Mauchenheim

Mauchenheim
Coat of arms of Mauchenheim Coat of arms
Mauchenheim
Location of Mauchenheim within Alzey-Worms district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Alzey-Land
Government
• Mayor	Udo Arm
Area
• Total	6.87 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	961
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	67294
Dialling codes	06352
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.mauchenheim-online.de

Mauchenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. Mauchenheim lies roughly 5 km from Orbis, where the river Selz rises. This brook empties into the Rhine at Ingelheim.

History

Mauchenheim had its first documentary mention in 867 in a deed of donation to Lorsch Abbey. But it is proven, that there have been human settlements long before, as there are remainings of a Roman Villa Rustica below ground.

During the last centuries Mauchenheim belonged to several states and countries. Since 1777 it was part of Bavaria. From 1798 till 1814 Mauchenheim was part of France. Till 1969 it belonged to Palatinate. Today Mauchenheim lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to Rhineland-Palatinate.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:

	SPD	FWG	Total
2009	7	5	12 seats
2004	5	7	12 seats

Mayor

Mauchenheim’s current mayor is Udo Arm.

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure under a baldachin Or Saint Remigius as a bishop vested argent and mitred of the same garnished of the second, in his dexter hand a crozier of the second, in his sinister hand a book gules garnished of the second, at his feet an escutcheon of the second charged with the letter M of the fourth.

This is, as far as is possible, a direct translation of the German blazon (In blau unter goldenem Baldachin der heilige Remigius als Bischof in silbernem Gewand, mit goldbesetzter silberner Mitra, in der Rechten einen goldenen Krummstab, in der Linken ein goldbeschlagenes rotes Buch haltend, zu seinen Füßen ein goldener Schild, darin ein roter Majuskelbuchstabe M).

The arms were granted on 20 December 1934.

Notable natives and residents

• Hermann Heinrich Fitting, journalist

Other

The noble family Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim (genannt means “called”) named itself after Mauchenheim.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)
• Mauchenheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages (German)