Bechenheim Explained

Image Coa:DEU Bechenheim COA.svg
Coordinates:49.7333°N 8°W
Image Plan:Bechenheim in AZ.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Alzey-Worms
Verbandsgemeinde:Alzey-Land
Elevation:224
Area:2.55
Postal Code:55234
Area Code:06736
Licence:AZ
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 3 31 005
Website:www.bechenheim.de
Mayor:Ute Stein[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Bechenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey.

Geography

Location

As a winegrowing centre, Bechenheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the southwest of Rhenish Hesse. Bechenheim is Rhenish Hesse's highest winegrowing municipality.

History

In 824, Bechenheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Fulda Abbey.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 8 council members and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[2]

  Total
2009 5 3 8 seats
2004 3 5 8 seats

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules a dexter arm embowed armed argent, the hand naked of the same and holding a beaker Or.

Economy and infrastructure

Winegrowing

Bechenheim belongs to the “Wonnegau Winegrowing Area” (Weinbaubereich Wonnegau) in Rhenish Hesse. Active in the municipality are six winegrowing businesses with 33 ha of vineyard under cultivation. Some 76% of the wine made there is white varieties (as at 2007). In 1979, 22 such businesses were still running, and vineyards covered 32 ha.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms
  2. Web site: Der Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz: Kommunalwahl 2009, Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen . 2009-11-25 . 2011-07-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719081034/http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3310100500.html . live .
  3. http://www.infothek.statistik.rlp.de/lis/MeineRegion/getMeineHeimat.aspx?key=0733101005&topic=2047 Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz - Infothek