Framersheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a

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belonging to a ''

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'', a kind of collective municipality – in the

Alzey-Worms Alzey-Worms () is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the district Groß-Gerau (district), Groß-Gerau (Hesse), the city of Worms, Germany, Worms and the districts of Bad Dürkheim (district) ...

district in

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Geography

Location

The municipality lies in

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. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in

Alzey Alzey () is a ''Verband''-free town – one belonging to no ''Verbandsgemeinde'' – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Germany, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhei ...

Neighbouring municipalities

Framersheim's neighbours are

-Schafhausen, Dittelsheim-Heßloch, Gau-Heppenheim and Gau-Odernheim.

History

In 775, Framersheim had its first documentary mention when a document from

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mentioned a vineyard in Framersheim.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 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:

Mayors

* (1945–1946) Johann Beckenbach * (1989–2004) Frank Zink * (2004–2019) Ulrich Armbrüster * (2019–today) Felix Schmidt

Coat of arms

The municipality's

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might be described thus: Sable a kettle-hat argent pierced each side with a cord gules, itself nowed at each end and looped once in base. The “kettle-hat” (''Kesselhut'' in

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) apparently was once typical. It appeared in the village seal as early as 1459. It could be a

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for the family Kessler von Sarmsheim who held the local castle in the

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Economy and infrastructure

With local winemaking businesses, business is done by so-called self-marketers, who mostly market their own wares directly to end users.

References

External links

Municipality’s official webpage
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