Esselborn is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Esselborn | |
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Municipality | |
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Location of Esselborn within Alzey-Worms district ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 49°42′55″N 08°07′07″E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Alzey-Worms |
Municipal assoc. | Alzey-Land |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Jan Weindorf[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 4.10 km2 (1.58 sq mi) |
Elevation | 229 m (751 ft) |
Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 389 |
• Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55234 |
Dialling codes | 06731 |
Vehicle registration | AZ |
Website | www.gemeinde-esselborn.de |
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse.
In 763, Esselborn had its first documentary mention. Held at first by the Lords of Strahlenberg, Esselborn was then an Electoral Palatinate possession as of 1408.
The council is made up of 8 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:[3]
Oberhellmann | Reßler | Total | |
2009 | 5 | 3 | 8 seats |
In 2004 there was an election by majority vote.
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Argent two batons per saltire gules, the one in bend sinister surmounting the other, fastened thereto with a nail, and with a branch couped palewise in base dexter, in base a rose twig vert with one rose of the second barbed and seeded proper.
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