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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Mainz-Bingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
5.74 km²

Postal code
  
55296

Dialling code
  
06138

State
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Elevation
  
154 m (505 ft)

Postal codes
  
55296

Population
  
2,161 (31 Dec 2008)

Local time
  
Thursday 12:23 AM

Municipal assoc.
  
Bodenheim

Lörzweiler

Weather
  
6°C, Wind NW at 6 km/h, 83% Humidity

Lörzweiler 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 55296 L%C3%B6rzweiler, Germany

Location

The winegrowing centre of roughly 2,300 inhabitants distinguishes itself in particular with its winegrowing areas of Mainzer St. Alban and Niersteiner Gutes Domtal with their vineyards Ölgild, Königstuhl and Hohberg.

In the municipal area’s south stands the 175 m-high Königstuhl, upon which on 8 September 1024 Conrad II was reportedly elected. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bodenheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Municipal 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

  • Époisses, Côte-d'Or, France
  • Coat of arms

    The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Argent a limetree seedling eradicated sable leafed of five veined vert.

    Regular events

  • The kermis (church consecration festival) is held by the municipality yearly on the weekend after Ascension Day.
  • Beginning on the first Friday in July, the Weinfest am Königstuhl is held for four days. In November, the great beer testing is traditionally held in the Hohberghalle.
  • Each year on the first weekend in September, the estate festival at the Haub winery takes place.
  • References

    Lörzweiler Wikipedia