Aspisheim

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

Aspisheim
Coat of arms
Location of Aspisheim within Mainz-Bingen district
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Coordinates: 49°54′27″N 7°58′56″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
• Mayor	Gunter Dautermann
Area
• Total	5.81 km^2 (2.24 sq mi)
Elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Population  (2018-12-31)[1]
• Total	854
• Density	150/km^2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55459
Dialling codes	06727
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.aspisheim.de

Geography

Location

Aspisheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. The municipality is administered by the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

Politics

Aspisheim Town hall

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

Elections	FDP	Free voters FWG	Free voters WGG	Total
2014	4	4	4	12 seats
2009	7	5	–	12 seats
2004	7	5	–	12 seats

• FWG = Freie Wählergruppe Aspisheim e.V.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale Or a yarn swift sable palewise and sable a lion rampant Or armed argent and langued gules.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

On the next-to-last weekend in August the municipality's residents stage the Rothesfest, a wine and street festival.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 414 state road . The A 61 motorway runs roughly 4 km away from the municipality.

References

1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (in German)