- Wendelsheim
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
image_photo = wendelsheim-view2.jpg
Wappen = Coat of arms wendelsheim.jpg
lat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 50 |lat_sec = 08
lon_deg = 08 |lon_min = 03 |lon_sec = 05
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Alzey-Worms
Verbandsgemeinde = Wöllstein
Höhe = 127
Fläche = 12.56
Einwohner = 1432
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 55234
Vorwahl = 06734
Kfz = AZ
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 31 070
Adresse-Verband = Bahnhofstraße 10
55597 WöllsteinWendelsheim is a local municipality in
Rhineland-Palatinate ,Germany .It is located in the heart of Germany's largest winegrowing areaRheinhessen , 10 kilometers to the west ofAlzey . The village is surrounded by two brooks what fostered the settlement of several water mills in the late Middle Ages. Viniculture is still an important economic sector nowadays.History
As "Wenilsheim" it was documented for the first time in
766 in theLorsch Codex . Thoughcelt ic vestiges indicate a considerably anterior cultural history.In the Middle Ages Wendelsheim was intermittently reigned by the
lords of Calw and a nobility called "Wildgrafen" (Deerlords).During the
German Mediatisation the enire district was assigned to theGrand Duchy of Hesse .After theSecond World War Wendelsheim was finally reassigned to the newly created federal state rhineland palatinateCoat of arms
The arms show the lion of the so-called Wildgrafen counts, and The silver bar of the Rheingrafen counts. The two salmon are canting for the Counts of Salm, who were the last Lords of Wendelsheim and successors of the two other dynasties. The arms first appeared on the local seal of 1775. The two blue stripes in the upper left corner are also said to symbolise the two brooks
Wiesbach andFinkenbach , that encircle the village of Wendelsheim.Objects of interest
*
Schinderhannes -cave
* wineyard-cottages and Trulli
* ancient mills
* ChateauSalm-Salm - built in 1758 by LordCarl Magnus
* Teufelsrutsch-Felsen (devil´s slide )
* St.-Martin's-church
* birthplace ofFriedrich Christian Laukhard and Laukhard memorialIndustry
Besides the viticultural industry, an Institute for Microtechnology is an important employer in the area.
External links
* [http://www.woellstein.de/Ortsgemeinden/Wendelsheim/wendelsheim.htm Ortsgemeinde Wendelsheim] (German)
* [http://www.rheinhessen.regionalgeschichte.net/3265.html Regionalgeschichte] (German)
* [http://www.woellstein.de/Ortsgemeinden/Wendelsheim/mehr_uber_Wendelsheim/mehr_uber_wendelsheim.htm Geschichte] (German)
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