Appenheim
Appenheim | |
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Location of Appenheim within Mainz-Bingen district | |
Coordinates: 49°55′47″N 8°01′59″E / 49.92972°N 8.03306°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Mainz-Bingen |
Municipal assoc. | Gau-Algesheim |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Georg Schacht[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,417 |
• Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55437 |
Dialling codes | 06725 |
Vehicle registration | MZ |
Website | www.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
[edit]Location
[edit]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
[edit]In 882, Appenheim had its first documentary mention in the Prüm Abbey’s “Golden Book”.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
Elections in 2014:
Town partnerships
[edit]Culture and sightseeing
[edit]Regular events
[edit]The Appenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) is always held in early June.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Transport
[edit]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
[edit]There are a municipal kindergarten and a primary school, Grundschule Welzbachtal.
Curiosities
[edit]This article needs additional citations for verification. (June 2017) |
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
[edit]Sons and daughters of the town
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
[edit]- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)