Appenheim

Appenheim
Coat of arms
Appenheim
Location of Appenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates: 49°55′47″N 8°01′59″E / 49.92972°N 8.03306°E / 49.92972; 8.03306Coordinates: 49°55′47″N 8°01′59″E / 49.92972°N 8.03306°E / 49.92972; 8.03306
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Gau-Algesheim
Government
• Mayor	Georg Schacht (SPD)
Area
• Total	6.98 km2 (2.69 sq mi)
Elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,406
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55437
Dialling codes	06725
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.appenheim.de

Appenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The municipality lies southwest of Mainz and is an agricultural community. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Through the municipal area flow both the Welzbach and the Wethbach.

In 882, Appenheim had its first documentary mention in the Prüm Abbey’s “Golden Book”.

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

Elections in 2014:

The Appenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) is always held in early June.

The municipality is crossed by Landesstraße (state road) 415. The Autobahnen A 60 and A 63 can be reached by car in ten to twenty minutes.

There are a municipal kindergarten and a primary school, Grundschule Welzbachtal.

The Appenheimer Hundertgulden vineyard on the slopes of the Westerberg is the vineyard with the highest carbonate content of all in Germany. From this come wines with a fruity sourness at high pH levels which are quite mineral-laden but nevertheless very salubrious.