Wonsheim

Wonsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Wonsheim
Coat of arms
Location of Wonsheim within Alzey-Worms district
Wonsheim
Wonsheim
Coordinates: 49°46′59″N 7°57′45″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Wöllstein
Government
 • MayorRudolf Haas
Area
 • Total8.79 km2 (3.39 sq mi)
Elevation
178 m (584 ft)
Population
 (2019-12-31)[1]
 • Total916
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55599
Dialling codes06703
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.wonsheim-rhh.de

Geography

Location

As a winegrowing centre, Wonsheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Through the municipality flows the river Dunselbach.

History

On 10 June 800, Wonsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Fulda Abbey as Vuanesheim.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

SPDWG HaasTotal
20093912 seats
20043912 seats

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Chapé, lozengy argent and azure, Or an orb banded and charged with a cross bottonnée gules both gemmed of the first and sable a lion rampant of the third armed, langued and crowned of the fourth.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings
  • Saint Lambert's Evangelical Church (Lambertuskirche)
  • Holy Cross Catholic Church (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche)
  • Town Hall

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

Wonsheim lies near Autobahnen A 61 and A 63.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2019, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2020.
  2. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat

Town's official webpage] (in German)


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