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Rüdesheim an der Nahe, or simply Rüdesheim, is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – 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), 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, ...
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in
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,
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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim, and is also its seat. Rüdesheim customarily takes the tag “an der Nahe” to distinguish itself from nearby
Rüdesheim am Rhein Rüdesheim am Rhein is a German winemaking town in the Rhine Gorge, and part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in this region. It lies in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt, Hessen. Know ...
. Rüdesheim is laid out in state planning as a lower centre.Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Regionaldaten
/ref> Rüdesheim is a
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village.


Geography


Location

Rüdesheim lies in the transitional zone between
Rhenish Hesse Rhenish Hesse or Rhine HesseDickinson, Robert E (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 542. . (, ) is a region and a former government district () in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is ...
and the
Hunsrück The Hunsrück () is a long, triangular, pronounced mountain range, upland in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the valleys of the Moselle (river), Moselle-Saar (north-to-west), the Nahe (south), and the Rhine (east). It is continued ...
at the mouth of the Katzenbach, where it empties into the Ellerbach, itself a tributary to the Nahe. Although that river lies a short way outside Rüdesheim, the municipality still styles itself “an der Nahe” (“on the Nahe”) and claims that it lies ''im Herzen des wunderschönen Nahetals'' (“in the heart of the wonderfully lovely Nahe valley”). The village is found some 4 km west of the district seat of
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, ...
, with which it has all but grown together into one built-up area. The village sits at an elevation of 135 m above
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. The municipal area measures 3.47 km2.


Neighbouring municipalities

Clockwise from the north, Rüdesheim an der Nahe's neighbours are the municipality of
Roxheim Roxheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde (Germany), Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, dis ...
, the town of
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, ...
and the municipalities of Hüffelsheim, Weinsheim and Mandel, all of which likewise lie within the Bad Kreuznach district.


Constituent communities

Also belonging to Rüdesheim are the outlying homesteads of Lohrer Mühle, Rüdesheimer Hof and Zum Hargesheimer Pfad.


History

In 747, the village now known as Rüdesheim an der Nahe was a
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settlement named ''Lefrietesheim''. There is disagreement over where the village's current name comes from, with suggestions such as ''Rudersheim'' or ''Rodersheim'' (the former an apparent reference to rowing, and the latter to land clearing). Also in contention as the namesake is a knight of the House of Rüdesheim. Whoever is right, the name does come from Frankish times, like all placenames that end in ''—heim'', ''—hausen'', ''—weiler'' and so on. The wine was brought here by the
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legionaries, who could call this place home even before the Franks came. For the epithet “wine village”, Rüdesheim still has the Romans to thank, even now, in the third millennium. In the years 1125 and 1126, the villagers found themselves in a fight against
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and the Plague. In 1334, Rüdesheim, along with Bockenau, Weinsheim and Sponheim, was burnt to the ground in the
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between
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and the Counts of Sponheim. During the
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, the village had to deal with military requisitions, plundering and deliberately set blazes. In the wake of all this, the village's population sank to roughly half what it had been by the time the war ended. The first sewerage was laid in Rüdesheim at the early date of 1661. The French Revolution, too, left its mark on Rüdesheim. In 1794, the village was occupied by French Revolutionary troops. On 1 October 1795, the German lands on the
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’s left bank were
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to the
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, French became the official language and the operative constitution was the French one. Schinderhannes (or Johannes Bückler, to use his true name) supposedly amused himself at the
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“Zum Krönchen” during this time. After
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’s defeat and the delivery of the terms of the
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, Rüdesheim passed in 1814 or 1815 to joint Austrian- Bavarian rule. In 1853, the seat of the ''Amtsbürgermeisterei'' (“'' Amt'' mayoralty”) was established. The ''Amtsbürgermeistereien'' of Rüdesheim, Wallhausen, Winterburg and Waldböckelheim all took part in 1893 in the planning for the
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. Besides passengers, this railway also transported wood from the Soonwald, ore, brownstone and material from the Bockenau
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. The narrow-gauge railway ran through Rüdesheim along the Ellerbach. The right-of-way is now a street called “Im Wiesengrunde”. The
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stood at “Am Kesselberg 8” (at the corner of “Im Wiesengrunde”). At the beginning of the
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, this report came from Rüdesheim:
It was a sweltering August day in the year 1914. In the evening, the whole village gathered in the street. A celebratory calm prevailed. The chairmen of the clubs spoke and all enthusiastically agreed to the ''Kaiserhoch'' (a cheer). There was a parting celebration taking place for the men who were going off to the war. The next morning, one could see at the narrow-gauge railway station parting scenes.
In the years that followed, 254
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were assigned to
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work in the Rüdesheim ''Bürgermeisterei'' (“mayoralty”) region. The time that followed generally brought social and economic hardship, currency devaluation, sometimes
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and
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shortages, and
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ing flourished. In the
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, many evacuees came from the Saar to Rüdesheim. Other things that locals had to deal with throughout the war were aerial defence measures, collecting drives, receiving ration cards, standing in queues for groceries and other everyday needs, air-raid alerts, searching for potato beetles, collecting scrap, news from the war, funeral services for the fallen and so on. The
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was opened in 1939. During the approach to an air raid on
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, ...
, bombs were accidentally dropped on Rüdesheim. When American
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s rolled through Rüdesheim on 16 March 1945, the village found itself under American occupation. The “Economic Miracle” that set in after the war also made itself felt in Rüdesheim: In 1963, sewerage was laid throughout the village. Also that year, a new
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building was dedicated on Schulstraße. A
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, too, was opened. New building zones were laid out as well. On 7 June 1969, in the course of administrative restructuring in
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, Rüdesheim was amalgamated with the town of Bad Kreuznach. The town wanted to expand its industrial park, but Rüdesheimers were mostly against this proposal. Rüdesheim therefore took the state of Rhineland-Palatinate to court. The Constitutional Court (''Verfassungsgerichtshof'') found in Rüdesheim's favour on 17 December 1969, and the amalgamation was overturned, splitting the village away from the town once again. In 1970, the old ''Amtsbürgermeisterei'' became the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Rüdesheim. In 1994, the ''
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'' 41 bypass was dedicated.


Population development

Rüdesheim an der Nahe's population development since
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ic times is shown in the table below. The figures for the years from 1871 to 1987 are drawn from census data:


Religion

As at 31 December 2013, there are 2,614 full-time residents in Rüdesheim an der Nahe, and of those, 1,200 are
Evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...
(45.907%), 774 are
Catholic The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.27 to 1.41 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwid ...
(29.61%), 2 are
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(0.077%), 1 belongs to a free religious community (0.038%), 1 is
Russian Orthodox The Russian Orthodox Church (ROC; ;), also officially known as the Moscow Patriarchate (), is an autocephaly, autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox Christian church. It has 194 dioceses inside Russia. The Primate (bishop), p ...
(0.038%), 131 (5.011%) belong to other religious groups and 505 (19.319%) either have no religion or will not reveal their religious affiliation.


Politics


Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by
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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:


Mayor

Rüdesheim's mayor is Jürgen Poppitz (Freie Bürgerliste Rüdesheim), and his deputies are Heinz-Herbert Stephan (Freie Bürgerliste Rüdesheim), Willi Kurz ( SPD) and Ekkehard Schwabe ( CDU).


Coat of arms

The municipality's
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might be described thus: Gules on ground vert a horse passant argent, riding him Saint Martin of Tours of the same cutting his mantle azure with a sword sable, kneeling on the ground to sinister a beggar man of the third. This scene from Saint Martin's life appears in many German civic coats of arms. Indeed, Rüdesheim an der Nahe's arms are not even the only ones in the
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, ...
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to bear this image, with Meddersheim and Norheim likewise bearing arms depicting Martin cutting off a piece of his cloak for a beggar. The arms have been borne since the
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Ministry of the Interior approved them on 5 October 1950, and are based on a court seal from 1569. In villages in this region back in Frankish times, the village court or the ''
Schultheiß In medieval Germany, the ''Schultheiß'' () was the head of a municipality (akin to today's office of mayor), a '' Vogt'' or an executive official of the ruler. As official (''villicus'') it was his duty to order his assigned village or county ( ...
'' bore a seal beginning about the 14th century. The main state archive in
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has two stamps made by Rüdesheim court seals, one on a document from 31 December 1569, and the other from 1731. Depicted on both is Saint Martin, who was Sponheim Abbey's patron saint. The circumscriptions on each, however, are different, namely “GER.SIG.RUEDESHEIM BEI XNACH” and “GER.SIG RIDESHEIM BEY XNACH” respectively, although both mean “court seal Rüdesheim near Kreuznach” (“Xnach” was an abbreviation for “Kreuznach” because the first syllable of that name is
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for “cross”, hence the X). Saint Martin, also patron saint of the Sponheim
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, was adopted as the main
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in the coat of arms in 1950. Nevertheless, nobody thought much about what
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should be applied. The Counts of Sponheim bore arms chequy azure and Or (a chequered field of alternating blue and gold squares), and although this pattern does appear in many local civic coats of arms ( Hargesheim and
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, for instance), it does not appear in Rüdesheim's arms, even though the Counts were the local lords in the
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.


Culture and sightseeing


Buildings

The following are listed buildings or sites in
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’s Directory of Cultural Monuments: *
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, Nahestraße 36 – formerly
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’s (''St. Georg''), Late Gothic
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, made over in
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, marked 1743 and 1898 (repair work),
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after 1945 * Kurt-Schumacher-Straße 1 – Baroque timber-frame house, from the earlier half of the 18th century * Nahestraße – warriors’ memorial 1914–1918, display wall with
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, Neoclassical and
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style elements, 1922, sculptor Arthur Zimmermann,
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* Nahestraße 30 – Baroque timber-frame house, marked 1699 * Nahestraße 58 –
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, partly timber-frame,
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1906, architect Zimmermann * Roxheimer Straße 2 – former
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; Heimatstil, wall fountain, about 1920/1930 * Schäferstraße 1 – Baroque timber-frame house, plastered, early 18th century * Schäferstraße 15 – Baroque estate complex with smithy, 18th and 19th centuries


Clubs

The following clubs are active in Rüdesheim an der Nahe: *''Classic Automobile Rüdesheim/Nahe'' (C.A.R.) — “oldtimers’ club” *''Gesangverein 1888 Rüdesheim e.V.'' — singing club *''Rüdesheimer Freizeitclub e.V.'' (RFC) — leisure club *''Tanzsportverein Rüdesheim'' —
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club *''Turnverein Rüdesheim 1902 e.V.'' —
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club *''VdK-Orstverband'' — social advocacy group local chapter *''VFL Rüdesheim 1922 e.V.'' —
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*''Verein der Freunde der Feuerwehr e.V.'' —
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promotional association


Economy and infrastructure


Transport

Running through Rüdesheim an der Nahe's municipal area is ''
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'' 41, and running through the village itself are ''
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'' 236 and ''
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'' 98, which is met by ''Kreisstraße'' 52 in the village's west end. ''Bundesstraße'' 41 affords drivers quick access to neighbouring
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and to the
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A 61 (
Koblenz Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...
Ludwigshafen Ludwigshafen, officially Ludwigshafen am Rhein (; meaning "Ludwig I of Bavaria, Ludwig's Port upon the Rhine"; Palatine German dialects, Palatine German: ''Ludwichshafe''), is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in the German state of Rh ...
) just beyond. Serving neighbouring Bad Kreuznach is a
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
. Branching off the
Nahe Valley Railway The Nahe Valley Railway () is a two-track, partially electrified main line railway in the German states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, which runs for almost 100 kilometres along the Nahe (Rhine), Nahe. It was built by the Rhine-Nahe Railway ...
( Bingen
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
) here is the railway line to Gau Algesheim. From Bingen am Rhein,
Regionalbahn The ''Regionalbahn'' (; lit. Regional train; abbreviated ''RB'') is a train categories in Europe, type of Regional rail, local passenger train (stopping train) in Germany. It is similar to the Regionalzug (R) and Regio (Swiss railway train), R ...
trains run by way of the Alsenz Valley Railway, which branches off the Nahe Valley Railway in Bad Münster am Stein, to
Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate Forest. The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, 666 kilometers (414 m ...
, reaching it in roughly 65 minutes. Running on the line to
Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; Rhenish Franconian: ''Sabrigge'' ; ; ; ; ) is the capital and largest List of cities and towns in Germany, city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken has 181,959 inhabitants and is Saarland's administrative, commerci ...
and by way of Gau Algesheim and the
West Rhine Railway The West Rhine railway (German: ''Linke Rheinstrecke'', literally 'left (bank of the) Rhine route') is a famously picturesque, double-track electrified railway line running for 185 km from Cologne via Bonn, Koblenz, and Bingen to Mainz. It ...
to
Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...
are
Regional-Express In Germany, Luxembourg and Austria, the Regional-Express (; RE, or in Austria: REX) is a type of regional train. It is similar to a semi-fast train, with a top speed of and an average speed of about as it calls at fewer stations than ''R ...
and Regionalbahn trains. The travel time to Mainz lies between 25 and 40 minutes, and to Saarbrücken between 1 hour and 40 minutes and 2 hours and 20 minutes.


Education

Rüdesheim an der Nahe has a
daycare Child care, also known as day care, is the care and supervision of one or more children, typically ranging from three months to 18 years old. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(ren), childcare typica ...
centre with five groups and a
primary school A primary school (in Ireland, India, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, South Africa, and Singapore), elementary school, or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ...
(''Grundschule am Rosengarten''). Further education for those moving beyond primary school is available in neighbouring
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, ...
.


Public institutions

Rüdesheim an der Nahe has a public
swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, paddling pool, or simply pool, is a structure designed to hold water to enable Human swimming, swimming and associated activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built abo ...
, a
community centre A community centre, community center, or community hall is a public location where members of a community gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may be open for the whole community or for a sp ...
, a municipal
library A library is a collection of Book, books, and possibly other Document, materials and Media (communication), media, that is accessible for use by its members and members of allied institutions. Libraries provide physical (hard copies) or electron ...
and a
retirement community A retirement community is a residential community or housing complex designed for older adults who are generally able to care for themselves. Assistance from home care agencies is allowed in some communities, and activities and socialization op ...
. There are several
medical Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...
and dental practices in the village.


Winegrowing

The following
wineries A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the cultivation and production of wine, such as a wine company. Some wine companies own many wineries. Besides wine making equipment, larger wineries may also feat ...
(''Weingüter'') can be found in Rüdesheim an der Nahe: *''Weingut Bäder G.'' *''Weingut Bäder Jakob + Sohn'' *''Weingut Hahn'' *''Weingut Herrmann U.'' *''Weingut Weinhotel Bäder'' *''Weingut Welker-Emmerich''


Established businesses

As would be expected in a place of Rüdesheim's size, with well over 2,500 inhabitants, there is a full range of different businesses on hand besides the wineries mentioned above. There are several shopping centres, a
bakery A bakery is an establishment that produces and sells flour-based baked goods made in an oven such as bread, cookies, cakes, doughnuts, bagels, Pastry, pastries, and pies. Some retail bakeries are also categorized as Coffeehouse, cafés, servi ...
,
restaurant A restaurant is an establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and Delivery (commerce), food delivery services. Restaurants ...
s,
inn Inns are generally establishments or buildings where travelers can seek lodging, and usually, food and drink. Inns are typically located in the country or along a highway. Before the advent of motorized transportation, they also provided accomm ...
s and ''Straußwirtschaften'', along with craft and service businesses.


New building zone

Rüdesheim has announced the laying-out of a new residential building zone, “In den sechs Morgen–In den Steinchesäcker”, which will offer 101 lots for houses.New building zone
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References


External links

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