Nieder-Hilbersheim

Nieder-Hilbersheim
Nieder-Hilbersheim
Location of Nieder-Hilbersheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates	49°54′47″N 8°02′30″E / 49.91306°N 8.04167°E / 49.91306; 8.04167Coordinates: 49°54′47″N 8°02′30″E / 49.91306°N 8.04167°E / 49.91306; 8.04167
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Gau-Algesheim
Mayor	Franz Mersch
Basic statistics
Area	4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Elevation	244 m  (801 ft)
Population	632 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	138 /km2 (357 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZ
Postal code	55437
Area code	06728
Website	www.nieder-hilbersheim.de

Nieder-Hilbersheim 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 southwest of Mainz in the Welzbach valley and is characterized by agriculture. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 933, Nieder-Hilbersheim had its first documentary mention in a document from the Seligenstadt Abbey.

In the endowment letter from the Disbodenberg Monastery in 1108, Nieder-Hilbersheim is mentioned for the first time as Hilbriedesheim

After 1300, the name Nieder-Hilbersheim first came up in documents.

In 1334 a church is mentioned for the first time, and is believed to have been consecrated to Saint Martin, which yielded today’s coat of arms, which show Saint Martin cutting a piece of his cloak off for a beggar. At this point, the community belonged to the Electoral Palatinate Oberamt of Stromberg.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members, not counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

	SPD	CDU	FWG	Total
2004	3	2	7	12 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

The Nieder-Hilbersheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) is always held on the second weekend in September. A farmer’s and craftsman’s market is held each year on the third weekend in October.

Economy and infrastructure

Agriculture

Nieder-Hilbersheim grows grapes for both white and red wine, and also fruit and asparagus.

Transport

The municipality is crossed by Landesstraße (state road) 415. The A 60 and A 63 autobahns can be reached by car in 10 to 20 minutes.

Education

Nieder-Hilbersheim has a municipal kindergarten.

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. 

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.