Gerolsheim

Gerolsheim

Coat of arms
Gerolsheim

Coordinates: 49°32′50″N 08°15′50″E / 49.54722°N 8.26389°E / 49.54722; 8.26389Coordinates: 49°32′50″N 08°15′50″E / 49.54722°N 8.26389°E / 49.54722; 8.26389
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Bad Dürkheim
Municipal assoc. Grünstadt-Land
Government
 • Mayor Erich Weyer
Area
 • Total 4.81 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,711
 • Density 360/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 67229
Dialling codes 06238
Vehicle registration DÜW
Website www.gruenstadt-land.de

Gerolsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land, which was formed in 1972, and whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.

History

In 915, Gerolsheim had its first documentary mention as Geroltesheimero.

Until 1969, the municipality belonged to the now abolished district of Frankenthal. In 1972 came the amalgamation with the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.

The Sondermülldeponie Gerolsheim (“Special Garbage Dump”) was closed in 2003 after decades-long efforts by residents to reach that goal.

Religion

In 2007, 41.2% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 29.5% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.[2]

Politics

Gerolsheim town hall

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 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:[3]

SPD CDU FWG Total
2009 4 3 9 16 seats
2004 5 - 11 16 seats

Mayor

In the mayoral election, 1,421 citizens were eligible to vote, of whom 919 actually went to the polls. Ortsbürgermeister (Mayor) Erich Weyer (FWG) was confirmed in his office with 713 votes (79.7%) against opponent Volker Rossel’s (SPD) 182 votes (20.3%).

Coat of arms

In Rot ein dreizackiges silbernes Fischspeereisen, unten beidseits von je einer goldenen Rose mit blauen Butzen beseitet.

The municipality’s arms is described thus: In Rot ein dreizackiges silbernes Fischspeereisen, unten beidseits von je einer goldenen Rose mit blauen Butzen beseitet. It might in English heraldic language be described thus: Gules the head of a trident palewise argent, the points to chief, between two roses Or seeded azure in base.

The arms were approved in 1926 by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior and go back to a seal from 1541. The trident stands for the church’s patron saint, Leodegar.[4]

Famous people

Honorary citizens

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.
  2. ↑ KommWis, Stand: 31.12.2007
  3. ↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  4. ↑ Karl Heinz Debus: Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz. Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3

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