Essenheim

Essenheim

Coat of arms
Essenheim
Location of Essenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates: 49°55′50″N 8°09′20″E / 49.93056°N 8.15556°E / 49.93056; 8.15556Coordinates: 49°55′50″N 8°09′20″E / 49.93056°N 8.15556°E / 49.93056; 8.15556
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc. Nieder-Olm
Government
 • Mayor Hans-Erich Blodt (SPD)
Area
 • Total 10.51 km2 (4.06 sq mi)
Elevation 148 m (486 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 3,560
 • Density 340/km2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55270
Dialling codes 06136
Vehicle registration MZ
Website www.essenheim.de

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

Town council

[2] Elections in 2014:

  • SPD: 11
  • CDU: 2
  • FWG: 5
  • GAL: 2
Essenheim Town hall

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). Besides selected wines, the street and courtyard festival offers a great many culinary highlights with background music by various artists.

Economy and infrastructure

Essenheim is characterized by winegrowing and fruitgrowing.

Transport

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2014/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3390601700.html

Further reading

  • Chronik des Dorfes Essenheim bei Mainz: Zugleich die Geschichte der Freireligiösen Gemeinde Essenheim [Chronicle of Essenheim Village near Mainz, with the History of the Free Religious Community of Essenheim] (in German). Mainz: Freireligiöse Gemeinde. 1992. OCLC 314451127. 44 pages from the records of Johann Probst.


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