Esselborn
Coat of arms of Esselborn
Location of Esselborn within Alzey-Worms district
Esselborn   is located in Germany
Esselborn
Esselborn
Esselborn   is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Esselborn
Esselborn
Coordinates: 49°42′55″N 08°07′07″E / 49.71528°N 8.11861°E / 49.71528; 8.11861
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Alzey-Land
Government
  Mayor (201924) Jan Weindorf[1]
Area
  Total4.10 km2 (1.58 sq mi)
Elevation
229 m (751 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total402
  Density98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55234
Dialling codes06731
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.gemeinde-esselborn.de

Esselborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse.

History

In 763, Esselborn had its first documentary mention. Held at first by the Lords of Strahlenberg, Esselborn was then an Electoral Palatinate possession as of 1408.

Church in Esselborn, 13th century

Politics

Town council

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3]

OberhellmannReßlerTotal
2009538 seats

In 2004 there was an election by majority vote.

Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Argent two batons per saltire gules, the one in bend sinister surmounting the other, fastened thereto with a nail, and with a branch couped palewise in base dexter, in base a rose twig vert with one rose of the second barbed and seeded proper.

References

  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
  3. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat


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