Sulzheim, Rhineland-Palatinate

Sulzheim
Coat of arms
Sulzheim
Location of Sulzheim within Alzey-Worms district
Coordinates: 49°50′38″N 8°5′36″E / 49.84389°N 8.09333°E / 49.84389; 8.09333Coordinates: 49°50′38″N 8°5′36″E / 49.84389°N 8.09333°E / 49.84389; 8.09333
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Wörrstadt
Government
• Mayor	Gudrun Kayser
Area
• Total	6.07 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Elevation	149 m (489 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,062
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55286
Dialling codes	06732
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.sulzheim-rhh.de

Sulzheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

As a winegrowing centre, Sulzheim lies in Germany’s biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wörrstadt, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

The municipality’s highest elevation is the Schildberg at 209 m above sea level. The Sulzheimer Bach rises north of the municipality.

Sulzheim’s neighbours are Armsheim, Ensheim, Gau-Bickelheim, Gau-Weinheim, Spiesheim, Vendersheim, Wallertheim and Wörrstadt.

In 766, Sulzheim had its first documentary mention.

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.

Sainte-Suzanne is the seat of the like-named canton, and it is with this administrative unit that Sulzheim is partnered, thanks to the initiative of Adam Becker from Sulzheim and Victor Julien, conseiller général, maire de Thorigné-en-Charnie, both honorary citizens of Sulzheim. A square in Sulzheim bears Victor Julien’s name; a street in Blandouet bears Adam Becker’s. Sainte-Suzanne has a square de Sulzheim, and Vaiges a rue de Sulzheim. In Sulzheim is a street named Ste.-Suzanner-Straße.