Wonsheim

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '  N , 7 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Alzey-Worms
Association municipality :	Wöllstein
Height :	178 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.79 km 2
Residents:	916 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55599
Area code :	06703
License plate :	AZ
Community key :	07 3 31 075
Association administration address:	St. Floriansweg 8 55599 Gau-Bickelheim
Website :	www.wonsheim.de
Local Mayor :	Jochen Emrich
Location of the local community of Wonsheim in the Alzey-Worms district

Wonsheim is a municipality in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wöllstein .

geography

The wine-growing community of Wonsheim is located in the largest wine-growing district in Germany and in the middle of the Rheinhessen wine-growing region and its landscape protection and local recreation area Rheinhessen Switzerland . The closest larger city is Bad Kreuznach (approx. 10 kilometers northwest).

The Dunzelbach flows through Wonsheim .

history

The place was first mentioned on June 10, 800 in a deed of donation to the Fulda monastery as Vuanesheim .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Wonsheim consists of twelve 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	total
2019	3	9	12 seats
2014	3	9	12 seats
2009	3	9	12 seats
2004	3	9	12 seats

• FWG = 2019 Emrich voter group, before that Haas voter group

mayor

Jochen Emrich is the local mayor. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with 84.29% of the vote, making him the successor to Rudolf Haas, who had not run for office after 20 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Divided by a golden point; roughened on the right in silver and blue, on the left in black a red armored, tongued and crowned golden lion, at the top a red orb adorned with precious stones. "

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Evangelical Lambertus Church with Romanesque choir tower, organ by the brothers Carl and Franz-Heinrich Stumm (1818)
• Catholic Holy Cross Church
• town hall

See also: List of cultural monuments in Wonsheim

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

Wonsheim is close to the A 61 and A 63 motorways .

particularities

Although the forester's lodge Jägerlust is located in the district of Wonsheim, its postal address is: 67808 Mörsfeld .

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the church

• Casimir Conradi (born September 19, 1784 in Wonsheim; † August 21, 1849 in Dexheim) was a pastor and theological-philosophical writer influenced by idealism (Young Hegelianism).
• Heinrich Bechtolsheimer (born October 29, 1868 in Wonsheim, † May 18, 1950 in Hanover) was a German pastor and writer.

Personalities who have worked on site

• Britta Näpel : Paralympic winner 2008 in dressage

Web links

Commons : Wonsheim  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature about Wonsheim 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. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Wonsheim. Retrieved September 7, 2019 . 
3. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Municipal council election 2014 Wonsheim. Retrieved September 7, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Wöllstein, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth result line. Retrieved September 7, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Mirco Neuhaus: Farewell to Rudi Haas. Wonsheim community, June 30, 2019, accessed September 7, 2019 .