Wonsheim
{{Infobox German location
|image_coa = DEU Wonsheim COA.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|49|46|59|N|7|57|45|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|image_plan = Wonsheim in AZ.svg
|state = Rheinland-Pfalz
|district = Alzey-Worms
|Verbandsgemeinde = Wöllstein
|elevation = 178
|area = 8.79
|postal_code = 55599
|area_code = 06703
|licence = AZ
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 31 075
|website = [http://www.wonsheim-rhh.de/ www.wonsheim-rhh.de]
|mayor = Jochen Emrich[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3310000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
|leader_term = 2019–24
|party =
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Wonsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
= Location =
As a winegrowing centre, Wonsheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.
Through the municipality flows the river Dunselbach.
History
On 10 June 800, Wonsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Fulda Abbey as Vuanesheim.
Politics
= Municipal council =
The council is made up of 12 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:{{Cite web|title=LWL RLP - Kommunalwahlen: Ergebnisse der Ratswahlen: Wahlergebnisse 2009: Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen:|url=https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2009/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3310507500.html|access-date=2021-05-19|website=www.wahlen.rlp.de}}
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| | SPD | WG Haas | Total |
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| 2009 | 3 | 9 | 12 seats |
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| 2004 | 3 | 9 | 12 seats |
= Coat of arms =
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Chapé, lozengy argent and azure, Or an orb banded and charged with a cross bottonnée gules both gemmed of the first and sable a lion rampant of the third armed, langued and crowned of the fourth.
Culture and sightseeing
= Buildings =
- Saint Lambert's Evangelical Church (Lambertuskirche)
- Holy Cross Catholic Church (Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche)
- Town Hall
Economy and infrastructure
= Transport =
References
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External links
- [http://www.wonsheim.de/ Municipality’s official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
Town's official webpage] {{in lang|de}}
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