Essenheim

Essenheim
Coat of arms
Essenheim
Location of Essenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates: 49°55′50″N 8°09′20″E / 49.93056°N 8.15556°E / 49.93056; 8.15556Coordinates: 49°55′50″N 8°09′20″E / 49.93056°N 8.15556°E / 49.93056; 8.15556
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Nieder-Olm
Government
• Mayor	Hans-Erich Blodt (SPD)
Area
• Total	10.51 km2 (4.06 sq mi)
Elevation	148 m (486 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	3,439
• Density	330/km2 (850/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55270
Dialling codes	06136
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.essenheim.de

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

Essenheim lies in Rhenish Hesse southwest of Mainz. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.

Elections in 2014:

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale sable and Or two lions combattant, the dexter of the second armed, langued and crowned gules, the sinister with double tail of the third armed and langued azure.

The Essenheim kermis (church consecration festival, locally known as the Kerb) was once held in late August, but since 2007, it has been held on the second weekend in September.

Essenheim also celebrates a canons’ festival (Domherrnfest). Besides selected wines, the street and courtyard festival offers a great many culinary highlights with background music by various artists.

Essenheim is characterized by winegrowing and fruitgrowing.