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Gabsheim
Gabsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse, in Germany's biggest wine region. Indeed, Gabsheim is Rhenish Hesse's geographical centre. The nearest towns are Wörrstadt, roughly 5 km to the west, and the district seat, Alzey, roughly 15 km to the southwest. The state capital, Mainz, 30 km away, is easily reached over the Autobahn A 63. Neighbouring municipalities Gabsheim's neighbours are Bechtolsheim, Biebelnheim, Schornsheim, Undenheim and Wörrstadt. History In the Middle Ages, Gabsheim was called ''Geispisheim'' (Geispitzheim); among many other spellings found in documents are also ''Geispodisheim'' (Geisbodesheim) (1250) and ''Gespesheim'' (14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bechtolsheim
Bechtolsheim (Literally Bechtol's Home) is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. Geography Location The municipality lies on the Selz, which here snakes along the Petersberg (mountain), at whose foot the municipality is found. The nearest towns are Alzey, with its dual administrative functions of district and ''Verbandsgemeinde'' seat, and Wörrstadt, roughly 10 km away. The state capital of Mainz, 30 km away, can be reached most quickly on Autobahn A 63. As a winegrowing centre, Bechtolsheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district and in the middle of the Rheinhessen wine region. The municipal area covers 1 065 ha, of which 300 ha is planted with grapevines. Neighbouring municipalities The municipality's nea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schornsheim
Schornsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The winegrowing centre lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Neighbouring municipalities Schornsheim's neighbours are Gabsheim, Udenheim, Undenheim and Wörrstadt. History Name’s origins The name Schornsheim (in 782 ''Scoronishaim'', in 815 ''Scornesheim'', about 836 ''Scoranesheim'', about 1230 ''Schornesheym'', about 1520 Schornsheim) is formed with the placename ending ''—heim'' (cognate with English ''home''), as are most Rhenish-Hessian placenames. The other root in the name, however, is something of a peculiarity. It is not a traditional Germanic personal name, nor a word for a natural feature, but rather a title, and only became a personal name through transfere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wörrstadt
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 winegrowing, and in less exposed locations, cropraising. The Rhenish-Hessian countryside is widely cleared, with natural vegetation hard to find or not present at all. This makes Wörrstadt a bit of a peculiarity in Rhenish Hesse, as it has one of the region's smallest wooded areas in the Neuborn. In these woods are found many natural springs whose water feeds the ''Verbandsgemeinde’s'' swimming pool. Flowing through Wörrstadt is the river Mühlbach. Wörrstadt lies at an elevation that affords charming and, for Rhenish Hesse, remarkable views into the distance. From Wörrstadt, one can see the Donnersberg, the W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biebelnheim
Biebelnheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. As a winegrowing centre, Biebelnheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. The nearest town is Alzey (6 km), and the 30 km to the state capital, Mainz, is easily crossed on the Autobahn A 63. Neighbouring municipalities Biebelnheim's neighbours are Albig, Bechtolsheim, Gabsheim, Gau-Odernheim, and Spiesheim. History The municipality, once known as ''Bibilinsheim'', lying on a slope, is of a picturesque, rustic character. It is said that the robber and outlaw Schinderhannes (Johannes Bückler) once had a hideout here. Sometime between 1382 and 1384, Electoral Palatinate acquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Undenheim
Undenheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a '' Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim. Geography Location The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. Neighbouring municipalities These are Bechtolsheim, Gabsheim, Friesenheim, Köngernheim and Schornsheim. Politics Municipal council *BfU - Bürger für Undenheim *UFL - Undenheimer Freie Liste *WLU - Lebenswertes Undenheim e. V. *SPD - Social Democratic Party of Germany *CDU - Christian Democratic Union of Germany Mayor The current mayor is Marcus Becker of the citizens’ party ''Undenheimer freie Liste'' (UfL). Town partnerships * Blaisy-Bas, Côte-d'Or, France * Dolcè, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy Culture and sightseeing In 2003, Undenheim was chosen as “ Rhenish Hesse’s loveliest village”. Famous people Sons and daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alzey-Worms
Alzey-Worms () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district Groß-Gerau (Hesse), the city of Worms and the districts of Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Kreuznach and Mainz-Bingen. History The territory was in Roman times part of the province of Germania Superior. The towns of Worms and Alzey go both back to Roman military camps. In medieval times the region was part of the Electorate of the Palatinate. After the French occupation (1797–1814) it was incorporated into the Grand Duchy of Hesse and formed a part of its province Rhenish Hesse. Two districts named Alzey and Worms were established in 1835. In the reorganisation of the districts of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969 the new district of Alzey-Worms was formed by merging parts of the former districts. Geography The district is named after the city of Worms (which is neighboring, but not belonging to the district) and the town of Alzey (which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wörrstadt (Verbandsgemeinde)
Wörrstadt is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Wörrstadt. The ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Wörrstadt consists of the following ''Ortsgemeinden'' ("local municipalities"): # Armsheim # Ensheim # Gabsheim # Gau-Weinheim # Partenheim # Saulheim # Schornsheim # Spiesheim # Sulzheim # Udenheim # Vendersheim # Wallertheim # Wörrstadt 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''. Wör ... Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate {{AlzeyWorms-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gothic Art
Gothic art was a style of medieval art that developed in Northern France out of Romanesque art in the 12th century AD, led by the concurrent development of Gothic architecture. It spread to all of Western Europe, and much of Northern, Southern and Central Europe, never quite effacing more classical styles in Italy. In the late 14th century, the sophisticated court style of International Gothic developed, which continued to evolve until the late 15th century. In many areas, especially Germany, Late Gothic art continued well into the 16th century, before being subsumed into Renaissance art. Primary media in the Gothic period included sculpture, panel painting, stained glass, fresco and illuminated manuscripts. The easily recognizable shifts in architecture from Romanesque to Gothic, and Gothic to Renaissance styles, are typically used to define the periods in art in all media, although in many ways figurative art developed at a different pace. The earliest Gothic art was monu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armsheim
Armsheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Armsheim lies in the Rhenish-Hessian Hills, has roughly 2,650 inhabitants and is the third biggest municipality within the Wörrstadt (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the Wörrstadt, like-named municipality. The current Armsheim was formed out of two formerly autonomous centres in 1969, named Armsheim and Schimsheim. Geography Location Armsheim lies in the middle of Rhenish Hesse, some 14 km from Alzey, 18 km from Bad Kreuznach, 25 km from Bingen am Rhein, Bingen and some 30 km southwest of Mainz. History Before the Christian Era For 40,000 years there have been people living on the floodplain in the Wiesbach valley, and for 1,500 years, the villages of Armsheim and Schimsheim have stood here. The open ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenbamberg
Altenbamberg is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a Municipalities of Germany, municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach (district), Bad Kreuznach Districts of Germany, district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Bad Kreuznach (Verbandsgemeinde), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Kreuznach, whose seat is in the Bad Kreuznach, like-named town. Geography Location The recreational village of Altenbamberg lies in the Alsenz (river), Alsenz valley on the edge of the North Palatine Uplands at an elevation of 130 m above sea level. The municipal area measures 753 ha, of which 286.5 ha is wooded, 50 ha is used for winegrowing (vineyards) and 226 ha is used for agriculture. Neighbouring municipalities Altenbamberg borders in the north on the town of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, in the northeast on the town of Bad Kreuznach, in the east on the municipalities of Frei-Laubersheim and Fürfeld, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholicism
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization. O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odernheim Am Glan
Odernheim am Glan is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Sobernheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Odernheim is a winegrowing village. Geography Location Odernheim lies at the edge of the North Palatine Uplands at the mouth of the River Glan, where it empties into the River Nahe. This village, lying at the foot of the Disibodenberg, an important monastic centre in the Middle Ages, is surrounded by vineyards, forests and meadows in the southeastern part of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Bad Sobernheim, and in the middle of the Nahe wine region. Among nearby towns, the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' seat of Bad Sobernheim lies 4 km to the northwest, the district seat of Bad Kreuznach 16 km to the northeast, Kirn 20 km to the west and Meisenheim 7 km to the south. Farther afiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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