Jugenheim in Rheinhessen

Coordinates: 49°53′42″N 8°05′06″E / 49.89500°N 8.08500°E / 49.89500; 8.08500
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Jugenheim in Rheinhessen
Municipality
Coat of arms of Jugenheim in Rheinhessen
Coat of arms
Location of Jugenheim in Rheinhessen within Mainz-Bingen district
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Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Nieder-Olm
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Herbert Petri[1] (SPD)
Area
 • Total6.17 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Elevation
156 m (512 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,675
 • Density270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55270
Dialling codes06130
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.jugenheim-rheinhessen.de

Jugenheim in Rheinhessen 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

Jugenheim lies in the middle among Mainz, Bingen, Alzey and Bad Kreuznach in

winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town
.

History

In 767, Jugenheim had its first documentary mention as Gaginheim. Since 1987, Jugenheim has been a recognized village renewal municipality (Dorferneuerungsgemeinde).

The synagogue in Jugenheim was burned on Kristallnacht but the Torah scroll was rescued from the burning building and later smuggled to the United States. It is now held by Temple B'nai Israel in Oklahoma City.[3]

Politics

Town council

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

SPD
FWG
 CDU Total
2004 9 5 2 16 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Azure semy of crosses argent a lion rampant of the second armed, langued and crowned gules.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

Saint Martin's Church (Martinskirche,

Evangelical) was consecrated in 1775 and with seating for 1,000 worshippers is one of Rhenish Hesse's biggest churches. Its Wegmann organ from 1762 together with the original organ balustrade comes from the old Welschnonnenkirche – once a convent church, now no longer standing – in Mainz
.

Sport

  • Three outdoor tennis courts
  • The tennis hall built in 1999 with two courts
  • Sport complex with natural-grass field
  • Riding square with riding hall
  • Beach volleyball field (built in 2005)
  • Boule lane
  • Jugenheim's football club is TuS 1899 Jugenheim.

References

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.
  3. ^ "City Synagogue Given Torah Scroll" Oklahoma City Times (May 8, 1971). Archived in the library of Temple B'nai Israel.

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