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OffsteinLocation of Offstein within Alzey-Worms district
Coordinates 49°36′22″N 8°14′17″E / 49.60611°N 8.23806°ECoordinates: 49°36′22″N 8°14′17″E / 49.60611°N 8.23806°E Administration Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Alzey-Worms Municipal assoc. Monsheim Mayor Robert Kuhn Basic statistics Area 5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi) Elevation 118 m (387 ft) Population 1,784 (31 December 2010)[1] - Density 316 /km2 (819 /sq mi) Other information Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Licence plate AZ Postal code 67591 Area code 06243 Website www.offstein.de 
Former Offstein railway station with disused tracks
Offstein in the Wonnegau is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
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Geography
Location
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Monsheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 16 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[2]:
SPD GfO FWG Total 2009 7 - 9 16 seats 2004 6 6 4 16 seats 1999 6 7 3 16 seats Mayors
- 1975 - 1994 Otto Bergner (SPD)
- 1994 - present Robert Kuhn (independent)
Economy and infrastructure
In the neighbouring hamlet of Neuoffstein, which belongs to Obrigheim, is found the Südzucker-Werk Offstein, a sugar factory and Offstein’s most important employer.
Famous people
Sons and daughters of the town
- Ernst Walter Görisch, Landrat of Alzey-Worms district.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden am 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 31 December 2010. http://www.statistik.rlp.de/fileadmin/dokumente/berichte/A1033_201022_hj_G.pdf.
- ^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
External links
- Municipality’s official webpage (German)
- Verbandsgemeinde of Monsheim (German)
- This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.
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