Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Area 8.79 km² Postal code 55599 Dialling code 06703 | Elevation 178 m (584 ft) Postal codes 55599 Local time Wednesday 1:08 PM Population 878 (31 Dec 2008) | |
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Weather 16°C, Wind N at 13 km/h, 41% Humidity | ||
Wonsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Contents
- Map of 55599 Wonsheim Germany
- Location
- History
- Municipal council
- Coat of arms
- Buildings
- Transport
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Famous people associated with the municipality
- References
Map of 55599 Wonsheim, Germany
Location
As a winegrowing centre, Wonsheim lies in Germany’s biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
Through the municipality flows the river Dunselbach.
History
On 10 June 800, Wonsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Fulda Abbey as Vuanesheim.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 12 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:
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Chapé, lozengy argent and azure, Or an orb banded and charged with a cross bottonnée gules both gemmed of the first and sable a lion rampant of the third armed, langued and crowned of the fourth.
Buildings
Transport
Wonsheim lies near Autobahnen A 61 and A 63.