Essenheim
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Location of Essenheim
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Nieder-Olm |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Winfried Schnurbus[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 10.51 km2 (4.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 148 m (486 ft) |
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| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55270 |
| Dialling codes | 06136 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.essenheim.de |
Essenheim (German pronunciation: [ˈɛsn̩haɪm]) 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 | edit source]Location
[edit | edit source]Essenheim lies in Rhenish Hesse southwest of Mainz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.
Politics
[edit | edit source]Municipal council
[edit | edit source][2] Elections in 2014:
- SPD: 11
- CDU: 2
- FWG: 5
- GAL: 2
Coat of arms
[edit | edit source]The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale sable and Or two lions combattant, the dexter of the second armed, langued and crowned gules, the sinister with double tail of the third armed and langued azure.
Culture and sightseeing
[edit | edit source]Regular events
[edit | edit source]The Essenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) was once held in late August, but since 2007, it has been held on the second weekend in September.
Essenheim also celebrates a canons’ festival (Domherrnfest). Besides selected wines, the street and courtyard festival offers a great many culinary highlights with background music by various artists.
Economy and infrastructure
[edit | edit source]Essenheim is characterized by winegrowing and fruitgrowing.
Transport
[edit | edit source]- The municipality lies right near the Autobahn A 63 with its Nieder-Olm interchange (4).
- A Deutsche Bahn railway station is to be found in the neighbouring town of Nieder-Olm.
- Two city bus routes run right through Essenheim, routes 71 and 650, both towards either Stadecken or the main railway station in Mainz.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). 44 pages from the records of Johann Probst.
External links
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- File:Wikivoyage-Logo-v3-icon.svg Essenheim travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Essenheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
- Essenheim’s history (in German)
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