Aspisheim

Aspisheim
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Aspisheim within Mainz-Bingen district
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Coordinates: 49°54′27″N 7°58′56″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
• Mayor	Otto Kost
Area
• Total	5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)
• Total	882
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55459
Dialling codes	06727
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.aspisheim.de

Aspisheim 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

Aspisheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. The municipality is administered by the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

Politics

Aspisheim Town hall

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

Elections	FDP	Free voters FWG	Free voters WGG	Total
2014	4	4	4	12 seats
2009	7	5	–	12 seats
2004	7	5	–	12 seats

• FWG = Freie Wählergruppe Aspisheim e.V.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale Or a yarn swift sable palewise and sable a lion rampant Or armed argent and langued gules.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

On the next-to-last weekend in August the municipality’s residents stage the Rothesfest, a wine and street festival.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 414 state road . The A 61 motorway runs roughly 4 km away from the municipality.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage Template:De icon