Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Wonsheim 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
As a winegrowing centre, Wonsheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein , whose seat is in the like-named municipality .
Through the municipality flows the river Dunselbach.
History
On 10 June 800, Wonsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Fulda Abbey as Vuanesheim .
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:[ 3]
SPD
WG Haas
Total
2009
3
9
12 seats
2004
3
9
12 seats
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Chapé, lozengy argent and azure, Or an orb banded and charged with a cross bottonnée gules both gemmed of the first and sable a lion rampant of the third armed, langued and crowned of the fourth.
Culture and sightseeing
Buildings
Saint Lambert's Evangelical Church (Lambertuskirche )
Holy Cross Catholic Church (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche )
Town Hall
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
Wonsheim lies near Autobahnen A 61 and A 63 .
References
External links
Town's official webpage] (in German)
Coat of arms