Framersheim

Framersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Framersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Framersheim within Alzey-Worms district
Framersheim
Framersheim
Coordinates: 49°45′29″N 8°10′27″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Alzey-Land
Government
 • MayorUlrich Armbrüster
Area
 • Total9.31 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Elevation
171 m (561 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,572
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
55234
Dialling codes06733
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.framersheim.de

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey.

Neighbouring municipalities

Framersheim's neighbours are Alzey-Schafhausen, Dittelsheim-Heßloch, Gau-Heppenheim and Gau-Odernheim.

History

In 775, Framersheim had its first documentary mention when a document from Lorsch Abbey mentioned a vineyard in Framersheim.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 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]

SPDCDUFWGZinkTotal
2009427316 seats

Mayors
  • (1945–1946) Johann Beckenbach
  • (1989–2004) Frank Zink
  • (2004–heute) Ulrich Armbrüster

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Sable a kettle-hat argent pierced each side with a cord gules, itself nowed at each end and looped once in base.

The “kettle-hat” (Kesselhut in German) apparently was once typical. It appeared in the village seal as early as 1459. It could be a canting charge for the family Kessler von Sarmsheim who held the local castle in the Middle Ages.[3]

Economy and infrastructure

With local winemaking businesses, business is done by so-called self-marketers, who mostly market their own wares directly to end users.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.
  2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  3. Description and explanation of Framersheim’s arms


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