Aspisheim

Aspisheim
Coat of arms of Aspisheim Coat of arms
Aspisheim
Location of Aspisheim within Mainz-Bingen district 250px
Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
• Mayor	Otto Kost
Area
• Total	5.81 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	898
• Density	150/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55459
Dialling codes	06727
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.aspisheim.de

Aspisheim 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

Aspisheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. The municipality is administered by the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

	FDP	FWG	Total
2004	7	5	12 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale Or a yarn swift sable palewise and sable a lion rampant Or armed argent and langued gules.

Culture and sightseeing

Regular events

On the next-to-last weekend in August the municipality’s residents stage the Rothesfest, a wine and street festival.

Economy and infrastructure

Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 414 state road . The A 61 motorway runs roughly 4 km away from the municipality.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage (German)