290 m above sea level, Hochborn is among the highest places in the ''Rheinhessisches Hügelland'' (Rhenish-Hessian Uplands). Even s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monzernheim
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 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.C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), ''Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae'' (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44. Geography Location 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 Municipal council 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. Coat of arms The municipality's arms Arms or ARMS may refer to: *Arm or arms, the up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westhofen
Westhofen 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 Westhofen lies between Worms (roughly 12 km to the southeast), Mainz and Alzey in Rhenish Hesse and is part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Wonnegau. Hydrology In Westhofen rises the Seebach, Rhenish Hesse's strongest spring. It is also the only spring in the region that rises in a valley. It is fed by groundwater from the Donnersberg area. History Westhofen had its first documentary mention as far back as Carolingian times and was granted market rights in 1324. Westhofen's importance in earlier times can be seen in the ring of defences around the village, which are still preserved, and which include a wall and several dykes. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alzey-Worms
Alzey-Worms () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district Groß-Gerau (Hesse), the city of Worms and the districts of Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Kreuznach and Mainz-Bingen. History The territory was in Roman times part of the province of Germania Superior. The towns of Worms and Alzey go both back to Roman military camps. In medieval times the region was part of the Electorate of the Palatinate. After the French occupation (1797–1814) it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Hesse and formed a part of its province Rhenish Hesse. Two districts named Alzey and Worms were established in 1835. In the reorganisation of the districts of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969 the new district of Alzey-Worms was formed by merging parts of the former districts. Geography The district is named after the city of Worms (which is neighboring, but not belonging to the district) and the town of Alzey (which is the sea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
