Albig
Albigensian is a municipality in the district Alzey- Worms in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Alzey -Land.
- 5.1 Viticulture
- 5.2 traffic
Geographical location
The wine Albigensian located in Rheinhessen and is surrounded largely by vineyards.
History
Traces of Neolithic (Spiral ceramics) and Iron Age settlement ( presumably by the Celts ) were found in Albig. Some finds, including fibula, ring and vessels from a late La Tène temporal grave are exhibited at the Landesmuseum Mainz. On a hill near the Albigensian foundations of a Roman villa rustica were discovered and named in the mistaken assumption that it is a medieval castle, "Schloss Hammerstein ".
The first mention of Albigensian dates from the year 767 to a vineyard deed of gift for the monastery of Lorsch.
From the 14th to the late 18th century the village belonged to Electoral Palatinate gorgeous country and was under the administration and the jurisdiction of the Upper Office Alzey.
After taking the left bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops in 1797, the region was annexed by France. From 1798 to 1814 belonged to the Albigensian Canton Alzey in the department of Thunder Mountain. Albigensian was the capital of a Mairie, who was also Bermersheim.
Because of the 1815 taken at the Congress of Vienna agreements concluded between 1816 and Hesse, Prussia and Austria State Treaty was the region so that the community Albigensian, with the Grand Duchy of Hesse and assigned by this province Rheinhessen. After the dissolution of Rhinehessen cantons the place came in 1835 to the newly established district Alzey, to which he belonged until 1969.
The development of the population of Albigensian, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Policy
Parish council
The local council in Albigensian consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 of personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
The distribution of seats in the local council:
Mayor
- Guenther Trautwein (SPD )
Coat of arms
The coat of arms is divided and shows in the upper box Kurpfälzer lion and the lower field a stylized letter A similar gallows. Further development of a Albiger court seal from the 17th century.
Community partnership
Since 1975, a partnership with the French community Signy L'Abbaye ( Department of Ardennes).
Culture and sights
- Wine and Sun Flower Festival on the penultimate weekend in July
- Notch ( fair ) on the second Sunday in September
- Albigensian is widely famous for a special Rheinhessen specialty that Albiger backesgrumbeere.
See also:
- List of cultural monuments in Albigensian
Economy and infrastructure
Viniculture
Albigensian part of the " wine field Nierstein " in the Rheinhessen region. In the village 24 wineries operate, the area under vines is 345 hectares. Approximately 72 % of the cultivated wine are white wine varietals (as of 2010 ). In 1979, 77 companies were still active, the former vineyard was 284 acres.
Traffic
On the territory of the municipality is the interchange Alzey. The next two motorway junctions are nevertheless good 2 to 3 miles away, these are: Biebelnheim for the A63 and Bornheim for the A61.
In the village there is a tram stop point at which keep the regional rail routes of Alzey- Mainz and Bingen- Alzey -Worms.