Coordinates: 49°43′17″N 8°13′42″E / 49.72139°N 8.22833°E / 49.72139; 8.22833

Monzernheim

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Monzernheim
Location of Monzernheim within Alzey-Worms district
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CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Wonnegau
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Ansgar Münnemann[1]
Area
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3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation
219 m (719 ft)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55234
Dialling codes06244
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.monzernheim.de

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

History

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Monzernheim is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.[2]

Geography

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Location

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As a winegrowing centre, Monzernheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.

Politics

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Municipal council

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The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]

Coat of arms

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The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess sable a demi-lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules, and argent a bunch of grapes palewise leafed of two and couped vert.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. ^ C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44.
  3. ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
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