Klein-Winternheim

Klein-Winternheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationKlein-Winternheim lies seven kilometres south of Mainz in Rhenish Hesse. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.HistoryIn the oldest Mainz Cathedral obituary from about 1100, the name Winterheim crops up for the first time.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 20 council members, plus the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)Town partnerships Muizon, Marne, France Elxleben, Sömmerda district, Thuringia – close contacts since 1990Coat of armsThe municipality’s arms might be described thus: Gules a saltire couped Or, in base a wheel spoked of six argent; Wheel of Mainz.