Hillesheim, Mainz-Bingen
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Location of Hillesheim within Mainz-Bingen district
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| Coordinates: 49°46′35″N 8°15′22″E / 49.77639°N 8.25611°ECoordinates: 49°46′35″N 8°15′22″E / 49.77639°N 8.25611°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Mainz-Bingen | |
| Municipal assoc. | Rhein-Selz | |
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| • Mayor | Helmut Schmitt (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5.54 km2 (2.14 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 181 m (594 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 632 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (300/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67586 | |
| Dialling codes | 06733 | |
| Vehicle registration | MZ | |
| Website | www.hillesheim-rhh.de | |
Hillesheim 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 belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz.
Hillesheim’s neighbours are Dittelsheim-Heßloch, Dolgesheim, Dorn-Dürkheim, Frettenheim, Gau-Odernheim and Eimsheim.
Hillesheim has two centres, Ortskern, or municipal core, and Bahnhof, or railway station. In the outlying centre of Bahnhof stands the former railway station once served by the Osthofen–Gau Odernheim line and used together with the neighbouring municipality of Dorn-Dürkheim.
In the 13th century, Hillesheim had its first documentary mention, although the laying of the churchtower’s foundation stone has been dated to 1204. In 1387, ownership of Hillesheim was divided up: The Kirchbergteil (Teil means “part” in German) went to Rosenthal Convent at the Donnersberg (“Thunder Mountain”) whereas the Haßlocher Teil remained in Imperial hands. Despite changing ruling relationships in the centuries that followed, the two parts remained apart.
In 1792, Hillesheim was occupied by the French Revolutionary Army, and passed to the French department of Donnersberg. In 1814, Russian forces crossed the Rhine to vanquish Emperor Napoleon. The soldiers, however, died to a man of a sickness and were buried on the Kirchberg (mountain). In 1816, Hillesheim passed to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and was assigned in the time that followed first to the Alzey district and then in 1852 to the newly founded Oppenheim district.
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