Klein-Winternheim

Klein-Winternheim

Coat of arms
Klein-Winternheim

Coordinates: 49°56′17″N 8°12′42″E / 49.93806°N 8.21167°E / 49.93806; 8.21167Coordinates: 49°56′17″N 8°12′42″E / 49.93806°N 8.21167°E / 49.93806; 8.21167
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc. Nieder-Olm
Government
  Mayor Ute Granold (CDU)
Area
  Total 5.51 km2 (2.13 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
  Total 3,602
  Density 650/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55270
Dialling codes 06136
Vehicle registration MZ
Website www.klein-winternheim.de

Klein-Winternheim 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

Klein-Winternheim lies seven kilometres south of Mainz in Rhenish Hesse. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

In the oldest Mainz Cathedral obituary from about 1100, the name Winterheim crops up for the first time.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 20 council members, plus the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

CDUSPD FWG GAL FDP Total
2004 9 4 4 2 1 20 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Gules a saltire couped Or, in base a wheel spoked of six argent; Wheel of Mainz.

Economy and infrastructure

Klein-Winternheim

The municipality’s economy was long dominated by winegrowing and fruit growing. Since the state capital is nearby, however, many commercial businesses have also been drawn to the municipal area. For example, a car’s technical condition can be certified by the Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung (“Company for Technical Inspection”, which is officially recognized in Germany as a certification body).

A tapping service is offered and for winemakers there is a big speciality shop for winery demands with unique expertise (more than 50 years) in sulphur dioxide handling. As the only German dealer in this field, the shop’s stock runs the gamut of products from containers, accessories and duct components to volumetric metering systems.

Transport

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