Klein-Winternheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Klein-Winternheim
within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
 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
editLocation
editKlein-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
editIn the oldest Mainz Cathedral obituary from about 1100, the name Winterheim crops up for the first time.
Politics
editMunicipal council
editThe 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
editThe 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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