Rommersheim (Wörrstadt) Explained

Rommersheim
Type:	Stadtteil
Town:	Wörrstadt
Image Coa:	DEU Rommersheim COA.svg
Coordinates:	49.8231°N 8.0899°W
State:	Rheinland-Pfalz
District:	Alzey-Worms
Elevation:	172
Area:	5
Population:	732
Postal Code:	55286
Area Code:	06732
Licence:	AZ

Rommersheim is a Stadtteil (quarter) of the town Wörrstadt in Rheinhessen in the German state Rheinland-Pfalz. It lies in a valley south-west of Wörrstadt.

History

Originally, Rommersheim was called Eichloch. Eichloch is documented the first time 824.January 15, 1931 the village Eichloch has been renamed Rommersheim, after a supposed abandoned nearby village.^{[1] [2]} November 7, 1970 Rommersheim with then 432 inhabitants became a suburb of Wörrstadt.^[3]

Culture and places of interest

The Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Rheinland-Pfalz für den Landkreis Alzey-Worms of Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe list in particular the following heritage sites in Rommersheim ^[4]

Buildings

• Am Rathaus 4: Protestant Church (Rommersheim), built between 1733 and 1751
• Am Rathaus 2: former town hall, around 1600, modifications 18th century
• Hauptstraße 11: Hakenhof; baroque studwork building, around 1700
• Hauptstraße 23: baroque half-timbered building, 18th century
• Mittelgasse 1: half-timbered house, 1584, with half-timbered barn of 1664

Places of interest outside the village

• "Eichlocher Feldkreuz", Auf dem Somborn (township): late gothic; three border stones, 1613
• former Jewish cemetery (heritage site): nine grave stones, 1868 to 1909

Infrastructure

Public facilities

The Neubornschwimmbad is an open air public swimming pool, located between Rommersheim and Wörrstadt.

External links

• Zur Geschichte von Rommersheim (Rummersheim), früher Eichloch on regionalgeschichte.net
• Rommersheim – Ein Weindorf in Rheinhessen. Im Jahr 2004 wurde es 1180 Jahre alt
• Rommersheim – Ein Ortsporträt von Hermann Götz SWR Fernsehen, Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz of May 16, 2009 (incl. film)
• Private Homepage of Rommersheim/Rheinhessen
• History of the Jewish community in Rommersheim
• coat of arms of Rommersheim

References

1. http://www.regionalgeschichte.net/rheinhessen/rommersheim-woe.html Zur Geschichte von Rommersheim (Rummersheim), früher Eichloch
2. http://www.swr.de/landesschau-rp/hierzuland/rommersheim/-/id=100766/did=3389166/nid=100766/18d9l9v/index.html Hierzuland (SWR) of May 16, 2009
3. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/nach_themen/verlag/verzeichnisse/AmtlichesGemeindeverzeichnis_2006.pdf Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2006
4. http://denkmallisten.gdke-rlp.de/Alzey-Worms.pdf Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Rheinland-Pfalz für den Landkreis Alzey-Worms