Ober-Hilbersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

belonging to a ''

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. Rhinelan ...

'', a kind of collective municipality – in the

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 ...

district in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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Geography

Location

The municipality lies southwest of

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-west, with Ma ...

on the Welzbach and is an agriculturally based community. The

winegrowing Viticulture (from the Latin word for ''vine'') or winegrowing (wine growing) is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ran ...

centre belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1108, Ober-Hilbersheim had its first documentary mention as ''Hilbridisheim''.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a municipal election held on 13 June 2004 by majority vote.

Mayors

*1946-????: Karl Lahr ( FDP, as of 1956 FVP, as of 1957 DP) *2001-incumbent: Heiko Schmuck

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Azure a horse's head couped at the neck Or langued gules.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

*The Ober-Hilbersheim Wine and Art Fair takes place early every July. *The Ober-Hilbersheim Christmas Market is held on the second weekend in Advent.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 415 state road. The

Autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track' ...

en A 60, A 61 and A 63 can be reached by car in 10 to 20 minutes.

Education

*Municipal

kindergarten Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school. Such institutions were originally made in the late 18th ce ...

References

External links

Municipality’s official webpage

Homepage of ''Bürgerinitiative Umwelt und Gesundheit Ober-Hilbersheim e.V.'' (“Ober-Hilbersheim Environment and Health Citizens’ Initiative”) and information page about Ober-Hilbersheim
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