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

Flonheim
Municipality
Location of Flonheim within Alzey-Worms district
Flonheim
Flonheim
Coordinates: 49°47′6″N 8°2′24″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAlzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.Alzey-Land
Subdivisions2
Government
  Mayor (201924) Ute Beiser-Hübner[1] (SPD)
Area
  Total14.95 km2 (5.77 sq mi)
Elevation
198 m (650 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total2,745
  Density180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55237
Dialling codes06734
Vehicle registrationAZ
Websitewww.flonheim.de

Geography



Location


The municipality lies in the middle of Rhenish Hesse near the Rhine Valley. Through Flonheim flows the river Wiesbach.


Geology


In Flonheim’s municipal area is an old sandstone quarry at which, until the earlier half of the 20th century, Flonheim sandstone was quarried.


Climate


Yearly precipitation in Flonheim amounts to 532 mm, which is rather low, falling into the lowest tenth of the precipitation chart for all Germany. At 7% of the German Weather Service’s weather stations, even lower figures are recorded. The driest month is January. The most rainfall comes in June. In that month, precipitation is twice what it is in January. Precipitation hardly varies over the year. At 28% of the weather stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.


Neighbouring municipalities


Flonheim’s neighbours are Armsheim, Bornheim, Uffhofen (since 7 June 1969 amalgamated with Flonheim) and Wendelsheim.


History


As early as Roman times, sandstone was being quarried in what is now Flonheim’s municipal area. Some sculptural finds are on display at the Alzey Museum, such as a Viergötterstein (a “four-god stone”, a pedestal on which a Jupiter Column was customarily stood). There has also been a wealth of grave finds from Frankish times, especially a princely grave from the 7th century furnished with weapons.

In 764, Flonheim had its first documentary mention as Flonenheim. In 960 Flonheim was mentioned as the seat of the Emichonen (later called the Counts of Flonheim). About 1133, Waldgrave Emich II endowed an Augustinian church canonical foundation (monastery), which was dissolved in 1554. About 1300, the village was fortified. Until the French Revolution (1792) Flonheim was the seat of a comital Amt.

Halitherium found near Flonheim (Mainz Basin)
Halitherium found near Flonheim (Mainz Basin)

In Flonheim stood an early postal station on the roughly 920 km-long Habsburg postal route running from Innsbruck to Mechelen (north of Brussels), which was run by the family Taxis. It is known that the postal station was running from 1506 to about 1558.

During building work, a fossilized sea cow was unearthed in Flonheim. This is now on display at the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt.


Amalgamations


In the course of administrative reform, the two municipalities of Uffhofen and Flonheim were merged on 7 June 1969 into today’s municipality of Flonheim.


Politics



Municipal council


The council is made up of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairwoman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:[3]

SPDCDUFWGTotal
2009114520 seats
2004114520 seats

Coat of arms


The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Quarterly, first and fourth sable a lion rampant guardant argent langued gules, second Or a lion rampant of the third armed and crowned of the second, and third Or two fish addorsed hauriant of the third.


Town partnerships



Culture and sightseeing



Cinema


In Flonheim is one of Germany’s oldest cinemas (1923), and until his death, Flonheim also had Germany’s oldest projectionist, Hans Frank (1915-2008).[4][5][6]

Flooring (13th century) from the former monastery church
Flooring (13th century) from the former monastery church

Buildings



Regular events



Economy and infrastructure



Transport


The Autobahn A 61 with its Bornheim interchange runs by about 5 km away. The A 63 can be reached through the Autobahnkreuz Alzey, an Autobahn junction. Local public transport is limited to buslines run by Omnibusverkehr Rhein-Nahe, notably to the town of Alzey.

There was once a railway station on the Wiesbachtalbahn in Flonheim.


Education



Famous people



Sons and daughters of the town



References


  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  4. Flonheimer Filmtheater Frank
  5. Das Flonheimer Filmtheater 1923-2004
  6. „Hans im Glück“ Film über den ältesten Filmvorführer im SWR Fernsehen
  7. Picture of relief on Langgasse



На других языках


- [en] Flonheim

[ru] Флонхайм

Флонхайм (нем. Flonheim) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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