Friesenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate

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

Friesenheim
Coat of arms
Location of Friesenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Friesenheim
Friesenheim
Coordinates: 49°50′11″N 8°15′24″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Rhein-Selz
Government
 • MayorGerhard Held
Area
 • Total3.47 km2 (1.34 sq mi)
Elevation
167 m (548 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total716
 • Density210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55278
Dialling codes06737
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.friesenheim-rheinhessen.de

Geography

Location

The municipality lies between Mainz and Worms and is an agriculturally oriented community. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim.

Neighbouring municipalities

These are Köngernheim, Undenheim and Weinolsheim.

History

In 803, Friesenheim had its first documentary mention in the Codex Fuldensis when the Frank Theotbald donated estates in Dubilesheim and Friesenheim to the Lorsch Abbey. Some researchers, though, link this entry in the Codex with Friesenheim in Alsace. The name's meaning is “Friso’s Home”. Based on the name German word Friesen (“Frisians”), the reasonable assumption is the community was founded by Frisians.

Friesenheim Old town hall

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

SPDFWGTotal
200421012 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Ortsbürgermeister

The Ortsbürgermeister – mayor of the Ortsgemeinde – is Gerhard Held.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules a lion rampant argent armed sable and crowned Or, and a chief of the second.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.


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