Essenheim

Essenheim is a municipality in the district Mainz -Bingen, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Nieder-Olm.

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Geographical location

The wine Essenheim located in Rheinhessen southwest of Mainz. To Essenheim includes the living space Neumühlestrasse.

History

In the 18th century, many Essenheimer emigrated to Pennsylvania and settled there, especially in the area of the Kreutz Creek in what is now York County. The language of the emigrants - the Pennsylvaniadeutsche - has remained there to this day. Even the most famous pennsylvaniadeutsche dialect poet Henry Harbaugh (1817-1867) has family roots in Essenheim.

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Essenheim consists of 20 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Regular events

So far, every year in late August took place the Essenheimer notch. From 2007 she has moved to the second weekend in September.

Furthermore, the Essenheimer celebrate every year in July the Domherrnfest. In addition to exquisite wines, the well-attended road and farm festival also offers a variety of culinary highlights with music by various artists.

Economy and infrastructure

Essenheim is dominated by vineyards and orchards.

Traffic

The municipality is located in close proximity to the Federal Highway 63 to the junction Nieder-Olm (4). A station of the Deutsche Bahn is located in the adjacent low -Olm.

A city bus and a local bus line, run through Essenheim: Line 75 of the MVG and ORN (Mainz Ingelheim ) and line 650 of the ORN ( Mainz to Sprendlingen ). The two lines complement each from Monday to Saturday in the rush hour to a 30 -minute intervals.