Siefersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Siefersheim | |
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Location of Siefersheim within Alzey-Worms district | |
Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Alzey-Worms |
Municipal assoc. | Wöllstein |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Annerose Kinder[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi) |
Elevation | 153 m (502 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,258 |
• Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55599 |
Dialling codes | 06703 |
Vehicle registration | AZ |
Website | www.siefersheim.de |
Geography
editLocation
editThe municipality lies at Rhenish Hesse’s western edge and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
Neighbouring municipalities
editSiefersheim’s neighbours are Wonsheim, Wöllstein, Eckelsheim, Gumbsheim and Neu-Bamberg.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
Mayor
editThe current mayor is Annerose Kinder.[1]
Coat of arms
editThe municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.
Economy and infrastructure
editSiefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the Weingut Wagner-Stempel, as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the Weingut "Alte Schmiede".
Education
edit- Grundschule Siefersheim (primary school)
References
edit- ^ a b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
edit- Official website (in German)
- Siefersheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)