Zotzenheim 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 ''

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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the

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district in

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Geography

The municipality lies in

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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in

Sprendlingen Sprendlingen 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 Sprendlingen lies in Rhenish H ...

Culture and sightseeing

Sport

On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder

team handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a Handball goalkeeper, goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands ...

court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.

Regular events

*On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (''Feuerwehrfest'') takes place. *In May on the weekend at

Ascension Day The Feast of the Ascension of Jesus Christ (also called the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, Ascension Day, Ascension Thursday, or sometimes Holy Thursday) commemorates the Christian belief of the bodily Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. It ...

, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared. *On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament. *Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (''Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht'' – the

Carnival Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras. Carnival typi ...

). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.

Economy and infrastructure

Wineries

Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries: * Weingut Werner Pitthan * Weingut Philipp Schnell * Weingut Siebenhof * Weingut Scheffer * Weingut Saulheimer There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.

Other businesses

In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street ''Am neuen Graben'', several small businesses have set up shop, among them the ''Sand Barth'' shipping company.

References

External links

Municipality’s official webpage

''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Sprendlingen-Gensingen
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