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Appenheim

Coordinates: 49°55′47″N 8°01′59″E / 49.92972°N 8.03306°E / 49.92972; 8.03306
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Appenheim
Coat of arms of Appenheim
Location of Appenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
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Appenheim is located in Germany
Appenheim
Appenheim
Appenheim is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Appenheim
Appenheim
Coordinates: 49°55′47″N 8°01′59″E / 49.92972°N 8.03306°E / 49.92972; 8.03306
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Gau-Algesheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Georg Schacht[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,417
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55437
Dialling codes06725
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.appenheim.de

Appenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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Location

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The municipality lies southwest of Mainz and is an agricultural community. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Through the municipal area flow both the rivers Welzbach and Wethbach.

History

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In 882, Appenheim had its first documentary mention in the Prüm Abbey’s “Golden Book”.

Appenheim

Politics

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Municipal council

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The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

Elections in 2014:

Town partnerships

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Culture and sightseeing

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Regular events

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The Appenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) is always held in early June.

Economy and infrastructure

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Transport

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The municipality is crossed by Landesstraße (state road) 415. The Autobahnen A 60 and A 63 can be reached by car in ten to twenty minutes.

Education

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There are a municipal kindergarten and a primary school, Grundschule Welzbachtal.

Curiosities

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The Appenheimer Hundertgulden vineyard on the slopes of the Westerberg is the vineyard with the highest carbonate content of all in Germany. From this come wines with a fruity sourness at high pH levels which are quite mineral-laden but nevertheless very salubrious.

Famous people

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Sons and daughters of the town

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  • Johann Horn (d. 1800), Palatine-Bavarian sergeant, Knight of the Bavarian Medal of Bravery
  • Johann Konrad Schiede (b. about 1760 in Kassel; d. 19 September 1826 in Appenheim), was a clergyman, a participant in the Late Age of Enlightenment and an author of cheap novels.
  • Esther Knewitz, Rheinhessen Wine Queen 2001–2002, German Wine Princess 2003-2004

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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