Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim | |
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Location of Zotzenheim within Mainz-Bingen district ![]() | |
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 (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 627 |
• Density | 200/km2 (510/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 is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
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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.
Economy and infrastructure
Wineries
Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:
- Weingut Werner Pitthan
- Weingut Philipp Schnell
- Weingut Siebenhof
- Weingut Scheffer
- Weingut Saulheimer
There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.
Other businesses
In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
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- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen (in German)