Sponheim

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Sponheim
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Sponheim
Sponheim (Germany)
Sponheim
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bad Kreuznach
Municipal assoc. Rüdesheim
Mayor Michael Berghof (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 14.35 km² (5.5 sq mi)
Elevation 230 m  (755 ft)
Population 871  (31/12/2006)
 - Density 61 /km² (157 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate KH
Postal code 55595
Area code 06758
Website www.sponheim.de

Coordinates: 49°50′45″N 7°43′35″E / 49.84583, 7.72639

Grafschaft Sponheim
County of Sponheim
State of the Holy Roman Empire
Duchy of Franconia
9th century – 1227 Image missing
 
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Capital Sponheim
Government Principality
Historical era Middle Ages
 - Established 9th century
 - Partitioned in four 1227

Sponheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany.