Gensingen

Gensingen
Gensingen
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Gensingen within Mainz-Bingen district
	Gensingen Gensingen
	Coordinates: 49°53′53″N 7°55′41″E / 49.89806°N 7.92806°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Armin Brendel
Area
• Total	8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
Elevation	90 m (300 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	3,948
• Density	450/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55457
Dialling codes	06727
Vehicle registration	MZ
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.

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.

While the letter G could stand for Gensingen, 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.^[3]

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.