Zotzenheim
| Zotzenheim | ||
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  Zotzenheim | ||
Location of Zotzenheim within Mainz-Bingen district  | ||
| Coordinates: 49°52′27″N 07°58′08″E / 49.87417°N 7.96889°ECoordinates: 49°52′27″N 07°58′08″E / 49.87417°N 7.96889°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Mainz-Bingen | |
| Municipal assoc. | Sprendlingen-Gensingen | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Alexander Strack | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 3.18 km2 (1.23 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012-12-31)[1] | ||
| • Total | 628 | |
| • Density | 200/km2 (510/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55576 | |
| Dialling codes | 06701 | |
| Vehicle registration | MZ | |
| Website | www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de | |
Zotzenheim 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. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
Culture and sightseeing
Sport
On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.
Regular events
- On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
- In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
- On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
- Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.
Economy and infrastructure
Wineries
Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:
- Weingut Werner Pitthan
- Weingut Philipp Schnell
- Weingut Siebenhof
- Weingut Scheffer
- Weingut Saulheimer
There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.
Other businesses
In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.
References
- ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2012". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zotzenheim. |
- Municipality’s official webpage (German)
- Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen (German)
