Monzernheim

Monzernheim
Coat of arms
Monzernheim
Location of Monzernheim within Alzey-Worms district
Coordinates: 49°43′17″N 8°13′42″E / 49.72139°N 8.22833°ECoordinates: 49°43′17″N 8°13′42″E / 49.72139°N 8.22833°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Wonnegau
Government
• Mayor	Günther Muth
Area
• Total	3.95 km^2 (1.53 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	612
• Density	150/km^2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55234
Dialling codes	06244
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.monzernheim.de

Monzernheim 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

As a winegrowing centre, Monzernheim lies in Germany’s biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.^[2]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per fess sable a demi-lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules, and argent a bunch of grapes palewise leafed of two and couped vert.

References

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

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)