Sporkenheim
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Sporkenheim
City of Ingelheim am Rhein
Coordinates: 49 ° 58 ′ 39 ″ N , 8 ° 0 ′ 34 ″ E
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| Height : | 82–85 m above sea level NN |
| Residents : | 290 |
| Incorporation : | 1423 |
| Incorporated into: | Nieder-Ingelheim |
| Postal code : | 55218 |
| Area code : | 06725 |
 Gaulsheimer Strasse in Sporkenheim
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Sporkenheim is the smallest district in terms of population in Ingelheim am Rhein . The hamlet, which in the Middle Ages mainly consisted of a monastery, had been part of the Nieder-Ingelheim district since 1423 .
geography
Sporkenheim is located directly on the A 60 north of Gau-Algesheim on a low terrace at an altitude of 82–85 meters above sea level , not far from the banks of the Rhine. The northern border is the A 60, the southern border is the L419. In the inner city it borders on Ingelheim-West and Frei-Weinheim .
Bingen am Rhein borders the district in the west . Gau-Algesheim is in the south . On the right bank of the Rhine in the north of the district, it borders on Oestrich-Winkel and Geisenheim .
geology
The geological area of the district is shaped by the drifting sand zone of the Rhine plain. Meadows and pastures determine the landscape around the hamlet. To the south the image is dominated by fruit and arable fields.
history
The Sporkenheimer Hof was mentioned under the name Spurchenheim in the 12th century. In 1128, the Archbishop of Mainz, Adalbert , acquired the court from an estate of Margrave Rudolf von Stade, who in turn sold it to the choir brothers of St. Martin in Mainz to improve their prebends . From 1423 the Sporkenheimer Hof was part of the Nieder-Ingelheimer district, this condition remained until the city became a town. In 1375 the court was given to the Electoral Palatinate as an imperial deposit . In the late Middle Ages there were six farms in the hamlet. Five farms belonged to noble families, one of them belonged to the Ober-Ingelheim Cistercian convent Engelthal.
Until 1601, the tithe rights were held by the St. Stephansstift in Mainz. The farms were acquired in the 18th century by Baron Franz Adolf Dietrich von Ingelheim, who merged the Sporkenheimer Hof with his Gaulsheim property. In 1807 the previous hereditary estates acquired the farms and incorporated them into their private property. In 1939 the hamlet of Sporkenheim was combined with Frei-Weinheim, Ober-Ingelheim and Nieder-Ingelheim to form the town of Ingelheim am Rhein.
Culture and sights
Buildings
Mention should be made of the Catholic Church of the Heart of Mary, which was built in 1948 according to plans by Hugo Becker from Mainz in the neo-baroque style. The hall building, which is closed on three sides, has a gable ridge tab on the slated gable roof. Also worth mentioning are the remains of a Romanesque chapel, which was probably built in the 12th century. It belonged to Engelthal Abbey in Ober-Ingelheim. Parts of the nave, which is decorated with pilaster strips and arched frieze on the gable wall, are still preserved today.
Regular events
The Sporkenheimer Curb takes place every year on the 4th weekend in October.
Economy and Infrastructure
The district is characterized by fruit and asparagus cultivation, there is no retail or industry in the place. In terms of gastronomy, the country hotel should be mentioned here.
traffic
The district road 20 runs through the village. Coming from Frei-Weinheim it joins the road 419 west to Bingen and Ingelheim-West. The L419 and B41 also provide a connection to the Ingelheim-West junction of the A 60, which is in the immediate vicinity.
