Gensingen
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Location of Gensingen within Mainz-Bingen district
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| Coordinates | 49°53′53″N 7°55′41″E / 49.89806°N 7.92806°ECoordinates: 49°53′53″N 7°55′41″E / 49.89806°N 7.92806°E |
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| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Sprendlingen-Gensingen |
| Mayor | Armin Brendel |
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| Area | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (295 ft) |
| Population | 3,734 (31 December 2011)[1] |
| - Density | 428 /km2 (1,108 /sq mi) |
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| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | MZ |
| Postal code | 55457 |
| Area code | 06727 |
| Website | www.gensingen.de |
Gensingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Geography[edit]
Location[edit]
Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the river Nahe. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
Neighbouring municipalities[edit]
The municipality’s neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim.
Politics[edit]
Municipal council[edit]
The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
| SPD | CDU | FWG | Total | |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)
Coat of arms[edit]
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Or the letter G between three mullets of six sable.
Apart from the G, which is obviously the municipality’s initial, the arms’ meaning is not known. The six-pointed stars (“mullets of six”) are something of a mystery. The local court seal bore this composition in 1609.[2]
Culture and sightseeing[edit]
The Evangelical church has an historical Stumm organ built in 1774-1778 and restored in 2000. There are regular concerts.
Economy and infrastructure[edit]
Two businesses in the municipality of Gensingen are the furniture manufacturer Bretz and the plant nursery company Kientzler.
Transport[edit]
The municipality is crossed by Bundesstraße 41. The Autobahn A 61 is right nearby, only a 3 km drive away. At the Gensingen railway station, trains on the Nahetalbahn and the Rheinhessenbahn (railway lines) stop.
Famous people[edit]
- Reinhard Leisenheimer (b. 1939 in Gensingen), singer
References[edit]
External links[edit]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Gensingen |
- Information page about Gensingen (German)
- Gensingen in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
- Brief portrait with filmed article about Gensingen at SWR Fernsehen (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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