Lörzweiler is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality

Municipalities of Germany

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 belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde

Verbandsgemeinde

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, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen

Mainz-Bingen

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 district in Rhineland-Palatinate

Rhineland-Palatinate

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, Germany

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Location

The winegrowing centre of roughly 2,300 inhabitants distinguishes itself in particular with its
winegrowing areas of Mainzer St. Alban and Niersteiner Gutes Domtal with their vineyards Ölgild, Königstuhl and Hohberg.

In the municipal area’s south stands the 175 m-high Königstuhl, upon which on 8 September 1024 Conrad II

Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor

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 was reportedly elected. The municipality belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bodenheim

Bodenheim (Verbandsgemeinde)

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, whose seat is in the like-named municipality

Bodenheim

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Municipal council

The council is made up of 17 council members, counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

	CDU	SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...	FWG	Total
2004	6	6	4	16 seats

(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)

Coat of arms

The municipality’s arms

Coat of arms

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 might be described thus: Argent a limetree seedling eradicated sable leafed of five veined vert.

Regular events

• The kermis (church consecration festival) is held by the municipality yearly on the weekend after Ascension Day.
• Beginning on the first Friday in July, the Weinfest am Königstuhl is held for four days. In November, the great beer testing is traditionally held in the Hohberghalle.
• Each year on the first weekend in September, the estate festival at the Haub winery takes place.

Further reading

In the autobiographical novel Der Lügner (“The Liar”), Ewald Gauer describes, in many small diverting episodes, how he spent his childhood in Lörzweiler in the 1960s.

External links

• Municipality’s official webpage
• Winegrowers and wineries in Lörzweiler