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

Zotzenheim
Coat of arms of Zotzenheim
Location of Zotzenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
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Zotzenheim is located in Germany
Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim
Coordinates: 49°52′27″N 07°58′08″E / 49.87417°N 7.96889°E / 49.87417; 7.96889
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Alexander Strack[1]
Area
 • Total
3.18 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Elevation
105 m (344 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total
627
 • Density200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55576
Dialling codes06701
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.sprendlingen-gensingen.de

Geography

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The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

 
Zotzenheim St. Martin

Culture and sightseeing

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Sport

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On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.

Regular events

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  • On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
  • In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
  • On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
  • Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.

Economy and infrastructure

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Wineries

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Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:

  • Weingut Werner Pitthan
  • Weingut Philipp Schnell
  • Weingut Siebenhof
  • Weingut Scheffer
  • Weingut Saulheimer

There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.

Other businesses

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In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
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