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Gerolsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Gerolsheim
Municipality
Location of Gerolsheim within Bad Dürkheim district
MeckenheimCarlsbergLindenbergLambrechtObrigheimBattenbergWorms
Gerolsheim
Gerolsheim
Coordinates: 49°32′50″N 08°15′50″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictBad Dürkheim
Municipal assoc.Leiningerland
Government
  Mayor (201924) Erich Weyer[1]
Area
  Total4.81 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Elevation
104 m (341 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
  Total1,750
  Density360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67229
Dialling codes06238
Vehicle registrationDÜW
Websitewww.gerolsheim.de

Geography



Location


The municipality lies in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Leiningerland, which was formed in 2018, and whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the Verbandsgemeinde.


History


In 915, Gerolsheim had its first documentary mention as Geroltesheimero.

Until 1969, the municipality belonged to the now abolished district of Frankenthal. In 1972 came the amalgamation with the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Grünstadt-Land.

The Sondermülldeponie Gerolsheim (“Special Garbage Dump”) was closed in 2003 after decades-long efforts by residents to reach that goal.


Religion


In 2007, 41.2% of the inhabitants were Evangelical and 29.5% Catholic. The rest belonged to other faiths or adhered to none.[3]


Politics


Gerolsheim town hall
Gerolsheim town hall

Municipal council


The council is made up of 16 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:[4]

SPDCDUFWGTotal
200943916 seats
20045-1116 seats

Mayor


In the mayoral election, 1,421 citizens were eligible to vote, of whom 919 actually went to the polls. Ortsbürgermeister (Mayor) Erich Weyer (FWG) was confirmed in his office with 713 votes (79.7%) against opponent Volker Rossel’s (SPD) 182 votes (20.3%).


Coat of arms


In Rot ein dreizackiges silbernes Fischspeereisen, unten beidseits von je einer goldenen Rose mit blauen Butzen beseitet.

The municipality’s arms is described thus: In Rot ein dreizackiges silbernes Fischspeereisen, unten beidseits von je einer goldenen Rose mit blauen Butzen beseitet. It might in English heraldic language be described thus: Gules the head of a trident palewise argent, the points to chief, between two roses Or seeded azure in base.

The arms were approved in 1926 by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior and go back to a seal from 1541. The trident stands for the church’s patron saint, Leodegar.[5]


Famous people



Honorary citizens



Further reading



References


  1. Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Dürkheim, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
  3. KommWis, Stand: 31.12.2007 Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat
  5. Karl Heinz Debus: Das große Wappenbuch der Pfalz. Neustadt an der Weinstraße 1988, ISBN 3-9801574-2-3



На других языках


- [en] Gerolsheim

[ru] Герольсхайм

Герольсхайм (нем. Gerolsheim) — коммуна в Германии, в земле Рейнланд-Пфальц.



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