Erpolzheim | |
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Location of Erpolzheim within Bad Dürkheim district  | |
 Location of Erpolzheim | |
  Erpolzheim  Erpolzheim | |
| Coordinates:49°29′21″N08°13′28″E / 49.48917°N 8.22444°E /49.48917; 8.22444 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Bad Dürkheim |
| Municipal assoc. | Freinsheim |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Alexander Kurt Bergner[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.60 km2 (1.39 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 1,320 |
| • Density | 367/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 67167 |
| Dialling codes | 06353 |
| Vehicle registration | DÜW |
Erpolzheim is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theBad Dürkheim district inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany.
The municipality lies in thePalatinate on theGerman Wine Route. Erpolzheim belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Freinsheim, whose seat is in thelike-named town.
In 781, the municipality had its first documentary mention asErbholfesheim.
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:[3]
| SPD | CDU | FWG | Total | |
| 2009 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 seats |
| 2004 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 seats |
The German blazon reads:Von Blau und Silber gespalten, rechts ein halber rotbewehrter silberner Adler am Spalt, links eine aufgerichtete blaue Weintraube mit grünen Blättern.
The municipality’sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: Per pale azure issuant from the line of partition an eagle displayed argent armed and langued gules, and argent abunch of grapes slipped proper reversed.
The village’s oldest known seal from the 16th century bears the eagle as acharge, the device also borne by theCounts of Leiningen, who held the local lordship. Late in that same century, the grapes were added to stand forwinegrowing. Some later seals, however, showed another plant with three leaves. The current arms are based on seals from the 16th and 17th centuries. They have been borne since 17 July 1952.[4]
Each year in May, a culinary walking tour is held for fruit,asparagus andwine with 16 sampling stops offering homemade treats amidst the blossoming fruit groves and vineyards.
Along the 6.5 km walking circuit one finds, besides asparagus dishes, also other specialities and Erpolzheim wines.
Each year on the second-last weekend in August, theWeinkerwe (wine fair) is held.
At theErpolzheimer Martinsmarkt (market) in November, artists display their works in the open courtyards.
In Erpolzheim, the following wineries and wine estates can be found:
Erpolzheim lies on the single-track Neustadt an der Weinstrasse - Bad Dürkheim - Freinsheim – Grünstadtrailway line and it has a stop with a lovelyrailway station building, although it is not used as such, but rather as a house. In the village centre up by the church is a bus stop served by buses on theBusverkehr Rhein-Neckar (BRN) route 453.
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