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Jugenheim in Rheinhessen

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Mainz-Bingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
6.17 km²

Population
  
1,570 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
06130

State
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Elevation
  
156 m (512 ft)

Postal codes
  
55270

Local time
  
Wednesday 9:41 AM

Postal code
  
55270

Municipal assoc.
  
Nieder-Olm

Jugenheim in Rheinhessen

Weather
  
9°C, Wind W at 8 km/h, 79% Humidity

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.

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Map of Jugenheim in Rheinhessen, Germany

Location

Jugenheim lies in the middle among Mainz, Bingen, Alzey and Bad Kreuznach in Rhenish Hesse. The 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).

Town council

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

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

  • Oberhoffen-sur-Moder, Bas-Rhin, France
  • 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.

    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

    Jugenheim in Rheinhessen Wikipedia