Gundersheim
Gundersheim | |
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Location of Gundersheim within Alzey-Worms district ![]() | |
Alzey-Worms | |
Municipal assoc. | Wonnegau |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Joachim Mayer[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 8.64 km2 (3.34 sq mi) |
Elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,552 |
• Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 67598 |
Dialling codes | 06244 |
Vehicle registration | AZ |
Website | www.gundersheim.de |
Gundersheim 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
As a
.Constituent communities
Gundersheim has an outlying centre called Enzheim, which was once a separate municipality.
History
In 769, Gundersheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from
Religion
Gundersheim has at its disposal an
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 16 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:[3]
SPD | CDU | FDP | Total | |
2009 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 seats |
2004 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 16 seats |
1999 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 16 seats |
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Argent a prong hoe bendwise azure between two bunches of grapes of the same slipped and leafed vert.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
- Catholic church with Late Gothic chancel and sacristy from 1492. The tower is from the years 1521 to 1524. The church's three-naved main body was built in 1911 in Gothic Revivalstyle.
- Evangelical church built in 1726, and the tower in 1891.
- Warriors’ memorial from 1870 to 1871, created by sculptor J. Sipp with a statue of Germania on the pedestal.
Natural monuments
In the former limestone quarries is found the Rosengarten (“Rose Garden”) Conservation Area.
Sport
The Turnverein Gundersheim 1863 e.V. (gymnastic club) is the oldest club in the municipality. It has departments for, among other things, aerobics, jazz dance, gymnastics and health sports and badminton. Since 1920, there has also been the Verein für Leibesübungen (VfL) Gundersheim (“Club for bodily exercise”), which currently has about 430 members, and departments for football, table tennis and gymnastics.
Regular events
- At Corpus Christi, the local volunteer fire brigade and its associated promotional club have a one-day open house.
- During the summer, several winemakers take turns opening their wineries for visitors to come and look, and taste the wines.
- Each year on the last weekend in August, the Rotweinkerwe (“Red Wine Fair”) is held.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Gundersheim lies on the
Economy
The municipality has been characterized by
As well, there is a commercial development with various businesses in, among other things, logistics, services and production.
Public institutions
Freiwillige Feuerwehr Gundersheim
The volunteer fire brigade currently has at its disposal more than 32 active and 10 youth members. The active department practises every fortnight with the four available firefighting vehicles (LF 8/6, STW 1000, TSF, HVO-PKW). Moreover, there is here, as there is throughout almost all of Germany, a readiness on the brigade's part to be called to duty at any time. That is to say, the brigade's active members carry a pager which is triggered in an emergency, bringing all available firefighters – a number that can be reduced by commuters or by employers who will not comply – to the fire station to be ready to move out.
Furthermore, the Gundersheim volunteer fire brigade also has at its disposal a Helfer vor Ort group, a team of certified first responders who also spring into action through pager alerts to deal with medical emergencies in their emergency medical vehicles, which they get from the German Red Cross’s Alzey district chapter. These certified first responders currently number 16 – 15 men and 1 woman – and also form part of the Schnelleinsatzgruppe (SEG – “Fast Deployment Group”) with the German Red Cross's Alzey district chapter, along with which the Helfer vor Ort are called to duty and health service.
Education
Kindergarten
There is one kindergarten, which owing to recent increased interest has been expanded.
Grundschule Gundersheim
The primary school in Gundersheim is attended by children from Bermersheim as well as Gundersheim.
Further reading
- Gundersheim 769-1969. Aus der Geschichte eines rheinhessischen Weindorfes. Festschrift zur 1200-Jahrfeier, Gundersheim 1969
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)