Dienheim

Dienheim
Coat of arms
Dienheim
Location of Dienheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates: 49°50′25″N 8°21′2″E / 49.84028°N 8.35056°E / 49.84028; 8.35056Coordinates: 49°50′25″N 8°21′2″E / 49.84028°N 8.35056°E / 49.84028; 8.35056
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Rhein-Selz
Government
• Mayor	Norbert Jochem
Area
• Total	9.90 km2 (3.82 sq mi)
Elevation	90-120 m (−300 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	2,144
• Density	220/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55276
Dialling codes	06133
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.dienheim.de

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

Dienheim lies between Mainz and Worms, in Rhenish Hesse. The winemaking centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim.

In the 8th century, Dienheim had its first documentary mention. The village passed in Charlemagne’s time to the Fulda Abbey. Later it ended up as an Imperial pledge in Electoral Palatinate’s ownership.

From the early 13th century, the Barons of Dienheim are witnessed, later, from the 16th to 18th century, being assigned to the Rhenish Knightly District’s (Rheinischer Ritterkreis) canton of Oberrheinstrom.

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

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale sable and argent a lion rampant Or armed gules and a cross of the first.

The municipality lies on Bundesstraße 9 linking Mainz with Worms. Since December 2007, the B 9, which had until then run through the built-up area, has run instead along a bypass alongside the railway line.

The Autobahnen A 60 and A 63 can each be reached in roughly 20 minutes.