Zotzenheim

Zotzenheim
Coat of arms of Zotzenheim Coat of arms
Zotzenheim
Location of Zotzenheim within Mainz-Bingen district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
• Mayor	Alexander Strack
Area
• Total	3.18 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	619
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55576
Dialling codes	06701
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de

Zotzenheim 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

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

Culture and sightseeing

Sport

On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.

Regular events

• On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
• In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
• On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
• Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.

Economy and infrastructure

Wineries

Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:

• Weingut Werner Pitthan
• Weingut Philipp Schnell
• Weingut Siebenhof
• Weingut Scheffer
• Weingut Saulheimer

There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.

Other businesses

In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)
• Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen (German)