Ober-Hilbersheim

Ober-Hilbersheim
Ober-Hilbersheim
Location of Ober-Hilbersheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates	49°53′59″N 8°01′44″E / 49.89972°N 8.02889°E / 49.89972; 8.02889Coordinates: 49°53′59″N 8°01′44″E / 49.89972°N 8.02889°E / 49.89972; 8.02889
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Gau-Algesheim
Mayor	Heiko Schmuck
Basic statistics
Area	7.38 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Elevation	254 m  (833 ft)
Population	1,050 (31 December 2010)[1]
- Density	142 /km2 (368 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	MZ
Postal code	55437
Area code	06728
Website	www.ober-hilbersheim.de

Ober-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 on the Welzbach and is an agriculturally based community. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.

History

In 1108, Ober-Hilbersheim had its first documentary mention as Hilbridisheim.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected in a municipal election held on 13 June 2004 by majority vote.

Mayors

• 1946-????: Karl Lahr (FDP, as of 1956 FVP, as of 1957 DP)
• ????-2011: Heiko Schmuck

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Azure a horse’s head couped at the neck Or langued gules.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

• The Ober-Hilbersheim Wine and Art Fair takes place early every July.
• The Ober-Hilbersheim Christmas Market is held on the second weekend in Advent.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 415 state road. The Autobahnen A 60, A 61 and A 63 can be reached by car in 10 to 20 minutes.

Education

• 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. 

Further reading

Schmuck, Heiko: Ober-Hilbersheim. Illustrierte Dokumentation eines rheinhessischen Dorfes im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert. Horb am Neckar 1999.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)
• Homepage of Bürgerinitiative Umwelt und Gesundheit Ober-Hilbersheim e.V. (“Ober-Hilbersheim Environment and Health Citizens’ Initiative”) and information page about Ober-Hilbersheim (German)

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.