Monzernheim

Monzernheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Monzernheim
Municipality
Coat of arms of Monzernheim
Coat of arms
Location of Monzernheim within Alzey-Worms district
Monzernheim is located in Germany
Monzernheim
Monzernheim
Monzernheim is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Monzernheim
Monzernheim
Coordinates: 49°43′17″N 8°13′42″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Wonnegau
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Ansgar Münnemann[1]
Area
 • Total3.95 km2 (1.53 sq mi)
Elevation
219 m (719 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total572
 • Density140/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55234
Dialling codes06244
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.monzernheim.de

History

Monzernheim is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms.[3]

Geography

Location

As a winegrowing centre, Monzernheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[4]

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per fess sable a demi-lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules, and argent a bunch of grapes palewise leafed of two and couped vert.

References
  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
  3. C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44.
  4. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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