Weinolsheim
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Weinolsheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Weinolsheim
within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
 Location of Weinolsheim | |
  Weinolsheim  Weinolsheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°48′56″N 8°16′22″E / 49.81556°N 8.27278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Rhein-Selz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Gabriele Wagner[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 183 m (600 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 737 |
| • Density | 124/km2 (322/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55278 |
| Dialling codes | 06249 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.weinolsheim.de |
Weinolsheim (German pronunciation: [ˈvaɪnɔlshaɪm]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Location
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz.
Neighbouring municipalities
These are Bechtolsheim (indirectly, as there is no road link), Dalheim, Dolgesheim, Friesenheim and Uelversheim.
History
Within what is now Weinolsheim’s municipal area about the year 500 lived Franks. It is believed that there was a Frankish village that was kingly domain, and therefore a royal estate. It is also thought that the placename comes from a Frankish elder kinsman named Winolf, who might have founded the village. On 22 October 789, Weinolsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from the Lorsch Abbey.
Politics
Coat of arms
The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per fess abased, argent Saint Peter of the field clad in azure with nimbus, in his hand dexter a staff bendwise, in his hand sinister a key reversed plaewise[check spelling] Or, and Or an eagle displayed sable armed, langued and beaked gules.
Town partnerships
Culture and sightseeing
On Gaustraße is found a warriors’ memorial made of Flonheim sandstone that recalls those from Weinolsheim who fell in the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). The obelisk was carved between 1875 and 1880 and is adorned with the Grand Ducal Hessian lion. On the facets are found the names of the fallen and a reference to the Battle of Gravelotte.
