Appenheim
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Coat of arms of Appenheim Coat of arms | |
Location of Appenheim within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Gau-Algesheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Hans-Jürgen Gres (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 1,417 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55437 |
| Dialling codes | 06725 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.appenheim.de |
Appenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies southwest of Mainz and is an agricultural community. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Through the municipal area flow both the Welzbach and the Wethbach.
History
In 882, Appenheim had its first documentary mention in the Prüm Abbey’s “Golden Book”.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
| SPD | CDU | AIG | FDP | Total | |
| 2004 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 Seats |
(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)
Town partnerships
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Gules a bend argent surmounted by three apples reversed of the field slipped vert.
The arms are canting for the municipality’s name, stemming from a dialectal misunderstanding of the name as Appelheim (“apple” is Apfel in Standard High German)[2].
Culture and sightseeing
Regular events
The Appenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) is always held in early June.
The Appenheim wine festival is always on the last weekend in October.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The municipality is crossed by Landesstraße (state road) 415. The Autobahnen A 60 and A 63 can be reached by car in ten to twenty minutes.
Education
There are a municipal kindergarten and a primary school, Grundschule Welzbachtal.
Curiosities
The Appenheimer Hundertgulden vineyard on the slopes of the Westerberg is the vineyard with the highest carbonate content of all in Germany. From this come wines with a fruity sourness at high pH levels which are quite mineral-laden but nevertheless very salubrious.
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Horn (d. 1800), Palatine-Bavarian sergeant, Knight of the Bavarian Medal of Bravery
- Johann Konrad Schiede (b. about 1760 in Kassel; d. 19 September 1826 in Appenheim), was a clergyman, a participant in the Late Age of Enlightenment and an author of cheap novels.
- Esther Knewitz, Rheinhessen Wine Queen 2001-2002, German Wine Princess 2003-2004
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Official site, under Gemeinde and then Das Wappen.
External links
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