Esselborn
| Esselborn | ||
|---|---|---|
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  Esselborn Location of Esselborn within Alzey-Worms district  | ||
| Coordinates: 49°42′55″N 08°07′07″E / 49.71528°N 8.11861°ECoordinates: 49°42′55″N 08°07′07″E / 49.71528°N 8.11861°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Alzey-Worms | |
| Municipal assoc. | Alzey-Land | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Markus Pinger | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 4.10 km2 (1.58 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 229 m (751 ft) | |
| Population (2017-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 349 | |
| • Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55234 | |
| Dialling codes | 06731 | |
| Vehicle registration | AZ | |
| Website | www.gemeinde-esselborn.de | |
Esselborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse.
History
In 763, Esselborn had its first documentary mention. Held at first by the Lords of Strahlenberg, Esselborn was then an Electoral Palatinate possession as of 1408.
Politics
Town council
The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected 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:[2]
| Oberhellmann | Reßler | Total | |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 seats |
In 2004 there was an election by majority vote.
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Argent two batons per saltire gules, the one in bend sinister surmounting the other, fastened thereto with a nail, and with a branch couped palewise in base dexter, in base a rose twig vert with one rose of the second barbed and seeded proper.
References
- ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check
|url=value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018. - ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
- Esselborn in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
- Esselborn hat jetzt seinen siebten Brunnen – Vermutlich bis 1902 wurde aus Vorgänger Wasser zum Brotbacken geschöpft / Zehn sollen es werden from the Rhein Main Presse of 28 July 2008 (in German)
