Volxheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Bad Kreuznach
Height :	160 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.91 km 2
Residents:	1170 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	238 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55546
Area code :	06703
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 106
Association administration address:	Rheingrafenstrasse 11 55543 Bad Kreuznach
Website :	vg-badkreuznach.de
Local Mayor :	Axel Walter (VBL)
Location of the local community Volxheim in the Bad Kreuznach district

Volxheim is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Kreuznach community .

geography

Volxheim is located approx. 7 kilometers southeast of Bad Kreuznach in Rheinhessen . Neighboring communities are Hackenheim , Pleitersheim , Wöllstein , Neu-Bamberg and Frei-Laubersheim . The Rheingrafenstein rock formation with the Gans and Rheingrafenstein nature reserve is located almost 5 kilometers west of Volxheim , and the Rotenfels is 8 kilometers west of the community .

history

Volxheim is a Franconian foundation in the 6th century. In the 8th century it belonged to the possessions of the Lorsch Monastery and later the Imperial Abbey of St. Maximin in Trier . In the 13th century it came to the Rheingrafen . In the 14th century, Volxheim was a condominium of the Antoniterkloster Alzey and the Counts of Sponheim , which belonged to the Kreuznach office . After the Sponheimers died out in 1437, Volxheim became the common property of the Electoral Palatinate and Baden . The share of the Antoniterkloster was transferred to the Electoral Palatinate in 1538 and the place became part of the Oberamt Alzey . From 1707 Volxheim belonged to the Electoral Palatinate and was exchanged for Kurmainz in 1714 .

As a result of the coalition wars, Volxheim belonged to France from 1798 to 1814 and to the Grand Duchy of Hesse after the Congress of Vienna (1815) . From 1835 to 1969 the community belonged to the district of Bingen . In 1969, as part of the local government reform, it was reorganized into the district of Bad Kreuznach .

Religions

Since its foundation, Volxheim has been under the Archdiocese of Mainz . It became Protestant after the Reformation was introduced in the 1560s. Since 1790 there is also a Catholic parish again.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 408 1835 655 1871 620 1905 704 1939 714

year Residents 1950 800 1961 855 1970 820 1987 874 2005 1,072

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Volxheim 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	CDU	FWG	VBL	total
2019	4th	2	6th	4th	16 seats
2014	5	2	5	4th	16 seats
2009	7th	2	4th	3	16 seats
2004	6th	2	4th	4th	16 seats

• FWG = FWG Volxheim e. V.
• VBL = Volxheimer Bürgerliste e. V.

mayor

The local mayor is Axel Walter (VBL). In the runoff election on June 16, 2019, he prevailed with 61.50% of the vote. He is the successor to Norbert Antweiler (SPD), who was no longer a candidate.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In a divided shield above in black a striding, golden, red armored and red crowned, double-tailed lion, below in blue and silver ruffled."
	Reasons for the coat of arms: It was approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior in 1954 and goes back to a court seal from 1541. The Palatinate lion and the Wittelsbach diamonds were the emblems of the Electoral Palatinate .

Culture and sights

Evangelical Church and House of Germ

In recent years, many old houses in Volxheim have been restored, some of which are listed. The historic town center is a magnet for tourists and artists. Notable buildings are the two churches, Haus Keim and the old school building.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Volxheim

Economy and Infrastructure

Originally, Volxheim was a purely agricultural and wine-growing town with a little tourism. There are still several wineries in the village today. In the meantime, a number of companies have settled in the small industrial park on Pleitersheimer Strasse. A colorful mixture of freelancers and specialized small companies now contributes to the diversity of commercial structures in Volxheim.

Web links

Commons : Volxheim  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Volxheim
• Literature about Volxheim 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. ↑ See document of July 29, 1373; Bavarian Main State Archive Munich (Grafschaft Sponheim, documents 580).
3. ↑ See Wilhelm Fabricius: Weistümer aus dem Nahegau . In: Archive for Hessian History and Antiquity, N. F. 3 (1904), pp. 123–152, esp. Pp. 130–134 ( digitized in the Internet Archive).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Volxheim. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
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 Bad Kreuznach, Verbandsgemeinde, last line of results. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .