Waldalgesheim
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Location of Waldalgesheim within Mainz-Bingen district
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| Coordinates: 49°57′04″N 7°50′11″E / 49.95111°N 7.83639°ECoordinates: 49°57′04″N 7°50′11″E / 49.95111°N 7.83639°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| District | Mainz-Bingen | |
| Municipal assoc. | Rhein-Nahe | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Stefan Reichert (CDU) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 16.01 km2 (6.18 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 4,015 | |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 55425 | |
| Dialling codes | 06721 | |
| Vehicle registration | MZ | |
| Website | www.waldalgesheim.de | |
Waldalgesheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is best known as the site of the Iron Age Waldalgesheim chariot burial.
The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. Since 2003, Waldalgesheim has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Waldalgesheim lies on the southeast edge of the Hunsrück between Koblenz and Bad Kreuznach, south of the Bingen Forest (Binger Wald) and west of the river Nahe, some 6 km west of Bingen.
Waldalgesheim’s neighbours are Weiler, Rümmelsheim and Stromberg, and towards Genheim Waldlaubersheim, Roth and Schweppenhausen.
Genheim is Waldalgesheim’s only outlying Ortsteil.
The village is mainly famous as the site of the Waldalgesheim chariot burial (German: Waldalgesheimer Fürstengrab), a 4th-century BC Celtic princely chariot burial, discovered in 1869. The jewellery found in the burial has given its name to the "Waldalgesheim Style" of artifacts of the La Tène culture, a more fluid and confident style of decoration than early Celtic art, with Greek and Etruscan influences. The objects from the burial site were dug up by the farmer who found them on his land. The site was not investigated by archaeologists, and has recently been covered by a housing development.
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