Gundheim Explained

Image Coa:DEU_Gundheim_COA.svg
Coordinates:49.6758°N 8.2378°W
Image Plan:Gundheim in AZ.svg
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Alzey-Worms
Verbandsgemeinde:Wonnegau
Elevation:127
Area:4.61
Postal Code:67599
Area Code:06244
Licence:AZ
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 3 31 037
Website:www.gundheim.de
Mayor:Michael Leidemer[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24
Bürgermeistertitel:Ortsbürgermeister
Party:CDU

Gundheim 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 is a winegrowing centre. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.

History

In 774, Gundheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Lorsch Abbey.

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:[2]

Total
2004 3 7 2 12 seats
2009 4 5 3 12 seats

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Azure a talon Or barwise unguled gules, issuant from the top three plumes argent.

What appears on the escutcheon is a canting charge for the noble family that was enfeoffed with Gundheim in 1699. It bore the name Greiffenclau, rather reminiscent of the German words greifen (“grasp” or “seize”) and Klaue (“claw”).

Wineries

Well known Gundheim wineries in the Bergkloster winemaking appellation – Weingroßlage – in the Wonnegau are:

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms
  2. http://wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3310403700.html Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat