Gundheim | |
Gundheim
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Location of Gundheim within Alzey-Worms district
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Administration | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Alzey-Worms |
Municipal assoc. | Westhofen |
Mayor | Gerhard Blüm (CDU) |
Basic statistics | |
Area | 4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi) |
Elevation | 127 m (417 ft) |
Population | 919 (31 December 2010)[1] |
- Density | 199 /km2 (516 /sq mi) |
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Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
Licence plate | AZ |
Postal code | 67599 |
Area code | 06244 |
Website | www.gundheim.de |
Gundheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Westhofen, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
In 774, Gundheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Lorsch Abbey.
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results[2]:
SPD | CDU | FWG | Total | |
2004 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 12 seats |
2009 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 seats |
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure a talon Or barwise unguled gules, issuant from the top three plumes argent.
What appears on the escutcheon is a canting charge for the noble family that was enfeoffed with Gundheim in 1699. It bore the name Greiffenclau, rather reminiscent of the German words greifen (“grasp” or “seize”) and Klaue (“claw”).
Well known Gundheim wineries in the Bergkloster winemaking appellation – Weingroßlage – in the Wonnegau are:
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