Dorsheim is an ''

Ortsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative division, administrative unit in the Germany, German States of Germany, federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically compose ...

'' – a

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belonging to a ''

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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, most well known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke, which is one of the few remaining bridges in th ...

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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde''

Langenlonsheim-Stromberg Langenlonsheim-Stromberg is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Langenlonsheim. It was formed on 1 January 2020 by the merger ...

, whose seat is in

Langenlonsheim Langenlonsheim 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'' Langenlons ...

. Dorsheim is a

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centre.

Geography

Location

Dorsheim lies on a slope in the Trollbach valley, west of the Nahe, shortly before it empties into the

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. The Trollbach valley is a place with extensive

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s and marked

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trails, and above it is the ''Naheblick'', a lookout point that affords the visitor an outstanding view of the surrounding geography:

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’s plains, the

and the uplands beyond, namely the

Taunus The Taunus is a mountain range in Hesse, Germany, located north of Frankfurt. The tallest peak in the range is ''Großer Feldberg'' at 878 m; other notable peaks are ''Kleiner Feldberg'' (825 m) and ''Altkönig'' (798 m). The Taunus range spans ...

and the

Hunsrück The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued by the Taunus mountains, past ...

, and also the

Donnersberg The Donnersberg ("thunder mountain") is the highest peak of the Palatinate (german: Pfalz) region of Germany. The mountain lies between the towns of Rockenhausen and Kirchheimbolanden, in the Donnersbergkreis district, which is named after the m ...

. To Dorsheim’s south lies

, while to the north lies

Bingen am Rhein Bingen am Rhein () is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The settlement's original name was Bingium, a Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the ''Mäuseturm'', k ...

Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Dorsheim’s neighbours are the municipalities of

Münster-Sarmsheim Münster-Sarmsheim 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 Münster-Sarmsheim lies betw ...

, Laubenheim,

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and

Rümmelsheim Rümmelsheim 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'' Langenlonsheim- ...

. All but the first lie in the Bad Kreuznach district. Münster-Sarmsheim lies within the neighbouring

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district.

History

archaeological Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

finds show, the lands around what is now Dorsheim were settled quite early on. From the

Old Stone Age The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic (), also called the Old Stone Age (from Greek: παλαιός ''palaios'', "old" and λίθος ''lithos'', "stone"), is a period in human prehistory that is distinguished by the original development of stone tool ...

(100,000–10,000 BC) comes a whole series of various artefacts, which are now in private ownership. Known to be from the

New Stone Age The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts ...

(4000–1800 BC) are a great many small hatchets and points, the 12

flint Flint, occasionally flintstone, is a sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as the variety of chert that occurs in chalk or marly limestone. Flint was widely used historically to make stone tools and start fir ...

blades from the hoard on the street “Am Rebstock” and Rössen finds (

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) from the countryside lying east of Dorsheim. Unearthed from the Hallstatt times that followed have been all kinds of

bronze Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...

rings from former barrows on the Dorsheim

Heath A heath () is a shrubland habitat found mainly on free-draining infertile, acidic soils and characterised by open, low-growing woody vegetation. Moorland is generally related to high-ground heaths with—especially in Great Britain—a cooler ...

, as well as ceramics from not only the Hallstatt culture but also the

Urnfield culture The Urnfield culture ( 1300 BC – 750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and p ...

and the Hunsrück-Eifel culture, once again in the countryside lying east of Dorsheim.

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finds (3rd century AD) have come to light at two sites in the municipality. Various archaeological objects that have been found are now in

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s in

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 (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

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and

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, although many are in private ownership. It can be said with certainty that Dorsheim was one of the villages founded in

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times (500–750), bearing witness to which are finds from

Merovingian The Merovingian dynasty () was the ruling family of the Franks from the middle of the 5th century until 751. They first appear as "Kings of the Franks" in the Roman army of northern Gaul. By 509 they had united all the Franks and northern Gauli ...

graves unearthed right near the community centre. On 30 March 1349, Dorsheim had its first documentary mention in a document issued by Count Palatine Ruprecht. For almost 650 years, Dorsheim was a Comital-Palatine or

Electoral Palatinate The Electoral Palatinate (german: Kurpfalz) or the Palatinate (), officially the Electorate of the Palatinate (), was a state that was part of the Holy Roman Empire. The electorate had its origins under the rulership of the Counts Palatine of ...

village. It is therefore not surprising that the main

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in the municipality’s

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is the Palatine

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. From 1796 to 1814, the village lay under

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rule, first Revolutionary French, and later

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ic. Dorsheim lay within the

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. After the

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and the

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, the region passed to the Kingdom of

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

in 1815. After the municipality had celebrated its 600th anniversary in 1986 based on the first mention of Dorsheim in documents from 1386, Dorsheim citizen Herrmann Gellweiler delved deeper into the local history and discovered that Dorsheim had already been mentioned in previous documentation from a few decades earlier, in 1349. Too late, the erratum was put to the commemorative plate made for the “600th anniversary” that depicted Count Palatine Ruprecht making a gift of a

in the “Dorsheimer Berg” to his daughter Else. After the new information came to light, Dorsheim was able to mark its 650th anniversary in 1999 based on the now oldest documentation only 13 years after the 600th anniversary.

Municipality’s name

Nobody can say where the name Dorsheim comes from. Over the ages, the name has appeared in so many different forms, such as ''Dunrsheim'' and ''Donrsheim'', that working out a derivation has proved impossible.

Population development

Dorsheim’s population development since

ic times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
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Religion

As at 31 August 2013, there are 730 full-time residents in Dorsheim, and of those, 226 are

Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide Interdenominationalism, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being "bor ...

(30.959%), 268 are

Catholic The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...

(36.712%), 15 (2.055%) belong to other religious groups and 221 (30.274%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman. In the 2004 elections, council members were elected by

majority vote A majority, also called a simple majority or absolute majority to distinguish it from related terms, is more than half of the total.Dictionary definitions of ''majority'' aMerriam-Webstervoters’ groups. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: The official figures for the 2004 municipal election rather unhelpfully lumped all voters’ groups’ results together into a single sum. Since they were the only bodies that fielded candidates in Dorsheim, the results simply show an uninformative figure of 100% and a seat count of 12. The two voters’ groups active in Dorsheim are the ULD (''Unabhängige Liste Dorsheim e.V.''), headed by mayor Marlene Hölz, and the FWAD (''Freie Wählergemeinschaft Aktives Dorsheim e.V.''), headed by council member Udo Wirth.

Mayor

Dorsheim’s mayor is Marlene Hölz, and her deputies are Rainer Nies, Rositha Mutter and Harald Schröder.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s

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might be described thus: Sable a lion rampant with tail fourché Or armed, langued and crowned gules, in his sinister paw a bunch of grapes of the second, in his dexter paw an inescutcheon of the same charged with the Dorsheim court seal symbol of the first. The main

is the

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, the

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device once borne by

, which ruled Dorsheim up until French Revolutionary troops

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the region in the late 18th century. The grapes represent Dorsheim’s

tradition, and the

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bears a symbol that once appeared in Dorsheim’s court seal, dating from 1653. The arms have been borne since 1974.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in

’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: * Saint Lawrence’s

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(''Kirche St. Laurentius'') and

church, Weinbergstraße – 1923, architect Algesheimer,

; both parts of the building use the north wall of the former,

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building, about 1830 (see also below) * Binger Straße 9 – plastered

timber-frame Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...

house of a three-sided estate, early 19th century

More about the church

Standing in the middle of Dorsheim is the village

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, which was originally a

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church. The church had its first documentary mention in 1481 in the Stromberg taxation register. After the

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, there is no further record of it. The old church

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became municipal property in 1820. In 1833 and 1834, the municipality used the rubble and stones that were lying there to build a building containing two schoolrooms and a prayer room. The cost was 3,400

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. Since

fellow villagers had contributed to the funds to cover the building cost, they too were allowed the use of the prayer room. Nevertheless, time and again there was friction between them and the

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, leading to a governmental decision to declare a

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at the village church. To this day, a wall down the middle of the nave cleaves it into two naves: one Catholic and the other Evangelical. The church is under monumental protection. Still found in the Catholic section are pews and carvings from the 17th century. The church stands on Weinbergstraße.

Municipal hall

The ''Bürgerhaus'' – the municipal hall – is housed in the building that was once used as the local

school A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

. The schoolroom was on the ground floor, and accommodated all grade levels up to year 8, while upstairs was the teacher’s dwelling. In 1915, the school got

electric light An electric light, lamp, or light bulb is an electrical component that produces light. It is the most common form of artificial lighting. Lamps usually have a base made of ceramic, metal, glass, or plastic, which secures the lamp in the soc ...

ing, and in 1950 it was renovated, although there was no longer any money to pay for a

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. In 1966, the school was dissolved, whereafter the schoolroom was used for events, singing rehearsals and municipal council meetings. In 1990 and 1991, a big event hall was built onto the old schoolhouse and this is now used for various public and private events. It is built in such a way that the old schoolroom has now become the stage, but this can be walled off with a retractable partition so that it can also be used for municipal council meetings and other meetings held by various boards, as well as such things as

choir A choir ( ; also known as a chorale or chorus) is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which ...

practice, theatrical productions, preschool play groups and

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instruction. The upper floor, where the teacher once lived, now houses the mayor’s office and rooms for clubs. The ''Bürgerhaus'' stands at the corner of Weinbergstraße and Lindenstraße, and indeed is called ''An den Linden''.

Natural monuments

Several “bizarre” crags stand in the Trollbach valley.

Regular events

Each year in Dorsheim at the Feast of the

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(15 August), the mixed

holds the ''Lindenfest''. The

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(church consecration festival) is always held on the second weekend in August. The event ''Von Tal zu Tal'' (“From Dale to Dale”) is a

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

event open to all in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Langenlonsheim. It is held on the last Sunday in August. On the third Thursday of each month, a seniors’

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(''Seniorenkaffee'') is held at 1530, with venue and theme announced beforehand.

Clubs

The following clubs are active in Dorsheim: *''Bauern- und Winzerverband'' — farmers’ and winegrowers’ association *''Dorsheim Highlanders e.V.'' *''Förderverein Floriansjünger e.V.'' — firefighters’ promotional association *''Freiwillige Feuerwehr'' — volunteer

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*''Gemischter Chor Liederkranz e.V.'' — mixed

*''Theatergruppe Schinderhannes e.V.'' — theatrical group (named after a notorious outlaw)

Economy and infrastructure

Winegrowing

Dorsheim belongs to the “Nahetal

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Area” within the

Nahe wine region Nahe () is a region (''Anbaugebiet'') for quality wine in Germany,Wein.de (German Agricultural S ...

. In business in the village are seven winegrowing operations, and the area of

planted is 71 ha. Some 83% of the wine grown here (as at 2007) is

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varieties. In 1979, there were still 24 winegrowing operations, and the vineyard area was slightly greater at 80 ha.Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
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Public institutions

Dorsheim does not have its own

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, but the centre in neighbouring Laubenheim is intended for children from both villages. Found in Dorsheim itself are a village square with an oversize

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set, a playground, a

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pitch and an outdoor

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court.

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is common at the ''Naheblick'', the local lookout point from the cliffs.Public institutions
/ref> The municipal hall ( see above) is used for various events.

Transport

Dorsheim lies right near the

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A 61 and has its own Autobahn interchange. The

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rates an arithmetic mean according to measurements of roughly 63 dB/24 h.

References

External links

Municipality’s official webpage
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