Siefersheim

Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Siefersheim within Alzey-Worms district

(2019–24) Annerose Kinder^[1]Area

• Total6.28 km² (2.42 sq mi)Elevation

153 m (502 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total1,258 • Density200/km² (520/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

55599

Dialling codes06703Vehicle registrationAZWebsitewww.siefersheim.de

Siefersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

Location

The municipality lies at Rhenish Hesse’s western edge and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Neighbouring municipalities

Siefersheim’s neighbours are Wonsheim, Wöllstein, Eckelsheim, Gumbsheim and Neu-Bamberg.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.^[3]

Mayor

The current mayor is Annerose Kinder.^[1]

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.

Economy and infrastructure

Siefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the Weingut Wagner-Stempel, as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the Weingut "Alte Schmiede".

Education

Grundschule Siefersheim (primary school)

References

^ ^a ^b Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Alzey-Worms, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
^ Kommunalwahl Rheinland-Pfalz 2009, Gemeinderat