Monzingen

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Monzingen

Location of Monzingen within Bad Kreuznach district

Coordinates: 49°47′57″N 7°35′28″E / 49.79926°N 7.59106°ECoordinates: 49°47′57″N 7°35′28″E / 49.79926°N 7.59106°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Hans-Jürgen Eckert

Area

• Total

12.18 km² (4.70 sq mi)

Elevation

180 m (590 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)

• Total

1,605

• Density

130/km² (340/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

55569

06751

Website

www.Monzingen.de
www.meinMonzingen.de

Monzingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Sobernheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Monzingen is a more than 1,200-year-old winegrowing village and a state-recognized recreational resort (Erholungsort).

Monzingen lies in a side valley of the Middle Nahe, flowing through which is the Gaulsbach. To the north, east and west, the village is framed by mountains that reach 250 to 300 m above sea level, whereas to the south, the valley opens out towards the River Nahe. The village’s centre is formed by the 200 m-high Kirchberg (“Church Hill”) on which stands the 13th-century Martinskirche (Saint Martin’s Church). The houses stretch along a mountain slope that gently falls off from west to east. The newest buildings stand mainly on an easterly hill towards Nußbaum, looming above the old village core with its historical buildings. To the south in the Nahe valley, across Bundesstraße 41 and the Nahe Valley Railway, lie the commercial park, sport facilities and one of the Nahe valley’s biggest campgrounds. The surrounding mountain slopes are covered with mixed forest or, on the south slopes, are mainly used for winegrowing. A few vineyards that were long ago given up are now covered with bush. On the steep slopes of the well known Monzingen vineyards Frühlingsplätzchen and Halenberg, however, there is still intensive winegrowing.

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