Gensingen

Gensingen is a municipality in the district Mainz -Bingen, in Rhineland -Palatinate. It belongs to the municipality Sprendlingen gene Ingen, which has its headquarters in the town of Sprendlingen.

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Geography

Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the Nahe. To Gensingen and the living space is one of the old mill.

Neighboring municipalities are (clockwise): Grolsheim, Bingen am Rhein, Horrweiler, Welgesheim, Biebelsheim, Bad Kreuznach and Langenlonsheim

History

The place was first mentioned 768 in a deed of gift for the monastery Lorsch.

The development of the population of Gensingen, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Gensingen 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.

Allocation of seats in the local council:

Community partnership

With Gensingen the commune Pierre -de- Bresse in Burgundy is connected through a community partnership.

Culture and sights

The evangelical church with historic silent organ was built in 1774/1778 and restored in 2000. There are regular concerts.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Gensingen

Economy and infrastructure

Businesses in the community Gensingen are the furniture manufacturer Bretz and the seedlings company Kientzler.

Traffic

South of Gensingen is the end of the four-lane extension to the federal highway 41, which is run on the Autobahn 61. The two-lane bypasses part of the community on a common line with the federal highway 50 in north-south direction.

West of the ring road on the 4.5 km long country road with 242 federal road 48 is connected at Langenlonsheim on the left near side.

To the north is a connection from the main road 41 ( old) to the triangle Nahe Valley, at the western end of the Rhein- Main- range of federal highway 60 is connected to the A61.

At the station in Gensingen trains to the Middle Valley Railway and the Rheinhessen web.

Personalities

  • Reinhard Leisenheimer (* 1939 in Gensingen ), singer
  • Peter Paul Nahm (1901-1981), Secretary of State
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