Siefersheim

Siefersheim

Coat of arms
Siefersheim
Location of Siefersheim within Alzey-Worms district
Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E / 49.783; 7.950Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E / 49.783; 7.950
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc. Wöllstein
Government
 • Mayor Volker Hintze
Area
 • Total 6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation 153 m (502 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,220
 • Density 190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55599
Dialling codes 06703
Vehicle registration AZ
Website www.siefersheim.de
Siefersheim at sunset
Siefersheim

Siefersheim 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 at Rhenish Hesse’s western edge and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Neighbouring municipalities

Siefersheim’s neighbours are Wonsheim, Wöllstein, Eckelsheim, Gumbsheim and Neu-Bamberg.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[2]

Mayor

The current mayor is Volker Hintze.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.

Economy and infrastructure

Siefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the Weingut Wagner-Stempel, as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the Weingut "Alte Schmiede".

Education

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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