Gundheim

Gundheim
Coat of arms of Gundheim Coat of arms
Gundheim
Location of Gundheim within Alzey-Worms district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Wonnegau
Government
• Mayor	Gerhard Blüm (CDU)
Area
• Total	4.61 km2 (1.78 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	903
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	67599
Dialling codes	06244
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.gundheim.de

Gundheim 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 in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen.

History

In 774, Gundheim had its first documentary mention in a document from Lorsch Abbey.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 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:

	SPD	CDU	FWG	Total
2004	3	7	2	12 seats
2009	4	5	3	12 seats

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure a talon Or barwise unguled gules, issuant from the top three plumes argent.

What appears on the escutcheon is a canting charge for the noble family that was enfeoffed with Gundheim in 1699. It bore the name Greiffenclau, rather reminiscent of the German words greifen (“grasp” or “seize”) and Klaue (“claw”).

Wineries

Well known Gundheim wineries in the Bergkloster winemaking appellation – Weingroßlage – in the Wonnegau are:

• Hungerbien
• Mandelbrunnen
• Sonnenberg

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)