Sankt Johann, Mainz-Bingen
| Sankt Johann | ||
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  Sankt Johann | ||
Location of Sankt Johann within Mainz-Bingen district  | ||
| Coordinates: 49°52′06″N 08°01′09″E / 49.86833°N 8.01917°ECoordinates: 49°52′06″N 08°01′09″E / 49.86833°N 8.01917°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Mainz-Bingen | |
| Municipal assoc. | Sprendlingen-Gensingen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Hans Bergmann | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) | |
| Population (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 823 | |
| • Density | 150/km2 (380/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55578 | |
| Dialling codes | 06701 | |
| Vehicle registration | MZ | |
| Website | www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de | |
Sankt Johann is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
History
The typical Rhenish-Hessian wine village was known in the Middle Ages as Weiler Megelsheim (Weiler means “hamlet” in German) and had its first documentary mention in 1220.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
The municipality’s landmark is the High Gothic Evangelical Johanniskirche (Saint John’s Church) with an important Oberndörfer organ from 1793. This church was built as a pilgrimage church in the latter half of the 14th century by the Counts of Sponheim. It is consecrated to John the Baptist. Worth seeing are the church’s mediaeval wall paintings and the modern church windows by Heinz Hindorf.
Sport
Up above the community, on the Wißberg, is a golf course.
Regular events
There are regular concerts at Saint John’s Church.
The Sankt Johanner Jahrmarkt, a yearly market, goes back to the Middle Ages and is held on the weekend following Midsummer
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
- Erika Hofmann, German Wine Queen, 1954/1955
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013.
Further reading
- Heimatkundlicher Arbeitskreis des Volksbildungswerks St.Johann unter der Leitung von Ludwig Diehl:Sankt Johann - Erinnerung in Bildern aus alten Tagen, Geiger-Verlag, Horb am Neckar, 1989, ISBN 3-89264-319-9
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sankt Johann (Rheinhessen). |
- St. Johann in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
- Saint John’s Church Promotional Club’s website (German)
- “St. Johann – Mitten im Leben. Das Dorf und seine Menschen” – Photo Exhibition at the Mainz Abgeordnetenhaus (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
