Budenheim

Budenheim is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Unlike other municipalities in Mainz-Bingen, it does not belong to any Verbandsgemeinde.GeographyLocationThe Municipality of Budenheim is the only Verbandsgemeinde-free municipality in Mainz-Bingen. The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse, 9 km west of Rhineland-Palatinate’s capital Mainz, and is bordered by the north-flowing Rhine and the Lennebergwald (forest) on the residential community’s south and west.Greatest elevationBudenheim’s greatest elevation is the Lenneberg at 176.8 m, which is in the Lennebergwald. At this spot stands the Lennebergturm (tower), dedicated in 1880 and belonging to the Wander- und Lennebergverein Rheingold Mainz e. V. (a hiking club).HistoryBudenheim had its first documentary mention – albeit undated – as Butenheim in the Lorsch codex in a listing of the Lorsch Abbey’s holdings in and around Mainz (Urkunde-Nr. 1977); this was the municipality’s only mention therein.PoliticsTown councilThe council is made up of 25 council members, counting the fulltime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)Town partnerships Eaubonne, Val-d'Oise, France Isola della Scala, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy Wiesmoor, Aurich district, Lower Saxony The third place listed here is a town in East Frisia with which Budenheim fosters “friendly relations”.