Ockenheim

Ockenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationThe winegrowing centre lies in Rhenish Hesse, and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.HistoryIn 835, Ockenheim had its first documentary mention. The Marian monastery St. Maria ad Gradus in Mainz held a considerable share of the local landholdings and in return saw to it that the place was supplied with pastoral care.Population developmentBy opening up new residential areas and a commercial area, Ockenheim grew and the original settlement pattern was changed.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 19 council members, counting the mayor, with seats apportioned thus:The council’s size is fixed at 16 seats. The mayor and the two deputies are, given their offices, on the council as well .Elections 2014:SPD: 1CDU: 10BWO: 5Town partnerships Povegliano Veronese, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy