Wonsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Wonsheim | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Wonsheim within Alzey-Worms district  | |
  Wonsheim  Wonsheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°46′59″N 7°57′45″E / 49.78306°N 7.96250°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Alzey-Worms |
| Municipal assoc. | Wöllstein |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Jochen Emrich[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.79 km2 (3.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 178 m (584 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 942 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/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.wonsheim-rhh.de |
Geography
editLocation
editAs a winegrowing centre, Wonsheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
Through the municipality flows the river Dunselbach.
History
editOn 10 June 800, Wonsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Fulda Abbey as Vuanesheim.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3]
| SPD | WG Haas | Total | |
| 2009 | 3 | 9 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 3 | 9 | 12 seats |
Coat of arms
editThe municipality's arms might be described thus: Chapé, lozengy argent and azure, Or an orb banded and charged with a cross bottonnée gules both gemmed of the first and sable a lion rampant of the third armed, langued and crowned of the fourth.
Culture and sightseeing
editBuildings
edit- Saint Lambert's Evangelical Church (Lambertuskirche)
- Holy Cross Catholic Church (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche)
- Town Hall
Economy and infrastructure
editTransport
editWonsheim lies near Autobahnen A 61 and A 63.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "LWL RLP - Kommunalwahlen: Ergebnisse der Ratswahlen: Wahlergebnisse 2009: Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen:". www.wahlen.rlp.de. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
External links
edit- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
Town's official webpage] (in German)
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