Wörrstadt
Wörrstadt | |
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Location of Wörrstadt within Alzey-Worms district | |
Alzey-Worms | |
Municipal assoc. | Wörrstadt |
Subdivisions | 2 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Ingo Kleinfelder[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 16.75 km2 (6.47 sq mi) |
Elevation | 212 m (696 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 8,414 |
• Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55286 |
Dialling codes | 06732 |
Vehicle registration | AZ |
Website | www.vgwoerrstadt.de |
Wörrstadt is a town in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The town lies in Rhenish Hesse on the northwest edge of the Upper Rhine Plain. It is the seat of the like-named Verbandsgemeinde.
Wörrstadt is surrounded by typical Rhenish-Hessian countryside: In places that are favourable to the purpose, there is intensive
Wörrstadt lies at an elevation that affords charming and, for Rhenish Hesse, remarkable views into the distance. From Wörrstadt, one can see the
The outlying centre of Rommersheim, formerly Eichloch, lies in a hollow and is strikingly nestled into the man-made countryside. From the Rommersheim area one can enjoy fine views of the Wißberg and the country towards Bad Kreuznach.
Climate
Yearly
Neighbouring municipalities
Wörrstadt's neighbours are Armsheim, Ensheim, Gabsheim, Gau-Bickelheim, Gau-Weinheim, Saulheim, Schornsheim, Spiesheim, Sulzheim, Udenheim, Vendersheim and Wallertheim.
Constituent communities
Wörrstadt has one outlying centre, a
History
In 772, Wörrstadt had its first documentary mention, while Rommersheim, whose name was until 15 January 1931 Eichloch, had its first documentary mention in 824. On 7 November 1970, Rommersheim was amalgamated with Wörrstadt. About 1100, the (later)
On 28 April 2009 it was announced
Politics
Town council
The council is made up of 24 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:[4]
SPD | CDU | GRÜNE |
BfW | FWG | Total | |
2009 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 24 seats |
Mayors
- Philipp Krämer V - Born: 7/26/1870 Died: 2/11/1930 (can verify, will add specific dates later)
- Hans Günter Schweers - SPD (1982-1983)[5]
- Günter Helmus - SPD (1983–2004)
- Ingo Kleinfelder - SPD (2004–present) (since 2009 Stadtbürgermeister – “town mayor”)
Coat of arms
The town's arms might be described thus: Sable a gridiron palewise Or, the crossbars fesswise and the handle to chief, supported by two lions reguardant argent armed and langued gules, one each in dexter and sinister.
The town's oldest known seal goes back to 1575. It, and all subsequent seals, show the local church's patron saint,
Nevertheless, in Kaffee HAG albums published in the 1930s, Wörrstadt's arms are shown, as on the old seals, with Saint Lawrence holding his gridiron.
The arms have been borne since 1960.[6]
Town partnerships
- Arnay-le-Duc, Côte-d'Or, France since 1986
Culture and sightseeing
Music
- Jazz-Club Rheinhessen e. V., founded in 1986; stages five or six concerts each year, in part with international jazz greats.
- Neuborn Open Air Festival (Metal/Rock Open Air)
- several singing clubs
- Gesangverein Liederkranz e. V. Wörrstadt
- Gesangverein Sängerbund e. V. Wörrstadt
- Gesangverein WÖ-Rommersheim
Buildings
- Former Thurn und Taxis Post building
- Laurentiuskirche (Saint Lawrence's Church) with Stumm organ from 1759
- Neunröhrenbrunnen (“Nine-Pipe Fountain”), built in 1608, renovated in 1930. This is where the Mühlbach – a brook – rises.
- Ulmengraben (“Elm Dyke”), Remnants of the former fortifications
- Rommersheim town hall, built about 1600. Rommersheim is today a constituent community of Wörrstadt
- Tagelöhnerhaus (“Day Labourers’ House”), an historic house of the societal underclass of its time
- Schiller Monument near the graveyard
- Schmiedbrunnen (a fountain) in the middle of town
- Five wind turbines of type E-82 each with a hub height of 138 m. The rotor blades reach a height of 181 m.
There are also several listed timber-frame buildings in Rommersheim.
Sport
- Fußballclub Wörrstadt 06 e. V. (football)
- Turn- und Sportverein Wörrstadt e. V. 1847 (German women's football champions, 1974)
- Radfahrerverein Wörrstadt 1899 e. V. (three-time German Cycling Federation Gold Cup winners; many times German and European champions in artistic cycling)
- Tischtennis-Club Wörrstadt (table tennis)
- Judo Club Wörrstadt e. V.
- Wörrstädter Schachverein (chess)
Facilities
- Great sport hall (at the integrated comprehensive school)
- Training hall (at the integrated comprehensive school)
- Cycling sport hall
- Shooting facility “Im Neuborn”
- Football pitch “Im Neuborn”
- Tennis courts “Am Schwimmbad” (“at the swimming pool”)
- Community centre on Jahnstraße
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Youth rollerskating facility at Neubornsportplatz
Leisure
- The Neubornbad outdoor swimming pool lies in a quiet location, nestled in a hollow and surrounded by meadows and vineyards between the main town and the outlying centre of Rommersheim. Feeding the pool is water from the Neuborn spring. Solar heating equipment warms the cold springwater.
- In the area around Wörrstadt, many cycling paths have been laid out, and these are linked to an extensive network.
Economy and infrastructure
Established businesses
Wörrstadt's economic mainstay is
In the first half of 2008, the new headquarters for the alternative energy generator juwi (whose name is customarily written with a lowercase initial) came into being in the industrial area near the Autobahn. Until then, the company's seat had been in Bolanden and Mainz, having moved to Wörrstadt in mid July 2008. With roughly 550 employees, juwi has become one of the area's biggest employers.[8] The business's pillars are wind energy, solar energy and bioenergy.
Winegrowing
Winegrowing has a long tradition in the town, and in the wineries, it is passed down from generation to generation. All the town's wineries have been family businesses for generations.
- Böhm
- Dorst
- Guttandin
- Mussel
- Reith
- Weinmann
Vineyard areas in town are divided into the two appellations of Kachelberg and Rheingrafenberg. Wörrstadt's soil composition is typical of Rhenish Hesse with its limestone, loess and loam.
Transport
Wörrstadt lies at the crossroads of
The road distance to Germany's most important transport hub,
Over the
The
Public institutions
- Verbandsgemeinde administration
- Technisches Hilfswerk – local chapter
- Wörrstadt Volunteer Fire Brigade
- Wörrstadt CatholicPublic Library
Education
In Wörrstadt there are several
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
- Adam Elsheimer (18 March 1578 – 11 December 1610), a 17th-century painter, came from Wörrstadt. After him Adam-Elsheimer-Straße is named. His parents migrated to Frankfurt, leaving disputed whether Elsheimer was born in Wörrstadt or Frankfurt.
- Karl Behlen (1811–1874), former liberal member of the Second Chamber of The Estates of the Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Jacob Schoen (1841-1903), New Orleans philanthropist, Founder of Jacob Schoen & Son Funeral Home.
- Karl Göttelmann (1858–1928), national economist and politician
- Hanns Wilhelm Eppelsheimer (1890–1972), librarian and literary scientist
- Mathias Schüz (1956– ), docent
Famous people associated with the town
- In Wörrstadt lived the geologist and impact event researcher Dr. Günther Graup (d. 2006), who made a name for himself by, among other things, researching the Nördlinger Ries. Through his groundbreaking work, the Ries Event came to be better understood. He was also involved in the Apollo program and analyzed several moonrock specimens (Apollo 14 and Apollo 16).
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Rheinböllen und Wörrstadt dürfen sich künftig „Stadt“ nennen
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Stadtrat
- ^ "1979 - 1982 Hans Günter Schweers". digitalesarchiv-woerrstadt.de (in German).
- ^ Description and explanation of Wörrstadt’s arms
- ^ juwi baut neues Photovoltaik-Kraftwerk - In Wörrstadt entsteht größtes Solarkraftwerk im Südwesten in der Allgemeinen Zeitung vom 23. Juli 2008
- ^ JUWI im Netz
External links
- Verbandsgemeinde of Wörrstadt (in German)
- Internetpräsenz der Stadt Wörrstadt Town’s official webpage (in German)
- regionalgeschichte.net Internet portal for regional and local history, Institut für Geschichtliche Landeskunde an der Universität Mainz e.V. (in German)