Lonsheim 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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and 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 ...

. The small, rural, agricultural,

winegrowing Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...

centre lies in a hollow at the foot of the wooded “Hemm” and has vineyards on all sides. It is in what is known as the

Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland () is a protected landscape and recreation area in the southwest of the German region of Rhenish Hesse (''Rheinhessen''). It was established in 1961 and has an area of 6,766 hectares. The following municipalities lies w ...

(''Rheinhessische Schweiz''). On a clear day, one can see from Lonsheim all the way to

Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt am Main () is the most populous city in the States of Germany, German state of Hesse. Its 773,068 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the List of cities in Germany by population, fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located in the forela ...

Wineries

Lonsheim has the Mandelberg and Schönberg wineries, which are part of the winemaking appellation – ''Weingroßlage'' – of Adelberg. All together, vineyards cover 139 ha.

Neighbouring municipalities

Lonsheim’s neighbours are Bornheim,

Bermersheim vor der Höhe Bermersheim vor der Höhe 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 As a winegrowing ...

and Heimersheim (an outlying centre of

History

The village was in the beginning held by the Waldgraves of Kyrburg. Until 1398, the family Bock von Lonsheim held it as a fief, and thereafter so did other noble families (at

Albig Albig is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in Rhenish Hesse in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality li ...

and

Heppenheim Heppenheim (Bergstraße) () is the seat of Bergstraße district in Hesse, Germany, lying on the Bergstraße on the edge of the Odenwald. It is best known for being the birthplace of Sebastian Vettel, a four-time Formula One World Champion and ...

) until it passed to the

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in 1679.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected by

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at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
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Coat of arms

The municipality’s

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might be described thus: Per fess Or a demi-lion rampant gules armed and langued argent, and gules a cross pattée of the first.

Culture and sightseeing

Sport

The local sport club, ''TV Lonsheim e.V.'', founded in 1888, began a history of successes in the 1990s. The club’s greatest success was rising to the

Verbandsliga The Verbandsliga () is the tier-six football league in the German football league system, covering the area of a '' Bundesland'' or a regional part of such Bundesland.footballers A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

masters of their craft, but the TVL’s gymnasts, too, regularly take part successfully in meets. Unlike the football section, the gymnastics section has been in existence since the club’s founding in 1888; the football section was officially founded only in the mid-1980s, with the club name ''FC Aussichtsturm Lonsheim'' (''Aussichtsturm'' means “lookout tower”). A year later it took the name ''TV Lonsheim''.

References

External links

Lonsheim in the collective municipality’s Web pages

Private page about Lonsheim
{{Authority control Alzey-Worms