Heidesheim am Rhein

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Heidesheim am Rhein
Coat of arms	Location

Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Heidesheim am Rhein
Local subdivisions	3
Mayor	Karl-Werner Rump (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	17.56 km² (6.8 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population	7,195 (31/12/2006)
- Density	410 /km² (1,061 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZ
Postal codes	55258–55262
Area code	06132
Website	www.og-heidesheim.de Coordinates: 50°00′00″N 8°07′33″E / 50, 8.12583

Heidesheim is a municipality on the left bank of the river Rhine in the district of Mainz-Bingen in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The municipality divides into the two settlements Heidenfahrt and Uhlerborn. Together with the municipality Wackernheim it forms the Verbandsgemeinde Heidesheim am Rhein.

As of 2003 Heidesheim has a population of 7,377, and covers and area of 17.56 km².

Similar to many German villages and small towns, Heidesheim is home to many associations, clubs and groups, in German known as "Vereine". They are a major part of civil life and cover many aspects of people's leisure time:

1. Sports Association with amny divisions, e.g. soccer, hockey. athlectics, tennis, ... 2. Choirs: men's, ladies# and children's choirs, church choirs and mixed choirs 3. Marching bands offer regular concerts, perform at local and regional festivities and provide extensive training for young people aspiring to master the musical instruments. 4. Church youth and adult groups cover all ages and both sexes. Examples are KJG, KFD. 5. Special interest clubs exist for dog owners, poultry, chess, the preservation of historical monuments (especially the St Georges Chapel), photography, ...

The major festivities in Heidesheim are

1. the Erntedankfest (Thanksgiving) celebrated on the first weekend in October with a major parade, an exhibition of fruits and agricultural products and the visits from twin towns in France and Germany.

2. the parish fair, celebrated on the first weekend in May

[edit] Twin towns

Heidesheim is twinned with:

Auxonne in France since 1964
Egstedt und Waltersleben in the federal state of Thuringia, Germany since 1990

[edit] External links

http://www.heidesheim.de (German)

v • d • e Towns and municipalities in Mainz-Bingen

Appenheim \| Aspisheim \| Bacharach \| Badenheim \| Bingen am Rhein \| Bodenheim \| Breitscheid \| Bubenheim \| Budenheim \| Dalheim \| Dexheim \| Dienheim \| Dolgesheim \| Dorn-Dürkheim \| Eimsheim \| Engelstadt \| Essenheim \| Friesenheim \| Gau-Algesheim \| Gau-Bischofsheim \| Gensingen \| Grolsheim \| Guntersblum \| Hahnheim \| Harxheim \| Heidesheim am Rhein \| Hillesheim \| Horrweiler \| Ingelheim am Rhein \| Jugenheim in Rheinhessen \| Klein-Winternheim \| Köngernheim \| Lörzweiler \| Ludwigshöhe \| Manubach \| Mommenheim \| Münster-Sarmsheim \| Nackenheim \| Nieder-Hilbersheim \| Nieder-Olm \| Niederheimbach \| Nierstein \| Ober-Hilbersheim \| Ober-Olm \| Oberdiebach \| Oberheimbach \| Ockenheim \| Oppenheim \| Sankt Johann \| Schwabenheim an der Selz \| Selzen \| Sörgenloch \| Sprendlingen \| Stadecken-Elsheim \| Trechtingshausen \| Uelversheim \| Undenheim \| Wackernheim \| Waldalgesheim \| Weiler bei Bingen \| Weinolsheim \| Welgesheim \| Wintersheim \| Wolfsheim \| Zornheim \| Zotzenheim