Gensingen

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

Gensingen
Coat of arms
Location of Gensingen within Mainz-Bingen district
Gensingen
Gensingen
Coordinates: 49°53′53″N 7°55′41″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
 • MayorArmin Brendel
Area
 • Total8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
Elevation
90 m (300 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total3,985
 • Density460/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55457
Dialling codes06727
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.gensingen.de

Geography

Location

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

The municipality's neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

SPDCDUFWGTotal
200497420 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Or the letter G between three mullets of six sable.

Apart from the G, which is obviously the municipality's initial, 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.[2]

Culture and sightseeing

The Evangelical church has an historical Stumm organ built in 1774-1778 and restored in 2000. There are regular concerts.

Economy and infrastructure

Two businesses in the municipality of Gensingen are the furniture manufacturer Bretz and the plant nursery company Kientzler.

Transport

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
  • Reinhard Leisenheimer (b. 1939 in Gensingen), singer

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.
  2. Description and explanation of Gensingen’s arms


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