Köngernheim

Köngernheim
Coat of arms
Köngernheim
Location of Köngernheim within Mainz-Bingen district
Coordinates: 49°50′44″N 8°14′48″E / 49.84556°N 8.24667°E / 49.84556; 8.24667Coordinates: 49°50′44″N 8°14′48″E / 49.84556°N 8.24667°E / 49.84556; 8.24667
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Rhein-Selz
Government
• Mayor	Jutta Hoff
Area
• Total	3.63 km2 (1.40 sq mi)
Elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,319
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55278
Dialling codes	06737
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.koengernheim.de

Köngernheim 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 between Mainz and Worms and is a place characterized by agriculture. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rhein-Selz, whose seat is in Oppenheim. To Mainz it is roughly 20 km, to Wiesbaden 41 km and to Frankfurt 57 km.

Köngernheim’s neighbours are Friesenheim, Hahnheim, Selzen and Undenheim.

On 27 February 782, Köngernheim had its first documentary mention in the Lorsch codex as Cuningesheim (meaning “king’s home, or “king’s people’s settlement”). At the second documentary mention in 804, the name was rendered Cuningeroheim.

A church was first mentioned in 1299. The portal’s sandstone walls and a Gothic window go back to the 14th century.

The Catholic church was built in 1931 and 1932. Until that time, the Evangelical church was shared by both denominations.

The council is made up of 16 council members. The factions represented on council are the kreative liste Köngernheim with 8 seats and the FWG and the SPD with 4 seats each.