Wahlheim | |
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Location of Wahlheim within Alzey-Worms district  | |
  Wahlheim  Wahlheim | |
| Coordinates:49°43′4″N8°6′22″E / 49.71778°N 8.10611°E /49.71778; 8.10611 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Alzey-Worms |
| Municipal assoc. | Alzey-Land |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Ralph Fuchs[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 241 m (791 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 592 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55234 |
| Dialling codes | 06731 |
| Vehicle registration | AZ |
Wahlheim (German pronunciation:[ˈvaːlˌhaɪm]) is anOrtsgemeinde – amunicipality belonging to aVerbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in theAlzey-Worms district inRhineland-Palatinate,Germany. It has 587 inhabitants and an area of 3.27 km2 (1.26 sq mi).
The municipality lies inRhenish Hesse and belongs to theVerbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is inAlzey.
Flowing through Wahlheim is the riverAufspringbach, known farther downstream as the river Weidas. Wahlheim is the centre of thekühler Grund (“Cool Ground”).
Wahlheim's neighbours areEsselborn,Freimersheim andKettenheim.
The village of Wahlheim in theKettenheimer Grund, once known asWalaheim, belonged to CastleAlzey. In 1400,Count PalatineRuprecht III bought two parts of the village and municipal area from theBurgmann Heinrich Bock vonLonsheim. From 1633 the village belonged to theElectorate of the Palatinate. In the municipal area was found an estate of the Waida Monastery near Dautenheim. The 20-piped fountain, called theBrückenbrunnen, that once stood between the two constituent communities was removed.
The council is made up of 12 council members, who were elected bymajority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.[3]
The German blazon reads thus:In Silber auf grünem Dreiberg zwei grüne Ähren schrägrechts und -links gelegt, bewinkelt von drei roten Mohnkapseln.[4]
The municipality'sarms might in Englishheraldic language be described thus: Argent, in base a mount of three vert issuant from the top of which two ears of wheat, one bendwise, the other bendwise sinister of the same, between three poppy bolls palewise slipped gules, one and two.
These arms appear on the municipality's own website.Heraldry of the World, however, shows slightly different arms, with the samecharges, but with the ears’ and bolls’tinctures transposed.[5]
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