Mainz-Bingen

Coordinates: 49°55′N 8°05′E / 49.92°N 8.08°E / 49.92; 8.08
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Mainz-Bingen
District
Ingelheim
Government
 • District admin.Dorothea Schäfer (CDU)
Area
 • Total605.85 km2 (233.92 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total214,948
 • Density350/km2 (920/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationMZ, BIN
Websitemainz-bingen.de

Mainz-Bingen is a district (Kreis) in the east of

Rhein-Hunsrück
.

History

During the French occupation under Napoleon the district was part of the departement Donnersberg (fr.:Mont-Tonnerre). After the Congress of Vienna, the area north of the Nahe river went to the Prussian Rhine province, the biggest part however became part of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was called Rhenish Hesse. In 1835 the Mainz district was created when the province Rheinhessen was abolished. In 1852 the Oppenheim district was created, and took some of the area of the Mainz district; in 1938 this district was abolished again. The current area of the district was formed in 1969, when the districts of Mainz and Bingen were merged.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Rhine, which marks the border of the district to the east. In Bingen the river Nahe enters the Rhine, after flowing a short part through the district. The flanks of the Hunsrück mountains in the west of the district to the Rhine valley are used for wine production. The southern part of the district is part of the Rheinhessische Hügellandschaft, its gentle hills and the good climate make it a farming area for vegetables, especially asparagus, and cherries.

Coat of arms

The district

Electorate of the Palatinate (Kurpfalz). The coat of arms was designed by Dr. Hans Leitermann of Mainz
, and was granted in 1970.

Towns and municipalities

BreitscheidBacharachManubachOberdiebachOberheimbachNiederheimbachWeiler bei BingenTrechtingshausenWaldalgesheimMünster-SarmsheimBingen am RheinIngelheim am RheinBudenheimGrolsheimGensingenHorrweilerAspisheimWelgesheimZotzenheimBadenheimSprendlingenSankt JohannWolfsheimOckenheimGau-AlgesheimAppenheimNieder-HilbersheimBubenheimOber-HilbersheimEngelstadtSchwabenheim an der SelzJugenheim in RheinhessenStadecken-ElsheimEssenheimOber-OlmKlein-WinternheimNieder-OlmSörgenlochZornheimBodenheimGau-BischofsheimHarxheimNackenheimLörzweilerMommenheimHahnheimSelzenNiersteinOppenheimDienheimDexheimDalheimKöngernheimFriesenheimUndenheimUelversheimUelversheimLudwigshöheGuntersblumWeinolsheimDolgesheimEimsheimHillesheimWintersheimDorn-DürkheimRhein-Lahn-KreisHesseMainzRhein-Hunsrück-KreisBad Kreuznach (district)DonnersbergkreisAlzey-Worms
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
Verband-free towns Verband-free municipality
  1. Bingen am Rhein
  2. Ingelheim am Rhein
  1. Budenheim
Verbandsgemeinden
  1. Bodenheim1
  2. Gau-Bischofsheim
  3. Harxheim
  4. Lörzweiler
  5. Nackenheim
  1. Appenheim
  2. Bubenheim
  3. Engelstadt
  4. Gau-Algesheim1, 2
  5. Nieder-Hilbersheim
  6. Ober-Hilbersheim
  7. Ockenheim
  8. Schwabenheim an der Selz
  1. Essenheim
  2. Jugenheim in Rheinhessen
  3. Klein-Winternheim
  4. Nieder-Olm1, 2
  5. Ober-Olm
  6. Sörgenloch
  7. Stadecken-Elsheim
  8. Zornheim
  1. Bacharach2
  2. Breitscheid
  3. Manubach
  4. Münster-Sarmsheim
  5. Niederheimbach
  6. Oberdiebach
  7. Oberheimbach
  8. Trechtingshausen
  9. Waldalgesheim
  10. Weiler bei Bingen
  1. Dalheim
  2. Dexheim
  3. Dienheim
  4. Dolgesheim
  5. Dorn-Dürkheim
  6. Eimsheim
  7. Friesenheim
  8. Guntersblum
  9. Hahnheim
  10. Hillesheim
  11. Köngernheim
  12. Ludwigshöhe
  13. Mommenheim
  14. Nierstein
  15. Oppenheim1, 2
  16. Selzen
  17. Uelversheim
  18. Undenheim
  19. Weinolsheim
  20. Wintersheim
  1. Aspisheim
  2. Badenheim
  3. Gensingen
  4. Grolsheim
  5. Horrweiler
  6. Sankt Johann
  7. Sprendlingen1
  8. Welgesheim
  9. Wolfsheim
  10. Zotzenheim
1seat of the Verbandsgemeinde; 2town

Festivals and cultural events

Beneath the typical regional

parades and seasons [de] in nearly every village or municipality there are a number of wine festivals, like the Bodenheimer Albansfest, the Guntersblumer Kellerwegfest, the Ingelheimer Rotweinfest, the wine presentation on the Roten Hang
in Nierstein or the feast of the young wine in Gau-Algesheim.

References

  1. Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz
    . 2023.

External links

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