Rommersheim is a Stadtteil (quarter) of the town Wörrstadt in Rheinhessen in the German state Rheinland-Pfalz. It lies in a valley south-west of Wörrstadt.

Rommersheim
Stadtteil of Wörrstadt
Coat of arms
Location of Rommersheim
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Coordinates: 49°49′23″N 8°05′24″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Town	Wörrstadt
Area
• Total	5 km2 (2 sq mi)
Elevation	172 m (564 ft)
Population
• Total	732
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55286
Dialling codes	06732
Vehicle registration	AZ

History

Originally, Rommersheim was called Eichloch. Eichloch is documented the first time 824. January 15, 1931 the village Eichloch has been renamed Rommersheim, after a supposed abandoned nearby village.[1][2] November 7, 1970 Rommersheim with then 432 inhabitants became a suburb of Wörrstadt.[3]

Culture and places of interest

The Nachrichtliches Verzeichnis der Kulturdenkmäler Rheinland-Pfalz für den Landkreis Alzey-Worms of Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe list in particular the following heritage sites in Rommersheim [4]

Buildings

• Am Rathaus 4: Protestant Church (Rommersheim), built between 1733 and 1751
• Am Rathaus 2: former town hall, around 1600, modifications 18th century
• Hauptstraße 11: Hakenhof; baroque studwork building, around 1700
• Hauptstraße 23: baroque half-timbered building, 18th century
• Mittelgasse 1: half-timbered house, 1584, with half-timbered barn of 1664

Places of interest outside the village

• "Eichlocher Feldkreuz", Auf dem Somborn (township): late gothic; three border stones, 1613
• former Jewish cemetery (heritage site): nine grave stones, 1868 to 1909

Infrastructure

Public facilities

The Neubornschwimmbad is an open air public swimming pool, located between Rommersheim and Wörrstadt.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rommersheim (Wörrstadt).

• Zur Geschichte von Rommersheim (Rummersheim), früher Eichloch on regionalgeschichte.net
• Rommersheim – Ein Weindorf in Rheinhessen. Im Jahr 2004 wurde es 1180 Jahre alt
• Rommersheim – Ein Ortsporträt von Hermann Götz SWR Fernsehen, Landesschau Rheinland-Pfalz of May 16, 2009 (incl. film)
• Private Homepage of Rommersheim/Rheinhessen
• History of the Jewish community in Rommersheim
• coat of arms of Rommersheim

References