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Zotzenheim

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Mainz-Bingen

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
3.18 km²

Postal code
  
55576

Dialling code
  
06701

State
  
Rhineland-Palatinate

Elevation
  
105 m (344 ft)

Postal codes
  
55576

Local time
  
Sunday 12:43 PM

Population
  
640 (31 Dec 2008)

Municipal assoc.
  
Sprendlingen-Gensingen

Zotzenheim

Weather
  
16°C, Wind N at 6 km/h, 55% Humidity

Zotzenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Contents

Map of Zotzenheim, Germany

Location

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

Sport

On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.

Regular events

  • On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
  • In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
  • On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
  • Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.

    • Wineries

    Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:

  • Weingut Werner Pitthan
  • Weingut Philipp Schnell
  • Weingut Siebenhof
  • Weingut Scheffer
  • Weingut Saulheimer

    • There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.

    Other businesses

    In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.

    References

    Zotzenheim Wikipedia
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