Zotzenheim
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Zotzenheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Zotzenheim
within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
 Location of Zotzenheim | |
  Zotzenheim  Zotzenheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°52′27″N 07°58′08″E / 49.87417°N 7.96889°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Sprendlingen-Gensingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Alexander Strack[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.18 km2 (1.23 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 105 m (344 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 633 |
| • Density | 199/km2 (516/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55576 |
| Dialling codes | 06701 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de |
Zotzenheim (German pronunciation: [ˈtsɔtsn̩haɪm]) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
Culture and sightseeing
Sport
On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.
Regular events
- On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
- In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
- On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
- Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.
