Bechenheim

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Coat of arms of the local community Bechenheim
Bechenheim
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Coordinates: 49 ° 44 '  N , 8 ° 0'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Alzey-Worms
Association municipality : Alzey Land
Height : 300 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.55 km 2
Residents: 425 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 167 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 55234
Area code : 06736
License plate : AZ
Community key : 07 3 31 005
LOCODE : DE B2C
Association administration address: Weinrufstrasse 38
55232 Alzey
Website : www.bechenheim.de
Mayoress : Ute Stein
Location of the local community Bechenheim in the Alzey-Worms district
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Bechenheim is a municipality in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Alzey-Land association.

geography

As a wine-growing community , Bechenheim is located in the largest wine-growing district in Germany and to the southwest in the Rheinhessen wine-growing region . Bechenheim is the highest wine-growing community in Rheinhessen . The municipality Bechenheim includes the living space house quarry.

history

Bechenheim was first mentioned in 824 in the deed of the Fulda monastery .

From the 16th to the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the Electoral Palatinate and was subject to the administration and jurisdiction of the Alzey District Office .

In 1794, Bechenheim and the entire Left Bank of the Rhine were occupied by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Bechenheim belonged to the canton of Alzey in the French department of Donnersberg . Bechenheim was assigned to the Mairie Niederwiesen .

Due to the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 and a state treaty concluded in 1816 between Hesse , Austria and Prussia , the region, including the municipality of Bechenheim, became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was assigned to the province of Rheinhessen . After the dissolution of the Rhine-Hessian cantons, the place came in 1835 to the newly established Alzey district , to which it belonged until 1969.

Population development

The development of the population of Bechenheim, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents
1815 311
1835 440
1871 394
1905 350
1939 318
1950 345
year Residents
1961 373
1970 381
1987 421
2005 432
2011 425
2017 413

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Bechenheim consists of eight council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Template: future / in 3 years

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD FWG WGR total
2019 3 - 5 8 seats
2014 5 2 1 8 seats
2009 5 3 - 8 seats
2004 3 5 - 8 seats
  • FWG = Free Voting Group Bechenheim e. V.

mayor

Ute Stein is the local mayor. In the local election on May 26, 2019, she was elected with a share of 51.64% of the vote and was able to prevail against the previous incumbent Gerhard Stadlinger.

coat of arms

Bechenheim coat of arms
 Blazon : “Divided into four; 1 in gold (yellow) a red armored and tongued black eagle; 2 in black a red armored, tongued and crowned golden (yellow) lion; 3 blue-gold (yellow) four-row chess and 4 in gold (yellow) an angled blue right arm holding a blue cup. "
Justification for the coat of arms: The coat of arms shows the imperial eagle in memory of the Reichsfronhof proven in 885, the Palatinate lion , as a sign of earlier belonging to the Electoral Palatinate , the Sponheimer chess as a sign of earlier belonging to the Vordere Grafschaft Sponheim, as well as an arm with a cup speaking for the place name.

Viticulture

The single site "Bechenheimer Fröhlich" belongs to the large site "Sybillinenstein" of the "Wonnegau wine-growing area" in the Rheinhessen growing area . There are three wine-growing businesses in the village, and the area under vines is 33  hectares . About 76% of the wine grown are white wine grape varieties (as of 2010). In 1979 there were still 22 farms operating, the area under vines at that time was 32 hectares.

Born in Bechenheim

See also

Web links

Commons : Bechenheim  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 132 (PDF; 3 MB).
  3. ^ A b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Alzey-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .