Hahnheim

Hahnheim
Hahnheim
Coordinates
Administration
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Mainz Bingen
Municipal assoc. Nierstein-Oppenheim
Mayor Sigrid Mangold-Wegner (SPD)
Basic statistics
Area 6.39 km2 (2.47 sq mi)
Elevation 124 m  (407 ft)
Population 1,577 (31 December 2010)[1]
 - Density 247 /km2 (639 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate MZ
Postal code 55278
Area code 06737
Website www.hahnheim.de

Hahnheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Contents

Geography

Location

Hahnheim lies between Mainz and Worms on the river Selz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nierstein-Oppenheim, whose seat is in Oppenheim.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

CDU SPD FWG Total
2004 4 5 7 16

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per fess gules and argent, a cock repassant counterchanged.

Culture and sightseeing

Jewish graveyard

In the countryside towards Köngernheim on the highway going towards Bundesstraße 420 is an old Jewish graveyard.

Biotopes

In the countryside, especially along the Selz and on the former Alzey–Bodenheim railway right-of-way – the “Amiche” – several biotopes have been established.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 432 state road. Bundesstraße 420 lies 2 km to the south. The A 60 and A 63 autobahns can be reached by car in 20 and 10 minutes respectively.

References

External links

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.