Freimersheim (Rheinhessen)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 8 ° 5'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Alzey-Worms
Association municipality :	Alzey Land
Height :	296 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.41 km 2
Residents:	726 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	113 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55234
Area code :	06731
License plate :	AZ
Community key :	07 3 31 027
Association administration address:	Weinrufstrasse 38 55232 Alzey
Website :	freimersheim-rheinhessen.de
Local Mayor :	Jacques Garrido
Location of the local community of Freimersheim in the Alzey-Worms district

Freimersheim is a municipality in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Alzey-Land association.

Geographical location

The community is a wine-growing place in Rheinhessen , about three kilometers southwest of Alzey . Freimersheim is located at the source of the Weidasserbach.

Freimersheim has its own train station with hourly traffic in the direction of Mainz and Frankfurt am Main as well as a motorway connection to the federal motorway 63 . There are regular bus connections to Alzey.

history

In 763 Freimersheim is mentioned for the first time in a document from the Lorsch Monastery . The name is derived from Frimâr, "home / settlement of the Frimâr and his clan". Belonging to the Alzey office , Freimersheim was owned by the Electoral Palatinate from the High Middle Ages to the French Revolution .

At times the place was called Freimersheim behind the control room to differentiate between the same and similar place names .

After the end of the Second World War , many refugees from the east settled here, especially Silesians .

In 2003, after long debates within the administration, Freimersheim finally received a sewer system, which was completed at the end of 2007.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Freimersheim consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

• Hiltrud Neu (… –2004)
• Wilfried Brück (2004-2019)
• Jacques Garrido (2019 – present)

In the local elections on May 26, 2019, Jacques Garrido was elected with 71.76% of the vote. He is the successor to Wilfried Brück, who did not take up office after 15 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "A red armored, tongued and crowned golden lion in black, holding the silver letter F in its paws."

Buildings

Two listed churches belong to Freimersheim, the Catholic Church of St. Joseph with a choir tower from the 12th century and a fortified cemetery and the Protestant church (1724) with a Stumm organ . Another small attraction is a rustic wooden house, a replica of the original Freimersheim half-timbered houses, which was built in the late 1990s. The interior work has not yet been fully completed. You can also visit a well-preserved water reservoir from the 19th century, which is located on a hill next to the train tracks and has been restored by private individuals since 2006.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Freimersheim

Sports

In addition to a sports field, Freimersheim has a hiking area. The football club "TV Freimersheim" with around 300 members is active in youth work.

Public facilities

• Railway station with passage of a private train from Kirchheimbolanden to Alzey.

Personalities

• Lothar Friedrich von Hundheim (1668–1723), diplomat, held the gradient in Freimersheim.
• Rudolf Becker (* 1937), entrepreneur, grew up in Freimersheim.

Web links

Commons : Freimersheim (Rheinhessen)  - Collection of images

• Local community Freimersheim
• Information from the community of Alzey-Land about the local community of Freimersheim
• Historical information about Freimersheim at regionalgeschichte.net
• Literature about Freimersheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Topographic map from the 2nd half of the 19th century ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Freimersheim. Retrieved September 7, 2019 . 
4. ↑ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Retrieved on September 7, 2019 (see Alzey-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results). 
5. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Alzey-Worms district. Mainz 2020, p. 42 f. (PDF; 6.5 MB).