Freimersheim

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Coordinates: 49°42′30″N 08°05′21″E / 49.70833, 8.08917

Freimersheim
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Freimersheim
Freimersheim (Germany)
Freimersheim
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc. Alzey-Land
Mayor Wilfried Brück
Basic statistics
Area 6.40 km² (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation 296 m  (971 ft)
Population 624  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 98 /km² (253 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate AZ
Postal code 55234
Area code 06731
A house near the main street.
A house near the main street.

Freimersheim is a small municipality in the district Alzey-Worms, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is first mentioned in the records of the Lorsch Abbey in AD 763, and through most of its history was an abbey possession. Its agricultural origins can still be seen clearly, though it now also has many people who work in surrounding cities such as Alzey or Worms.

During the years, it was called by a number of varying names, including Frimersheim (763), Frigmersheim (770), Freimaresheim (790), Vreimersheim (1263), Frimirsheim (1281), Freysenn (1294), Frymersheim (1303), Freymershaim (1337). At the end of the 18th century, it was called Freimersheim hinter der Warte ('behind the Warte', a mountain), to distinguish it from Framersheim.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zur Geschichte von Freimersheim (History of Freimersheim) (from the regionalgeschichte.net website, project of the University of Mainz, in German)