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Nieder-Olm
Nieder-Olm is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Until 5 November 2006 it was an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – but it was raised to town the next day. It is still the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, and functions as a middle centre in the region. Geography Location Nieder-Olm lies some 10 km south of Mainz in the heart of Rhenish Hesse, on the east bank of the Selz in the northern part of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills (''Rheinhessisches Hügelland''), known as the Mainz Basin. The town's average elevation lies at some 150 m above sea level. The highest elevation within municipal limits is the Mühlberg at 243 m in the northeast between Nieder-Olm and Mainz-Ebersheim. The landscape is strongly characterized by winegrowing and fruit growing. A wood named ''Im Loh'' can be found in the northeast of the municipal area. It is only so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieder-Olm Kath
Nieder-Olm is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Until 5 November 2006 it was an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – but it was raised to town the next day. It is still the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, and functions as a middle centre in the region. Geography Location Nieder-Olm lies some 10 km south of Mainz in the heart of Rhenish Hesse, on the east bank of the Selz in the northern part of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills (''Rheinhessisches Hügelland''), known as the Mainz Basin. The town's average elevation lies at some 150 m above sea level. The highest elevation within municipal limits is the Mühlberg at 243 m in the northeast between Nieder-Olm and Mainz-Ebersheim. The landscape is strongly characterized by winegrowing and fruit growing. A wood named ''Im Loh'' can be found in the northeast of the municipal area. It is only some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sörgenloch
Sörgenloch 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 The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse, some 14 km south of Mainz. It is the smallest municipality in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town. Sörgenloch lies among vineyards in the Rheinhessen wine region on the Selz and is a pilgrimage site of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mainz. The landscape is strongly characterized by winegrowing and fruit growing. Widespread renaturalization measures on the Selz and the Zornheimer Berg (mountain) have, however, greatly enhanced the natural surroundings. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Nieder-Olm, Zornheim, Hahnheim, Udenheim and Saulheim. History In 1190, Sörgenloch had its first documentary mention. About the village's early history, quite litt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zornheim
Zornheim 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 Zornheim borders in the southwest on Ebersheim, an outlying centre of the state capital of Mainz on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region. The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre in the Rheinhessen wine region. Many wineries have been growing and making wine here for centuries. In 1973, in the course of administrative reform, Zornheim became part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town. History In 771, Zornheim had its first documentary mention. Zornheim's founding, however, reaches far back into early history, as witnessed by finds from the New Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and Roman times. The first written reference in 771 is in a document detailing a donation to the Fulda Abbey. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ober-Olm
Ober-Olm is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Neighbouring municipalities Ober-Olm's neighbours are Mainz-Layenhof, Mainz-Finthen, Mainz-Drais, Mainz-Lerchenberg, Mainz-Bretzenheim, Mainz-Marienborn, Klein-Winternheim, Mainz-Ebersheim, Nieder-Olm and Essenheim. History Finds in the municipal area have yielded the first clues to settlers here in the 4th century BC. In AD 97, the former consul Vejento had a temple built to the forest goddess Nemetona near his Klein-Winternheim landholding, a richly furnished Roman settlement in the Ober-Olm cadastral area of Villenkeller. Ober-Olm itself arose in the 6th century as a Frankish establishment and had its first documentary mention in 994. The name “Ulmena Superior” from 1190 was formerly associated with elm trees, ''Ulme'' being the Modern High German word for this tree; h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stadecken-Elsheim
Stadecken-Elsheim 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 Stadecken-Elsheim lies just under (as the crow flies) southwest of the state capital of Mainz in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse on both sides of the Selz. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town. Neighbouring municipalities Stadecken-Elsheim borders in the west on Jugenheim, in the northeast on Essenheim, in the east on Nieder-Olm (all likewise in the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm), in the northwest on Schwabenheim ( ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Gau-Algesheim) and in the south on Saulheim ( ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt in Alzey-Worms). History Stadecken-Elsheim is a municipality made up of the two formerly self-administering municipalities of Stadecken and Elsheim on 7 June 1969. The newly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nieder-Olm (Verbandsgemeinde)
Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm is a collective municipality (Verbandsgemeinde) in the district Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The administrative center of the ''Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm'' is located in the town of Nieder-Olm. The collective municipality consists of the town of Nieder-Olm and seven independent local municipalities. The following municipalities form the ''Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm'': # Essenheim # Jugenheim in Rheinhessen # Klein-Winternheim # Nieder-Olm, town # Ober-Olm Ober-Olm is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Neighbouring municipalities Ober-Olm's neig ... # Sörgenloch # Stadecken-Elsheim # Zornheim {{Authority control Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essenheim
Essenheim 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 Essenheim lies in Rhenish Hesse southwest of Mainz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town. Politics Municipal council Elections in 2014: *SPD: 11 *CDU: 2 *FWG: 5 *GAL: 2 Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale sable and Or two lions combattant, the dexter of the second armed, langued and crowned gules, the sinister with double tail of the third armed and langued azure. Culture and sightseeing Regular events The Essenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the ''Kerb'') was once held in late August, but since 2007, it has been held on the second weekend in September. Essenheim also celebrates a canons’ festival (''Domherrnfest''). Beside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klein-Winternheim
Klein-Winternheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Klein-Winternheim lies seven kilometres south of Mainz in Rhenish Hesse. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Nieder-Olm (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the Nieder-Olm, like-named town. History In the oldest Mainz Cathedral obituary from about 1100, the name Winterheim crops up for the first time. Politics Municipal council The council is made up of 20 council members, plus the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: (as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004) Town partnerships * Muizon, Marne (department), Marne, France * Elxleben, Sömmerda (district), Sömmerda district, Thuringia – close contacts since 1990 Coat of arms The municipality's Coat of arms, arms might be described thu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhenish-Hessian Hills
The Rhenish-Hessian Hills (german: Rheinhessisches Hügelland), also called the "Land of the Thousand Hills" (''Land der 1000 Hügel''), refers to that part of Rhenish Hesse within the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It lies within the counties of Alzey-Worms and Mainz-Bingen, and covers the same area as the natural region known as the Rhenish Hesse Tableland and Hill Country (''Rheinhessisches Tafel- und Hügelland''). It covers an area of around 1,400 km2. Hills The hills and spurs of the Rhenish-Hessian Hills include – with heights in metres (m) above sea level (NHN): * Kappelberg (357.6 m), in the Vorholz woodlands between Bechenheim, Orbis and Oberwiesen near the border with the Palatinate * Eichelberg (320.3 m), near Fürfeld * Kloppberg (293,4 m), near Hochborn and Dittelsheim-Heßloch * Wartberg (285.2 m), with Alzey Wartberg Tower (275,3), south of Alzey * Jakobsberg (273.8 m), between Dromersheim, Laurenziberg and Ockenheim, with the Jakobsberg Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Kreuznach, and Rhein-Hunsrück. History During the French occupation under Napoleon the district was part of the departement Donnersberg (fr.: Mont-Tonnerre). After the Congress of Vienna, the area north of the Nahe river went to the Prussian Rhine province, the biggest part however became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was called Rhenish Hesse. In 1835 the Mainz district was created when the province Rheinhessen was abolished. In 1852 the Oppenheim district was created, and took some of the area of the Mainz district; in 1938 this district was abolished again. The current area of the district was formed in 1969, when the districts of Mainz and Bingen were merged. Geography The main river in the district is the Rhine, which ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selz
The Selz is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a left hand tributary of the Rhine. It flows through the largest German wine region, Rheinhessen (Rhenish Hesse). It rises near the village of Orbis in the county of Donnersbergkreis, crosses the border from the Palatinate into Rhenish Hesse and after about the town of Alzey in the Alzey-Worms district. There the river passes a pond, and disappears underground, flowing through ditches under the town. On its way it passes through Gau-Odernheim, Nieder-Olm and Ingelheim, before finally discharging into the Rhine in , a district of Ingelheim. The Selz has a catchment area of characterised by a warm, dry climate with an average annual precipitation of around . Despite its low, and often irregular water flow, the Selz is regarded as the main river in the rather dry rolling countryside of Rhenish Hesse. During periods of low water, its waters consist of a significant amount of clean effluent from sewage farms. Env ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhenish Hesse
Rhenish Hesse or Rhine HesseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 542. . (german: Rheinhessen) is a region and a former government district () in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is made up of territories west of the Upper Rhine river that were part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and its successor in the Weimar Republic, the People's State of Hesse from 1816 to 1945. The hilly countryside is largely devoted to vineyards, comprising the Rheinhessen wine region. Geography Rhine Hesse stretches from the Upper Rhine Plain on the west bank of the Rhine up to the Nahe and Alsenz rivers in the west and down to the mouth of the Isenach in the south. The region borders on the Rhineland in the northwest, on the Palatinate in the southwest, and on South Hesse beyond the Rhine. The Rhenish-Hessian Hills along the Selz river, also called the "land of the thousand hills", reach up to at the summit of the Kap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
