Bechenheim
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Coat of arms of Bechenheim Coat of arms | |
Location of Bechenheim
within Alzey-Worms district | |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Alzey-Worms |
| Municipal assoc. | Alzey-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Ute Stein[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.55 km2 (0.98 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 224 m (735 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55234 |
| Dialling codes | 06736 |
| Vehicle registration | AZ |
| Website | www.bechenheim.de |
Bechenheim (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛçn̩haɪm]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey.
Geography
[edit | edit source]Location
[edit | edit source]As a winegrowing centre, Bechenheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the southwest of Rhenish Hesse. Bechenheim is Rhenish Hesse's highest winegrowing municipality.
History
[edit | edit source]In 824, Bechenheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Fulda Abbey.
Politics
[edit | edit source]Municipal council
[edit | edit source]The council is made up of 8 council members and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]
| Year | SPD | FWG | Total |
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| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 seats |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 | 8 seats |
Coat of arms
[edit | edit source]The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules a dexter arm embowed armed argent, the hand naked of the same and holding a beaker Or.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit | edit source]Winegrowing
[edit | edit source]Bechenheim belongs to the “Wonnegau Winegrowing Area” (Weinbaubereich Wonnegau) in Rhenish Hesse. Active in the municipality are six winegrowing businesses with 33 ha of vineyard under cultivation. Some 76% of the wine made there is white varieties (as at 2007). In 1979, 22 such businesses were still running, and vineyards covered 32 ha.[3]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms Archived 2019-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
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- ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz - Infothek
External links
[edit | edit source]- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
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