Köngernheim

Köngernheim
Köngernheim
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Köngernheim within Mainz-Bingen district
	Köngernheim Köngernheim
	Coordinates: 49°50′44″N 8°14′48″E / 49.84556°N 8.24667°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Rhein-Selz
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Jutta Hoff
Area
• Total	3.63 km2 (1.40 sq mi)
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,300
• Density	360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55278
Dialling codes	06737
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.koengernheim.de

Köngernheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies between Mainz and Worms and is a place characterized by agriculture. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim. To Mainz it is roughly 20 km, to Wiesbaden 41 km and to Frankfurt 57 km.

Neighbouring municipalities

Köngernheim's neighbours are Friesenheim, Hahnheim, Selzen and Undenheim.

History

On 27 February 782, Köngernheim had its first documentary mention in the Lorsch codex as Cuningesheim (meaning “king’s home, or “king’s people’s settlement”). At the second documentary mention in 804, the name was rendered Cuningeroheim.

A church was first mentioned in 1299. The portal's sandstone walls and a Gothic window go back to the 14th century.

The Catholic church was built in 1931 and 1932. Until that time, the Evangelical church was shared by both denominations.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members. The factions represented on council are the kreative liste Köngernheim with 8 seats and the FWG and the SPD with 4 seats each.

Mayor

Mrs. Jutta Hoff has been in office as the Ortsbürgermeisterin since 14 July 2004.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess sable three roundels argent two and one, the last couped at the partition, argent the letter K gules.

This was a new coat of arms adopted in 1958. The old coat of arms showed the composition Sable five roundels argent (presumably two, one and two, that is, in a quincunx arrangement). This was the arms formerly borne by the Counts of Sickingen. A court seal showing this arrangement is known from 1610, as is a seal impression from 1725.