Bechenheim
Bechenheim is a municipality in the district Alzey- Worms in Rhineland- Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality of Alzey -Land.
Geography
As a wine-growing village Bechenheim located in the largest wine-growing district of Germany and driving southwest in the wine growing region of Rheinhessen. Bechenheim is the highest wine growing district of Rheinhessen. The municipality Bechenheim and the living space house belongs quarry.
History
Bechenheim was first mentioned in 824 in the charter of the monastery of Fulda.
From the 16th to the end of the 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 Bechenheim belonged to the canton of Alzey in the department of Thunder Mountain. Bechenheim was assigned to the Mairie low meadows.
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 Bechenheim, 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 Bechenheim, the values from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:
Parish council
The local council in Bechenheim consists of eight 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:
Viniculture
Bechenheim belongs to the major site " Sybillinenstein " to " wine field Wonnegau " in the Rheinhessen region. In place six wineries operate, the area under vines is 33 hectares. Approximately 76 % of the cultivated wine are white wine varietals (as of 2010 ). In 1979, 22 companies were still active, the former vineyard was 32 acres.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Daniel Bermes, founder of The Daniel Bermes Boulevard Brewery