Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Aspisheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Aspisheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. The municipality is administered by the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
Politics
Municipal council
The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
Elections |
FDP |
Free voters FWG |
Free voters WGG |
Total
|
2014 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
12 seats
|
2009 |
7 |
5 |
– |
12 seats
|
2004 |
7 |
5 |
– |
12 seats
|
- FWG = Freie Wählergruppe Aspisheim e.V.
Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale Or a yarn swift sable palewise and sable a lion rampant Or armed argent and langued gules.
Culture and sightseeing
Regular events
On the next-to-last weekend in August the municipality's residents stage the Rothesfest, a wine and street festival.
Economy and infrastructure
Transport
The municipality is crossed by the L 414 state road . The A 61 motorway runs roughly 4 km away from the municipality.
References
External links
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Aspisheim.