Gensingen
Gensingen | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Gensingen within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
  Gensingen  Gensingen | |
| Coordinates: 49°53′53″N 7°55′41″E / 49.89806°N 7.92806°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Sprendlingen-Gensingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Armin Brendel[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 3,948 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55457 |
| Dialling codes | 06727 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.gensingen.de |
Gensingen 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]Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the river Nahe. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
Neighbouring municipalities
[edit]The municipality's neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
| SPD | CDU | FWG | Total | |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)
Coat of arms
[edit]The municipality's arms might be described thus: or, the letter G between three mullets of six sable.
While the letter G could stand for Gensingen, the arms’ meaning is not known. The six-pointed stars (“mullets of six”) are something of a mystery. The local court seal bore this composition in 1609.[3]
Culture and sightseeing
[edit]The Evangelical church has an historical Stumm organ built in 1774-1778 and restored in 2000. There are regular concerts.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit]Two businesses in the municipality of Gensingen are the furniture manufacturer Bretz and the plant nursery company Kientzler.
Transport
[edit]The municipality is crossed by Bundesstraße 41. The Autobahn A 61 is right nearby, only a 3 km drive away. At the Gensingen railway station, trains on the Nahetalbahn and the Rheinhessenbahn (railway lines) stop.
Famous people
[edit]- Reinhard Leisenheimer (b. 1939 in Gensingen), singer
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.
- ^ Description and explanation of Gensingen’s arms
External links
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Gensingen travel guide from Wikivoyage- Information page about Gensingen (in German)
- Gensingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
- Brief portrait with filmed article about Gensingen at SWR Fernsehen (in German)
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