Gundheim

Coat of arms

Gundheim

Location of Gundheim within Alzey-Worms district

Coordinates: 49°40′33″N 8°14′16″E / 49.67583°N 8.23778°ECoordinates: 49°40′33″N 8°14′16″E / 49.67583°N 8.23778°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Gerhard Blüm (CDU)

Area

• Total

4.61 km² (1.78 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

904

• Density

200/km² (510/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

67599

06244

Website

Gundheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.

History

In 774, Gundheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Lorsch Abbey.

Politics

Municipal council

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

Coat of arms

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”).

Wineries

Well known Gundheim wineries in the Bergkloster winemaking appellation – Weingroßlage – in the Wonnegau are:

Hungerbien
Mandelbrunnen
Sonnenberg

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
↑ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat

External links

Municipality’s official webpage (German)

Towns and municipalities in Alzey-Worms

Albig Alsheim Alzey Armsheim Bechenheim Bechtheim Bechtolsheim Bermersheim Bermersheim vor der Höhe Biebelnheim Bornheim Dintesheim Dittelsheim-Heßloch Eckelsheim Eich Ensheim Eppelsheim Erbes-Büdesheim Esselborn Flomborn Flonheim Flörsheim-Dalsheim Framersheim Freimersheim Frettenheim Gabsheim Gau-Bickelheim Gau-Heppenheim Gau-Odernheim Gau-Weinheim Gimbsheim Gumbsheim Gundersheim Gundheim Hamm am Rhein Hangen-Weisheim Hochborn Hohen-Sülzen Kettenheim Lonsheim Mauchenheim Mettenheim Mölsheim Monsheim Monzernheim Mörstadt Nack Nieder-Wiesen Ober-Flörsheim Offenheim Offstein Osthofen Partenheim Saulheim Schornsheim Siefersheim Spiesheim Stein-Bockenheim Sulzheim Udenheim Vendersheim Wachenheim Wahlheim Wallertheim Wendelsheim Westhofen Wöllstein Wonsheim Wörrstadt

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 134393361 GND: 3008626-7

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