Münster-Sarmsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a

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

belonging to a ''

Verbandsgemeinde A (; plural ) is a low-level administrative division, administrative unit in the Germany, German States of Germany, federal states of Brandenburg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A is typically composed of a small group of Municipalitie ...

'', 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 Kreuzn ...

district in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) 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 sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

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Geography

Location

Münster-Sarmsheim lies between Bingen and

Bad Kreuznach Bad Kreuznach () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a spa town, known for its medieval bridge dating from around 1300, the Alte Nahebrücke (Bad Kreuznach), Alte Nahebrücke, ...

, on the river Nahe some two kilometres upstream from where it empties into the

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. The

winegrowing Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing 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, ...

centre belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in

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 languages, Celtic word that may have meant "hole in the rock", a description of the shoal behind the ...

, although that town is not within its bounds.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: (as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Coat of arms

The municipality's

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might be described thus: Per fess, Or a minster with central block and wings on each side, each of the three with a gabled roof, each wing with a flanking buttress, and each roof ensigned with a cross, the one on the central block further ensigned with the head of an abbot's staff sinister sable, all windows, two in the central block and one each in the wings, and the door in the central block of the field, and gules two arrows in saltire of the first surmounted palewise by a

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slipped vert, the grapes three, four, three, two and one.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

* “Stumpfer Turm” (“Blunt Tower”) castle ruin from 1493 * Old Town Hall from 1520 * Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's

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Parish Church from 1189 *

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church from 1810 * Saint Alban's Catholic Church from 1445 * Old Tollhouse from 1710 *

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house at Saarstraße 20 from 1517 * Kruger-Rumpf Winery (founded in 1708)

Natural monuments

The Trollbachtal Nature Conservation Area harbours cliff formations from 285,000,000 years ago.

Festivals

*Once a year, the

kermis Kermesse, or kermis, or kirmess, is an outdoor fair or festival usually organized for charitable purposes. The term was derived from 'kerk' (church) and 'mis' (mass) in the original Dutch language term, and was borrowed in English, French, Spa ...

(church consecration festival, locally known as the ''Kerb'') takes place in Münster-Sarmsheim. On the first weekend in August, there is celebrating, dancing and drinking. Against the backdrop of good music and Münster-Sarmsheim's local Nahe wine, the festival is each year a magnet for young and old. Traditionally, the ''Kerb'' begins on the Friday with services at Saint Peter's and Saint Paul's Church and the mayor's keg-tapping. The ''Kerb'' ends Monday evening.

Economy and infrastructure

Vineyards

* Kapellenberg, Pittersberg, Dautenpflänzer, Rheinberg

Transport

*Running right through the municipality is ''

Bundesstraße ''Bundesstraße'' (, ), abbreviated ''B'', is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways. Germany Germany's ''Bundesstraßen'' network has a total length of about 40,000 km. German ''Bundesstraßen'' are labelled with re ...

'' 48, which links Bad Kreuznach and Bingen am Rhein. *

Autobahn The (; German , ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. Much of t ...

A 61 can be reached after a 3 km drive at the ''Bingen-Mitte''

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Education

Münster-Sarmsheim has two

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s and its own

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Famous people

Honorary citizens

* Prof. Theo Fischer * Dr. Friedrich Werner

References

External links

Municipality’s official webpage

Münster-Sarmsheim photographed from the airTrollbachtal Nature Conservation Area
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