Siefersheim
Municipality
Coat of arms of Siefersheim
Coat of arms
Location of Siefersheim within Alzey-Worms district
Siefersheim is located in Germany
Siefersheim
Siefersheim
Siefersheim is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Siefersheim
Siefersheim
Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E / 49.783; 7.950
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Wöllstein
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Annerose Kinder[1]
Area
 • Total6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation
153 m (502 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,263
 • Density200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55599
Dialling codes06703
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.siefersheim.de
Siefersheim at sunset
Siefersheim

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

Geography

Location

The municipality lies at Rhenish Hesse’s western edge and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Neighbouring municipalities

Siefersheim’s neighbours are Wonsheim, Wöllstein, Eckelsheim, Gumbsheim and Neu-Bamberg.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]

Mayor

The current mayor is Annerose Kinder.[1]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.

Economy and infrastructure

Siefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the Weingut Wagner-Stempel, as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the Weingut "Alte Schmiede".

Education

References

  1. 1 2 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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