Dalheim, Rhineland-Palatinate

Dalheim
Dalheim
Location of Dalheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates	49°49′36″N 8°17′43″E / 49.82667°N 8.29528°E / 49.82667; 8.29528Coordinates: 49°49′36″N 8°17′43″E / 49.82667°N 8.29528°E / 49.82667; 8.29528
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Nierstein-Oppenheim
Mayor	Willhard Leib
Basic statistics
Area	6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Elevation	179 m  (587 ft)
Population	1,022 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	161 /km2 (418 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZ
Postal code	55278
Area code	06249
Website	www.dalheim-rheinhessen.de

Dalheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies between Mainz and Worms in Rhenish Hesse and is an agricultural community. The winemaking centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nierstein-Oppenheim, whose seat is in Oppenheim.

Neighbouring municipalities

• Köngernheim
• Dexheim
• Weinolsheim
• Uelversheim

History

In 766, Dalheim had its first documentary mention.

Religion

Jewish community

In the 19th century there was a small Jewish community in Dalheim. In 1861 the Jewish population peaked at 30. A synagogue was first mentioned in 1847. It was defiled by unknown perpetrators in July 1890 and is believed to have closed shortly thereafter. Most of the Jews had by then already been drawn to the cities or had emigrated. A small Jewish graveyard consecrated in the summer of 1858 and still preserved today is now the only witness to the municipality’s Jewish history^[2][3]

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

	SPD	FWG	CDU	Total
2004	6	6	4	16 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Mayor

• Alfred Kalbfuß

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure Saint George in his glory armoured argent, at his feet and with his foot sinister on its neck a dragon couchant sinister gules, its head turned towards Saint George who is thrusting a lance bendwise Or into its mouth.

The example of the arms shown in this article does not show the tinctures. The ones mentioned above, however, are those appearing in the original German blazon.

Regular events

Mid-May is the time each year for Dalheim’s kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb).

References

1. ^ "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. 
2. ^ Information on Jewish history
3. ^ Information and photos on the Jewish graveyard

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.