Wahlheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It has 587 inhabitants and an area of 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi).
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Location of Wahlheim within Alzey-Worms district  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°43′4″N 8°6′22″E / 49.71778°N 8.10611°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Alzey-Worms |
| Municipal assoc. | Alzey-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Ralph Fuchs[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 592 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55234 |
| Dialling codes | 06731 |
| Vehicle registration | AZ |
Geography
editLocation
editThe municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey.
Flowing through Wahlheim is the river Aufspringbach, known farther downstream as the river Weidas. Wahlheim is the centre of the kühler Grund (“Cool Ground”).
Neighbouring municipalities
editWahlheim's neighbours are Esselborn, Freimersheim and Kettenheim.
History
editThe village of Wahlheim in the Kettenheimer Grund, once known as Walaheim, belonged to Castle Alzey. In 1400, Count Palatine Ruprecht III bought two parts of the village and municipal area from the Burgmann Heinrich Bock von Lonsheim. From 1633 the village belonged to the Electorate of the Palatinate. In the municipal area was found an estate of the Waida Monastery near Dautenheim. The 20-piped fountain, called the Brückenbrunnen, that once stood between the two constituent communities was removed.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe 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.[3]
Coat of arms
editThe German blazon reads thus: In Silber auf grünem Dreiberg zwei grüne Ähren schrägrechts und -links gelegt, bewinkelt von drei roten Mohnkapseln.[4]
The municipality's arms might in English heraldic language be described thus: Argent, in base a mount of three vert issuant from the top of which two ears of wheat, one bendwise, the other bendwise sinister of the same, between three poppy bolls palewise slipped gules, one and two.
These arms appear on the municipality's own website. Heraldry of the World, however, shows slightly different arms, with the same charges, but with the ears’ and bolls’ tinctures transposed.[5]
Economy and infrastructure
editWinemaking
edit- Schelmen, part of the Großlage (winemaking appellation) of Sybillenstein, has 131 ha (320 acres) of vineyards.
References
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
- ^ Coat of arms at municipality’s official webpage
- ^ Other version of arms
External links
edit- Wahlheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages (in German)
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
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