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Lörzweiler

Coordinates: 49°53′53″N 8°17′40″E / 49.89806°N 8.29444°E / 49.89806; 8.29444
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Lörzweiler
Coat of arms of Lörzweiler
Location of Lörzweiler within Mainz-Bingen district
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Lörzweiler is located in Germany
Lörzweiler
Lörzweiler
Lörzweiler is located in Rhineland-Palatinate
Lörzweiler
Lörzweiler
Coordinates: 49°53′53″N 8°17′40″E / 49.89806°N 8.29444°E / 49.89806; 8.29444
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictMainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.Bodenheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Steffan Haub[1] (CDU)
Area
 • Total5.74 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Elevation
154 m (505 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[2]
 • Total2,334
 • Density410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
55296
Dialling codes06138
Vehicle registrationMZ
Websitewww.loerzweiler.de

Lörzweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

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Location

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The winegrowing centre of roughly 2,300 inhabitants distinguishes itself in particular with its winegrowing areas of Mainzer St. Alban and Niersteiner Gutes Domtal with their vineyards Ölgild, Königstuhl and Hohberg.

In the municipal area's south stands the 175 m-high Königstuhl, upon which on 8 September 1024 Conrad II was reportedly elected. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bodenheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Politics

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Municipal council

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The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

CDU SPD FWG Total
2004 6 6 4 16 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Town partnerships

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Coat of arms

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The municipality's arms might be described thus: Argent a limetree seedling eradicated sable leafed of five veined vert.

Culture and sightseeing

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Regular events

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  • The kermis (church consecration festival) is held by the municipality yearly on the weekend after Ascension Day.
  • Beginning on the first Friday in July, the Weinfest am Königstuhl is held for four days. In November, the great beer testing is traditionally held in the Hohberghalle.
  • Each year on the first weekend in September, the estate festival at the Haub winery takes place.

References

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  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.

Further reading

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In the autobiographical novel Der Lügner (“The Liar”), Ewald Gauer describes, in many small diverting episodes, how he spent his childhood in Lörzweiler in the 1960s.

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