Appenheim

Appenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies southwest of Mainz and is an agricultural community. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Through the municipal area flow both the Welzbach and the Wethbach.HistoryIn 882, Appenheim had its first documentary mention in the Prüm Abbey’s “Golden Book”.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 17 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:Elections in 2014:CDU: 7 seatsSPD: 7 seatsFDP: 2 seatsTown partnerships Apfelstädt, Gotha district, Thuringia Marano di Valpolicella, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy