Bechenheim 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.
Bechenheim | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Bechenheim within Alzey-Worms district  | |
  Bechenheim  Bechenheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°44′N 8°0′E / 49.733°N 8.000°E | |
| 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) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 409 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (420/sq mi) |
| 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 |
Geography
editLocation
editAs 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
editIn 824, Bechenheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Fulda Abbey.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe 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:[3]
| SPD | FWG | Total | |
| 2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 seats |
| 2004 | 3 | 5 | 8 seats |
Coat of arms
editThe 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
editWinegrowing
editBechenheim 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.[4]
References
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms Archived 2019-09-04 at the Wayback Machine, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ "Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2009, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2009-11-25.
- ^ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz - Infothek
External links
edit- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
 | This Alzey-Worms location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |