Essenheim

Essenheim
Coat of arms of Essenheim Coat of arms
Essenheim
Location of Essenheim within Mainz-Bingen district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Nieder-Olm
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Erich Blodt (SPD)
Area
• Total	10.51 km2 (4.06 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	3,413
• Density	320/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55270
Dialling codes	06136
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.essenheim.de

Essenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

Essenheim lies in Rhenish Hesse southwest of Mainz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Politics

Town council

The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

	SPD	CDU	FWG	Grüne Alternative Liste	Total
2004	10	4	4	2	20 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale sable and Or two lions combattant, the dexter of the second armed, langued and crowned gules, the sinister with double tail of the third armed and langued azure.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

The Essenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) was once held in late August, but since 2007, it has been held on the second weekend in September.

Essenheim also celebrates a canons’ festival (Domherrnfest). Besides selected wines, the street and courtyard festival offers a great many culinary highlights with background music by various artists.

Economy and infrastructure

Essenheim is characterized by winegrowing and fruitgrowing.

Transport

• The municipality lies right near the Autobahn A 63 with its Nieder-Olm interchange (4).
• A Deutsche Bahn railway station is to be found in the neighbouring town of Nieder-Olm.
• Two city bus routes run right through Essenheim, routes 71 and 650, both towards either Stadecken or the main railway station in Mainz.

Further reading

• Chronik des Dorfes Essenheim bei Mainz. Zugleich die Geschichte der Freireligiösen Gemeinde Essenheim; nach den Aufzeichnungen des Johann Probst, 1864. - Mainz: Freireligiöse Gemeinde, 1992. - 44 pp.

External links

• Essenheim travel guide from Wikivoyage
• Municipality’s official webpage (German)
• Essenheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)
• Essenheim’s history (German)