Gabsheim
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Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ' N , 8 ° 11' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Alzey-Worms | |
Association municipality : | Wörrstadt | |
Height : | 172 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 8.1 km 2 | |
Residents: | 733 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 90 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 55288 | |
Area code : | 06732 | |
License plate : | AZ | |
Community key : | 07 3 31 029 | |
Association administration address: | Zum Römergrund 2–6 55286 Wörrstadt |
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Local Mayor : | Heribert Müller ( CDU ) | |
Location of the local community of Gabsheim in the Alzey-Worms district | ||
Gabsheim is a municipality in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wörrstadt .
geography
Geographical location
The next town is Wörrstadt about 5 km to the west, the district town of Alzey is about 15 km to the south-west. The state capital Mainz , 30 km away, can be reached via the federal motorway 63 . As a wine-growing community, Gabsheim is located in the largest wine-growing region in Germany and at the same time forms the geographical center of Rheinhessen .
Neighboring communities
history
In the copy book of the Lorsch Codex , Gabsheim is mentioned with ten documents (No. 1309, 1439–47). The first written mention is from May 5th, 767 with the founder Giselbert (one is not sure about the year, maybe 757).
Gabsheim was called Geispisheim (Geispitzheim) in the Middle Ages ; In addition to many other spellings, Geisbodesheim (767), Gessbosheim (1184), Gespisheim (1211), Geispotsheim (1266), Geispesheim (1325) Gaubsheim (1588) are documented. In the regional dialect, the place name evolved into Gabsheim over time . Since the place is predominantly Catholic , it is also called in dialect as God's Gabsem .
The "fortified place in Geisbodesheim near the church" mentioned in 1250 allows conclusions to be drawn about a permanent place of residence or a small castle that was the ancestral seat of the noble family von Geispitzheim. One of the offspring of the family is Eberhard Vetzer von Geispitzheim († 1520), with a magnificent tomb in the Gau-Odernheim simultaneous church . As vassals of the feudal lords of Bolanden and increasingly from the 14th century as feudal men of the Counts of Veldenz , the Knights of Geispitzheim (also known as the Knights of Geisbodesheim) are mentioned as Burgmannen zu Odernheim am Glan (1190), on the Moschellandsburg near Obermoschel (1377, 1421, 1431), at Treuenfels Castle near Altenbamberg (1392), at Armsheim (14th century) and in neighboring Bechtolsheim (until the beginning of the 16th century). The name inscriptions on nine surviving tombstones from the 14th and 15th centuries clearly document that the Knights of Geispolzheim had their family burial place at the St. Alban Church not far from their Gabsheim headquarters at that time.
In addition to the evidence from the Gothic era, the statue of St. John Nepomuk and the statue of the Good Shepherd from the workshop of the Mainz Baroque sculptor Martin Biterich are noteworthy from the Baroque period .
politics
Municipal council
The council in Gabsheim consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman. Until the 2014 election, the council members were elected in a personalized proportional representation.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
choice | SPD | CDU | FWG | total |
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2019 | by majority vote | 12 seats | ||
2014 | - | 7th | 5 | 12 seats |
2009 | 1 | 8th | 3 | 12 seats |
2004 | 1 | 7th | 4th | 12 seats |
- FWG = Free Voting Group Gabsheim e. V.
Local mayor
Heribert Müller (CDU) is the local mayor. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected to office with 72.80% of the votes. His predecessors were Christian Geier (CDU) and from 2004 to 2014 Hans Klaus Michel (CDU).
coat of arms
Blazon : "Divided by silver and red, above three blue lilies next to each other, below a lying silver spade leaf." | |
Justification of the coat of arms: The illustrated and described coat of arms of Gabsheim goes back to a court seal that was handed down in 1507 . While the spade probably represents a place symbol, the lilies point to the treasurers of Dalberg , the local lords until the end of the 18th century. Finally, the field colors silver and red create a reference to the former Archdiocese of Mainz . |
Cultural monuments
See also: List of cultural monuments in Gabsheim
Sons and daughters of the place
- Conrad Grode (1766–1832), landowner and member of the state parliament
- Johann Grode (1801–1883), landowner and member of the state parliament
literature
- Karl Johann Brilmayer : Rheinhessen in the past and present, Gießen 1905, pp. 154–155
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Rudolf Post :
- The dialect of Gabsheim in Rheinhessen. Self-published, Kaiserslautern 1987.
- Gabsheim in the middle of Rheinhessen - landscape, history, village life , Gabsheim 2016. 686 pages, 709 illustrations.
- Erich Kreit: Gabsheim - present and past . In: Heimatjahrbuch Landkreis Alzey-Worms 2003, ZDB -ID 962368-1 , pp. 127–132.
- Friedrich Wilhelm Weber : The noble family von Geispitzheim in the northern Palatinate. With news about their origins in Rheinhessen. Represented on the basis of objective findings, archival sources and oral tradition. With numerous photos, drawings and a map sketch. Edited by Dr. Lothar Sießl GTS-Druck GmbH, Kirchheimbolanden 1992, ISBN 3-926306-08-4 .
Web links
- Gabsheim
- The dialect of Gabsheim in Rheinhessen
- Presentation of Gabsheim in images and texts
- For the history of Gabsheim at regionalgeschichte.net
- Gabsheim: A portrait of Hermann Götz for the SWR television program Hierzuland
- Literature about Gabsheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ Lorsch Monastery : Certificate 1443, Reg. 146
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Gabsheim. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Wörrstadt, Verbandsgemeinde, third line of results. Retrieved September 5, 2019 .