Siefersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a

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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. Rhineland- ...

'', a kind of collective municipality – in the

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. ...

district in

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Geography

Location

The municipality lies at

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’s western edge and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Neighbouring municipalities

Siefersheim’s neighbours are

Wonsheim Wonsheim 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, Wonsheim l ...

Wöllstein Wöllstein 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 ...

Eckelsheim Eckelsheim 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 village lies in Rhenish Hesse ...

, Gumbsheim and

Neu-Bamberg Neu-Bamberg is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Kre ...

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by

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Mayor

The current mayor is Annerose Kinder.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s

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might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.

Economy and infrastructure

Siefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the ''Weingut Wagner-Stempel'', as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the ''Weingut "Alte Schmiede"''.

Education

*''Grundschule Siefersheim'' (

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)

References

External links

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Siefersheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages
Alzey-Worms {{AlzeyWorms-geo-stub