Klein-Winternheim
Klein-Winternheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Klein-Winternheim
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 Location of Klein-Winternheim | |
  Klein-Winternheim  Klein-Winternheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°56′17″N 8°12′42″E / 49.93806°N 8.21167°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Nieder-Olm |
| Subdivisions | 2 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Ute Granold[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.51 km2 (2.13 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 160 m (520 ft) |
| Population (2024-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 3,716 |
| • Density | 674/km2 (1,750/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55270 |
| Dialling codes | 06136 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.klein-winternheim.de |
Klein-Winternheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
[edit]Location
[edit]Klein-Winternheim lies seven kilometres south of Mainz in Rhenish Hesse. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.
History
[edit]In the oldest Mainz Cathedral obituary from about 1100, the name Winterheim crops up for the first time.
Politics
[edit]Municipal council
[edit]The council is made up of 20 council members, plus the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
| CDU | SPD | FWG | Total | |
| 2024 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 20 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 9 June 2024[3])
Twin towns
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Coat of arms
[edit]The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules a saltire couped Or, in base a wheel spoked of six argent; Wheel of Mainz.
Economy and infrastructure
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The municipality's economy was long dominated by winegrowing and fruit growing. Since the state capital is nearby, however, many commercial businesses have also been drawn to the municipal area.
Transport
[edit]- The municipality lies right near the Autobahn A 63 with its Klein-Winternheim (3) interchange.
- The Deutsche Bahn railway station Klein Winternheim-Ober Olm is in the community (Alzey–Mainz line).
References
[edit]- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
- ↑ "Ortsgemeinderat Klein-Winternheim". vg-nieder-olm.de (in German).
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