Mettenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate
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Location of Mettenheim within Alzey-Worms district
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| Coordinates: 49°44′24″N 8°19′33″E / 49.74000°N 8.32583°ECoordinates: 49°44′24″N 8°19′33″E / 49.74000°N 8.32583°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Alzey-Worms | |
| Municipal assoc. | Eich | |
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| • Mayor | Maximilian Abstein (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 6.41 km2 (2.47 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 87 m (285 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 1,646 | |
| • Density | 260/km2 (670/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 67582 | |
| Dialling codes | 06242 | |
| Vehicle registration | AZ | |
| Website | www.mettenheim-rlp.de | |
Mettenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse between Worms and Mainz. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Eich, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
Yearly precipitation in Mettenheim amounts to 558 mm, which is low, falling into the lowest fourth of the precipitation chart for all Germany. Only at 12% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations are even lower figures recorded. The driest month is January. The most rainfall comes in July. In that month, precipitation is twice what it is in January. Precipitation varies moderately. At 51% of the weather stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.
Mettenheim was mentioned as early as 873 in the Annales Wormatienses as a Roman colony. It was originally held by the Bishop of Worms, but, still in early times, the Counts of Leiningen were enfeoffed with it, later counting it as being among their ancestral holdings. Towards the end of the 17th century, the village ended up in the Frankfurt merchant Canpoing’s ownership, from whom it then passed to the Counts of Wartenberg. In 1393, a castle at Mettenheim was mentioned, whose owners, the Chamberlains and Knights of Fleckenstein, sold it at that time to the City of Worms.
The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
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