Koengernheim

This article deals with the local community of Köngernheim, for the district of the same name of Gau-Odernheim 10 kilometers further south see: Gau-Köngernheim .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '  N , 8 ° 15'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Mainz-Bingen
Association municipality :	Rhine-Selz
Height :	138 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.63 km 2
Residents:	1300 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	358 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55278
Area code :	06737
License plate :	MZ , BIN
Community key :	07 3 39 033
Association administration address:	Sant'Ambrogio-Ring 33 55276 Oppenheim
Website :	www.koengernheim.de
Mayoress :	Jutta Hoff
Location of the local community of Köngernheim in the Mainz-Bingen district

The Protestant church, a Gothic hall building

Köngernheim is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Rhein-Selz community , which has its administrative headquarters in the city of Oppenheim .

geography

The wine village lies between Mainz and Worms an der Selz and is characterized by agriculture. It is approx. 20 km to Mainz, 41 km to Wiesbaden and 57 km to Frankfurt am Main .

The Untermühle and Rudolfshof residential areas also belong to Köngernheim .

Neighboring communities are Friesenheim , Hahnheim , Selzen and Undenheim .

The Selz flows through the western part of Köngernheim .

history

The first known mention can be found in the Lorsch Codex in a document dated February 27, 782 about the donation of one acre of land in the Cuningesheimer marca (Köngernheimer district).

Until 1794 Köngernheim was under the rule of the noble family Sickingen , until, like all areas on the left of the Rhine , much of France was given, which became final in the Peace of Lunéville in 1801. The community belonged to the French Republic (1798–1804) from 1798 to 1814 and then to the Napoleonic Empire (1804–1814). During this time, Köngernheim belongs to the Mairie Dalheim in the canton of Oppenheim , which was one of ten administrative units in the arrondissement of Mainz , which belonged to the Département du Mont-Tonnerre . In 1814, the Donnersberg department and thus also the Oppenheim canton were temporarily placed under the administration of the Central Rhine General Government .

Through Article 47 of the Vienna Congress Act on the division of territory, Köngernheim came to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was incorporated into the province of Rheinhessen , which was formed from eleven cantons, in accordance with the ownership patent of July 8, 1816 . The community belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse until 1919 and to the People's State of Hesse until 1934 . On February 5, 1835, the eleven cantons were initially replaced by four districts , so that Köngernheim belongs to the Mainz district . This lasted until 1848, in the course of the March Revolution , the districts were dissolved on July 31, 1848 and Koengernheim became part of the new administrative district of Mainz , which first comprised the whole of Rheinhessen, then the northern part of Rheinhessen. Already in 1852 they returned to the division into circles. From May 12, 1852 to 1938, Köngernheim was part of the Oppenheim district , one of five districts into which the Rheinhessen province was divided.

As of August 30, 1946, Köngernheim is a municipality in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate . Here Köngernheim first belongs to the district of Mainz and from 1969 to the merged district of Mainz-Bingen . In 1972 it became part of the newly created Nierstein-Oppenheim community , which merged in 2014 to form the Rhein-Selz community .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Köngernheim consists of 16 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.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	FWG	KLK	total
2019	-	5	11	16 seats
2014	-	5	11	16 seats
2009	2	5	9	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Group Köngernheim
• KLK = Creative List Köngernheim e. V.

Local Mayor

• Ms. Jutta Hoff has been in office since July 14, 2004. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in office with a share of the vote of 69.30%.

coat of arms

In 1958 a new coat of arms was adopted:

	Blazon : "In the upper part of the shield 2 1/2 balls, in the lower part of the shield a red 'K'."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: Before that, the local coat of arms was 5 silver spheres on a black background, the family coat of arms of Count Sickingen . However, a court seal with the same representation has been known since 1610 and an original seal impression has been handed down since 1725.

The old City Hall

The Catholic Church, consecrated in 1932

Culture and sights

According to oral tradition, the lower mill was built with a millstone from 1608 in the 16th century. Today it is a restaurant and hotel.

A church is first mentioned in 1299. The sandstone walls of the portal and a Gothic window of today's Protestant church date from the 14th century.

The Catholic Christ the King Church was built in 1931/33. The Protestant church served as a simultaneous church until 1932 .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Köngernheim

Transport links

Köngernheim is connected by several ORN bus lines, to the two nearest larger cities Mainz (660 and 652) and Alzey (660) as well as to Nierstein , Oppenheim (652, 662 and 668), Nieder-Olm (652 and 667) and Wörrstadt (668).

The federal highway 420 between Wörrstadt and Nierstein and the Gaustraße (L425) between Mainz and Worms also run through the municipality .

Until 1985/95, Köngernheim had a train station together with Undenheim and thus a connection to passenger and freight traffic by rail.

Köngernheim is on the Amiche-Rundradweg , Selztal-Radweg and the Hiwwel-Route .

Sons and daughters of the church

• Kathrin Hammen - Rheinhessen Wine Queen 2004–2005
• Leonhard Justus Landois (1761–1835) (grandfather of Hermann Landois from Münster)

literature

• Karl Johann Brilmayer : Rheinhessen in the past and present, Gießen 1905, p. 251.
• Literature about Köngernheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Köngernheim  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community in Köngernheim
• History of Köngernheim at regionalgeschichte.net

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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 107 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ Minst, Karl Josef [transl.]: Lorscher Codex (Volume 3), Certificate 1930, February 27, 782 - Reg. 1680a. In: Heidelberg historical holdings - digital. Heidelberg University Library, p. 344 , accessed on January 17, 2018 . 
4. ^ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbook of Rhenish Particular Law , Volume 3, Sauerländer, 1832, p. 57 ( Google Books )
5. ↑ The Rhine Bavarian . Kranzbühler, 1835, p. 74 ( online )
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rhein-Selz, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of results. Retrieved September 29, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Parish of St. Maria Magdalena ( online )
9. ↑ Walter Werland: Münster's Professor Landois; Events and curiosities about the zoo founder , Aschendorff-Verlag Münster, 1977