Zornheim
Encyclopedia
Zornheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen
district in Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
.
capital of Mainz
on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region. The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre in the Rheinhessen
wine region.
Many wineries have been growing and making wine here for centuries. In 1973, in the course of administrative reform, Zornheim became part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm
, whose seat is in the like-named town
.
, the Iron Age
and Roman times
. The first written reference in 771 is in a document detailing a donation to the Fulda Abbey. Since this donation document dealt with two vineyards, it is known that there was already winegrowing here then.
From the 8th to 12th century, besides various Mainz monasteries, Saint Alban’s Abbey
(also in Mainz – not to be confused with the one in England
, which is actually consecrated to another saint) held the most important properties in Zornheim. After the Lords of Bolanden had transferred sovereignty over Zornheim to one of the Counts of Hohenfels about 1220, the fiefholders then sold the village and the court of Zornheim to Saint Clare’s
Convent at Mainz (Mainzer Kloster Sankt Klara) after receiving Count of Hohenfels Hermann II’s leave to do so. In the sale document issued at Oppenheim
on 9 June 1329, the selling price is named: 200 pounds of Heller
s.
Thereafter, the abbess and the convent held not only extensive lands in the Zornheim municipal area, but rather also the immediate lordship over the village. This might well have lasted longer if not for the fear of a takeover by Electoral Mainz
, which was growing ever mightier.
Thus, on 2 September 1578, Abbess Ursula Steinhauserin von Neidenfels transferred all power over Zornheim to the Prince-Archbishop of Mainz Daniel Brendel von Homburg, whereas the convent kept its landholdings until it was dissolved in 1781. It was handed over on 12 November of the same year to the University of Mainz endowment fund. The year 1691 was very grim for the village as, like many other villages in the Nine Years' War, it was burnt down.
Between 1792 and 1813, French sovereignty
brought about decisive changes, as from this time forth, secular lords held sway. In 1816, Zornheim passed to the Grand Duchy of Hesse
.
For the village’s further development, important measures were undertaken in the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1887, a two-classroom school building with two teacher’s dwellings was built, and in 1894 and 1895 arose the current parish church. The Ebersheim-Zornheim-Wahlheimerhof district road was built between 1898 and 1901.
The development of a spring
area, the building of a water cistern and the laying of waterpipes were carried out between 1900 and 1902. Zornheim was provided with an electrical supply in 1912 and 1913 and in 1914 the convent house with a children’s school was built.
After the World Wars, the municipality passed to the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate
. In 1947, through volunteer work by many Zornheim citizens, the graveyard was expanded and part of the graveyard wall was built. A contribution to the relief of the need in which refugees driven from former German lands
found themselves was made by the parish and civic community when the former parish barn was converted into three flats. Owing to the growing number of schoolchildren, a third schoolroom was built in 1954. After a new primary school was built, the old schoolhouse served Evangelical
Christians
as their gathering place until the Evangelical Community Centre was dedicated in 1988.
The Catholic parish church’s tower was given a greater height in 1955 and 1956, becoming 43 m taller than before. The four-bell peal can thereby now be heard far and wide.
Because more and more farmers could no longer farm as their main occupation after currency reform in 1948, the winegrowers and farmers who were still left modernized and enlarged their businesses.
At the same time in the years that followed, in stages, farm field Flurbereinigung
and vineyard apportionments were undertaken. The highlight was formed by the dedication of the first wine learning path in the Mainz-Bingen
district at the end of the “Dechenberg” apportionment process on 30 June 1979.
Beginning in 1962, the new building areas of Niedernberg-Weidenweg, Südstraße, Kappel, Banggarten, Obere Pfortengewann and Elfmorgen were opened up and developed. In 1963 the school and the teacher’s house on Hahnheimer Straße were completed. From 1962 to 1967, the whole village got sewerage, the water supply network was overhauled, all streets were paved with asphalt, a sewage treatment plant was built and a children’s playground was laid out.
In 1966, Zornheim took part for the first time in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our Village Should Become Lovelier”) and came away as district and regional winner.
In October 1967 the new Zomheim-Mommenheim district road was ready to be opened to traffic. In the same year, Zornheim was awarded a prize of honour in bronze for having advanced as far as the state competition in Unser Dorf soll schöner werden. A new, purpose-built Town Hall came into being in 1968 in the middle of the village. To improve the water supply, a second water cistern was brought into service in 1969 with a capacity of 400 m³.
In 1970, the municipality earned a prize of honour in silver at the beautification contest at the state level. On Volkstrauertag
1970, a modern graveyard chapel was ready to be opened. With the dedication of the new fire station in June 1971, a great team effort by the volunteer fire brigade was accomplished with over 2,000 man-hours of work by the firefighters.
In October 1971, Zornheim was connected to the state capital Mainz’s urban transport network and in December of the same year, a four-class kindergarten
was dedicated. In 1972, the convent house was thoroughly renovated and modernized.
In the course of administrative reform, Zornheim passed on New Year’s Day 1973 to the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm
. In the same year, the opening and development of the new building area of Zornheim-Nord was begun.
To ensure an even water pressure in the community’s higher neighbourhoods, a pressure-increasing facility was brought into service in July 1975.
In November 1975, the Kindergarten Zornheim-Nord was dedicated, although it was put at the primary school’s disposal as the school on Hahnheimer Straße was no longer adequate. A further playground and a rollerskating path were built in 1976. Furthermore, two tennis courts were opened in the same year. Since then, the facility has been expanded to four courts and a clubhouse has been built.
On 23 July 1976, the gym
nasium in the village core was dedicated in connection with the Village Association Evening. In 1978, Zornheim once again was awarded a prize of honour in bronze at the beautification contest at the state level.
Since early 1979, responsibility for the waterworks has lain with the Bodenheim Water Supply Association (Wasserversorgungsverband Bodenheim). At the same time, the building area of Zornheim-Nord was connected to the communal sewage treatment plant in Mommenheim.
On 17 June 1979, the new graveyard land, which harmoniously abuts the old graveyard, was readied. A few months later in 1979, the Mainz-Bingen district’s first learning path north of Mommenheimer Straße was dedicated.
In 1983, Zornheim got a new outdoor sport facility along Hahnheimer Straße with a clubhouse.
The next year, the partnership agreement with the French
municipality of Mareuil-le-Port
was signed. To it belong the three centres of Mareuil-le-Port, Port-à-Binson and Cerseuil.
In the years 1986 and 1987 the building area of Elfmorgen was expanded by one row of buildings, forming the basis of the building plan “Elfmorgen II”. Herein were allotted for the first time building lots on the “Zornheim Model”.
On 4 September 1988, the Evangelical
parish consecrated its community centre on Nieder-Olmer Straße.
Between 1988 and 1990, the municipal streets were torn up many times to lay gas mains and broadband television cables.
After construction that had taken two years, the new Gemeindehof (roughly “community centre”) was ready for opening in 1991. It houses the municipal administration with a council chamber, a wine cellar, the public library, a youth room, a seniors’ room and a mail room. In part of the first floor, flats have been built.
In 1990, after German reunification
, a partnership with the Thuringia
n municipality of Großrudestedt
was sealed. The municipality is made up of the villages of Schwansee, Kranichborn, Kleinrudestedt and Großrudestedt.
In 1994, the Old Town Hall’s façade on Mareuil-le-Port-Platz was remodelled and the building was let to a resident planning office.
To make it possible for more families to build their own houses, a further expansion of the building area of Elfmorgen was realized in 1993 with the building plan “Elfmorgen III”.
In 1994 came the conversion and expansion of the primary school and the Catholic kindergarten.
For the new church’s 100th anniversary in 1995, the churchtower and the clock were renovated. In the next ten years the ceiling and wall paintings inside the church were renewed.
Former mayor Hans-Steib was named an honorary citizen of the municipality in 1995.
In 1996 came the groundbreaking for the new building area of “Pfortengewann I”. A food market and a recycling yard became parts of it.
) in 2003 who, on personal grounds, retired.
(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)
, Marne
, France
Großrudestedt
, Sömmerda district
, Thuringia
might be described thus: Per fess barry of five argent and gules, and gules a wheel spoked of six couped at the upper edge of the hub of the first.
wine region. Its Großlage (grouping in the German system of wine classification) comprises the vineyards Mönchbäumchen, Pilgerweg, Dachgewann, Guldenmorgen and Vogelsang.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen
Mainz-Bingen
Mainz-Bingen is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheingau-Taunus, the district-free cities Wiesbaden and Mainz, the districts Groß-Gerau, Alzey-Worms, Bad Kreuznach, Rhein-Hunsrück.-History:During the French occupation under Napoleon the district...
district in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
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.
Location
Zornheim borders in the southwest on Ebersheim, an outlying centre of the stateStates of Germany
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capital of Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region. The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre in the Rheinhessen
Rheinhessen (wine region)
Rheinhessen is the largest of 13 German wine regions for quality wines with under cultivation in 2008. Named for the traditional region of Rhenish Hesse, it lies on the left bank of the River Rhine between Worms and Bingen in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate...
wine region.
Many wineries have been growing and making wine here for centuries. In 1973, in the course of administrative reform, Zornheim became part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm
Nieder-Olm (Verbandsgemeinde)
Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm is a collective municipality in the district Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The administrative center of the Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm is located in the town of Nieder-Olm...
, whose seat is in the like-named town
Nieder-Olm
Nieder-Olm is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Until 5 November 2006 it was an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – but it was raised to town the next day...
.
History
In 771, Zornheim had its first documentary mention. Zornheim’s founding, however, reaches far back into early history, as witnessed by finds from the New Stone Age, the Bronze AgeBronze Age
The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...
, the Iron Age
Iron Age
The Iron Age is the archaeological period generally occurring after the Bronze Age, marked by the prevalent use of iron. The early period of the age is characterized by the widespread use of iron or steel. The adoption of such material coincided with other changes in society, including differing...
and Roman times
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. The first written reference in 771 is in a document detailing a donation to the Fulda Abbey. Since this donation document dealt with two vineyards, it is known that there was already winegrowing here then.
From the 8th to 12th century, besides various Mainz monasteries, Saint Alban’s Abbey
St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz
St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz originated as a Benedictine abbey, founded in 787 or 796 by Archbishop Richulf in honour of Saint Alban of Mainz, located to the south of Mainz on the hill later called the Albansberg. It was turned into a collegiate foundation in 1442...
(also in Mainz – not to be confused with the one in England
St Albans Cathedral
St Albans Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral church at St Albans, England. At , its nave is the longest of any cathedral in England...
, which is actually consecrated to another saint) held the most important properties in Zornheim. After the Lords of Bolanden had transferred sovereignty over Zornheim to one of the Counts of Hohenfels about 1220, the fiefholders then sold the village and the court of Zornheim to Saint Clare’s
Clare of Assisi
Clare of Assisi , born Chiara Offreduccio, is an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Saint Francis of Assisi...
Convent at Mainz (Mainzer Kloster Sankt Klara) after receiving Count of Hohenfels Hermann II’s leave to do so. In the sale document issued at Oppenheim
Oppenheim
Oppenheim is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The town is well known as a wine town, the site of the German Winegrowing Museum and particularly for the wines from the Oppenheimer Krötenbrunnen vineyards.- Location :...
on 9 June 1329, the selling price is named: 200 pounds of Heller
Heller (money)
The Heller or Häller was originally a German coin valued at half a pfennig and named after the city of Hall am Kocher...
s.
Thereafter, the abbess and the convent held not only extensive lands in the Zornheim municipal area, but rather also the immediate lordship over the village. This might well have lasted longer if not for the fear of a takeover by Electoral Mainz
Archbishopric of Mainz
The Archbishopric of Mainz or Electorate of Mainz was an influential ecclesiastic and secular prince-bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire between 780–82 and 1802. In the Roman Catholic Church hierarchy, the Archbishop of Mainz was the primas Germaniae, the substitute of the Pope north of the Alps...
, which was growing ever mightier.
Thus, on 2 September 1578, Abbess Ursula Steinhauserin von Neidenfels transferred all power over Zornheim to the Prince-Archbishop of Mainz Daniel Brendel von Homburg, whereas the convent kept its landholdings until it was dissolved in 1781. It was handed over on 12 November of the same year to the University of Mainz endowment fund. The year 1691 was very grim for the village as, like many other villages in the Nine Years' War, it was burnt down.
Between 1792 and 1813, French sovereignty
Mont-Tonnerre
Mont-Tonnerre is the name of a département of the First French Empire in present Germany. It is named after the highest point in the Rhenish Palatinate, the Donnersberg. It was the southernmost of four départements formed in 1798, when the west bank of the Rhine was annexed by France...
brought about decisive changes, as from this time forth, secular lords held sway. In 1816, Zornheim passed to the Grand Duchy of Hesse
Grand Duchy of Hesse
The Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine , or, between 1806 and 1816, Grand Duchy of Hesse —as it was also known after 1816—was a member state of the German Confederation from 1806, when the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt was elevated to a Grand Duchy, until 1918, when all the German...
.
For the village’s further development, important measures were undertaken in the late 19th and early 20th century. In 1887, a two-classroom school building with two teacher’s dwellings was built, and in 1894 and 1895 arose the current parish church. The Ebersheim-Zornheim-Wahlheimerhof district road was built between 1898 and 1901.
The development of a spring
Spring (hydrosphere)
A spring—also known as a rising or resurgence—is a component of the hydrosphere. Specifically, it is any natural situation where water flows to the surface of the earth from underground...
area, the building of a water cistern and the laying of waterpipes were carried out between 1900 and 1902. Zornheim was provided with an electrical supply in 1912 and 1913 and in 1914 the convent house with a children’s school was built.
After the World Wars, the municipality passed to the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
. In 1947, through volunteer work by many Zornheim citizens, the graveyard was expanded and part of the graveyard wall was built. A contribution to the relief of the need in which refugees driven from former German lands
Heimatvertriebene
Heimatvertriebene are those around 12 million ethnic Germans who fled or were expelled after World War II from parts of Germany annexed by Poland and Russia, and from other countries, who found refuge in both West and East Germany, and Austria...
found themselves was made by the parish and civic community when the former parish barn was converted into three flats. Owing to the growing number of schoolchildren, a third schoolroom was built in 1954. After a new primary school was built, the old schoolhouse served Evangelical
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
Christians
Christianity
Christianity is a monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus as presented in canonical gospels and other New Testament writings...
as their gathering place until the Evangelical Community Centre was dedicated in 1988.
The Catholic parish church’s tower was given a greater height in 1955 and 1956, becoming 43 m taller than before. The four-bell peal can thereby now be heard far and wide.
Because more and more farmers could no longer farm as their main occupation after currency reform in 1948, the winegrowers and farmers who were still left modernized and enlarged their businesses.
At the same time in the years that followed, in stages, farm field Flurbereinigung
Flurbereinigung
Flurbereinigung is the German word used to describe land reforms in various countries, especially Germany and Austria. The term can best be translated as land consolidation. Another European country where those land reforms have been carried out is France...
and vineyard apportionments were undertaken. The highlight was formed by the dedication of the first wine learning path in the Mainz-Bingen
Mainz-Bingen
Mainz-Bingen is a district in the east of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Neighboring districts are Rheingau-Taunus, the district-free cities Wiesbaden and Mainz, the districts Groß-Gerau, Alzey-Worms, Bad Kreuznach, Rhein-Hunsrück.-History:During the French occupation under Napoleon the district...
district at the end of the “Dechenberg” apportionment process on 30 June 1979.
Zornheim from 1960 to present
The last few decades of local history were characterized by development that saw the population figure rise from roughly 1,000 to more than 3,700. For this, great efforts were required of the mayors Hans Steib (1960–1979), Richard Becker (1979–2003) and Dr. Werner Dahmen (2003- ) and the councillors and administrations at their side. Praiseworthy, too, were the understanding on the citizenry’s part and the readiness on the designated authorities’ part to support the municipality in many projects. The following overview makes clear how Zornheim came to develop into what it is today.Beginning in 1962, the new building areas of Niedernberg-Weidenweg, Südstraße, Kappel, Banggarten, Obere Pfortengewann and Elfmorgen were opened up and developed. In 1963 the school and the teacher’s house on Hahnheimer Straße were completed. From 1962 to 1967, the whole village got sewerage, the water supply network was overhauled, all streets were paved with asphalt, a sewage treatment plant was built and a children’s playground was laid out.
In 1966, Zornheim took part for the first time in the contest Unser Dorf soll schöner werden (“Our Village Should Become Lovelier”) and came away as district and regional winner.
In October 1967 the new Zomheim-Mommenheim district road was ready to be opened to traffic. In the same year, Zornheim was awarded a prize of honour in bronze for having advanced as far as the state competition in Unser Dorf soll schöner werden. A new, purpose-built Town Hall came into being in 1968 in the middle of the village. To improve the water supply, a second water cistern was brought into service in 1969 with a capacity of 400 m³.
In 1970, the municipality earned a prize of honour in silver at the beautification contest at the state level. On Volkstrauertag
Volkstrauertag
Volkstrauertag is a day of remembrance observed annually in Germany on the second from last Sunday before the first day of Advent. It commemorates all those who died in armed conflicts or as the victims of violent oppression...
1970, a modern graveyard chapel was ready to be opened. With the dedication of the new fire station in June 1971, a great team effort by the volunteer fire brigade was accomplished with over 2,000 man-hours of work by the firefighters.
In October 1971, Zornheim was connected to the state capital Mainz’s urban transport network and in December of the same year, a four-class kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
was dedicated. In 1972, the convent house was thoroughly renovated and modernized.
In the course of administrative reform, Zornheim passed on New Year’s Day 1973 to the newly formed Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm
Nieder-Olm (Verbandsgemeinde)
Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm is a collective municipality in the district Mainz-Bingen in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The administrative center of the Verbandsgemeinde Nieder-Olm is located in the town of Nieder-Olm...
. In the same year, the opening and development of the new building area of Zornheim-Nord was begun.
To ensure an even water pressure in the community’s higher neighbourhoods, a pressure-increasing facility was brought into service in July 1975.
In November 1975, the Kindergarten Zornheim-Nord was dedicated, although it was put at the primary school’s disposal as the school on Hahnheimer Straße was no longer adequate. A further playground and a rollerskating path were built in 1976. Furthermore, two tennis courts were opened in the same year. Since then, the facility has been expanded to four courts and a clubhouse has been built.
On 23 July 1976, the gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium in the village core was dedicated in connection with the Village Association Evening. In 1978, Zornheim once again was awarded a prize of honour in bronze at the beautification contest at the state level.
Since early 1979, responsibility for the waterworks has lain with the Bodenheim Water Supply Association (Wasserversorgungsverband Bodenheim). At the same time, the building area of Zornheim-Nord was connected to the communal sewage treatment plant in Mommenheim.
On 17 June 1979, the new graveyard land, which harmoniously abuts the old graveyard, was readied. A few months later in 1979, the Mainz-Bingen district’s first learning path north of Mommenheimer Straße was dedicated.
In 1983, Zornheim got a new outdoor sport facility along Hahnheimer Straße with a clubhouse.
The next year, the partnership agreement with the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
municipality of Mareuil-le-Port
Mareuil-le-Port
Mareuil-le-Port is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Marne department...
was signed. To it belong the three centres of Mareuil-le-Port, Port-à-Binson and Cerseuil.
In the years 1986 and 1987 the building area of Elfmorgen was expanded by one row of buildings, forming the basis of the building plan “Elfmorgen II”. Herein were allotted for the first time building lots on the “Zornheim Model”.
On 4 September 1988, the Evangelical
Evangelical Church in Germany
The Evangelical Church in Germany is a federation of 22 Lutheran, Unified and Reformed Protestant regional church bodies in Germany. The EKD is not a church in a theological understanding because of the denominational differences. However, the member churches share full pulpit and altar...
parish consecrated its community centre on Nieder-Olmer Straße.
Between 1988 and 1990, the municipal streets were torn up many times to lay gas mains and broadband television cables.
After construction that had taken two years, the new Gemeindehof (roughly “community centre”) was ready for opening in 1991. It houses the municipal administration with a council chamber, a wine cellar, the public library, a youth room, a seniors’ room and a mail room. In part of the first floor, flats have been built.
In 1990, after German reunification
German reunification
German reunification was the process in 1990 in which the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic of Germany , and when Berlin reunited into a single city, as provided by its then Grundgesetz constitution Article 23. The start of this process is commonly referred by Germans as die...
, a partnership with the Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
n municipality of Großrudestedt
Großrudestedt
Großrudestedt is a municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany....
was sealed. The municipality is made up of the villages of Schwansee, Kranichborn, Kleinrudestedt and Großrudestedt.
In 1994, the Old Town Hall’s façade on Mareuil-le-Port-Platz was remodelled and the building was let to a resident planning office.
To make it possible for more families to build their own houses, a further expansion of the building area of Elfmorgen was realized in 1993 with the building plan “Elfmorgen III”.
In 1994 came the conversion and expansion of the primary school and the Catholic kindergarten.
For the new church’s 100th anniversary in 1995, the churchtower and the clock were renovated. In the next ten years the ceiling and wall paintings inside the church were renewed.
Former mayor Hans-Steib was named an honorary citizen of the municipality in 1995.
In 1996 came the groundbreaking for the new building area of “Pfortengewann I”. A food market and a recycling yard became parts of it.
Mayors
The current mayor is Dr. Werner Dahmen (CDU). He was chosen by 72.4% of Zornheim’s voters. He replaced Richard Becker (FWGFree Voters
Free Voters is a German concept in which an association of persons participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it is a locally organized group of voters in the form of a registered association . In most cases, Free Voters are active only at the...
) in 2003 who, on personal grounds, retired.
Municipal council
The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the parttime mayor, with seats apportioned thus:| SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany... |
CDU | FWG Free Voters Free Voters is a German concept in which an association of persons participates in an election without having the status of a registered political party. Usually it is a locally organized group of voters in the form of a registered association . In most cases, Free Voters are active only at the... |
Total | |
| 2004 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 20 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)
Town partnerships
Mareuil-le-PortMareuil-le-Port
Mareuil-le-Port is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France.-See also:*Communes of the Marne department...
, Marne
Marne
Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Großrudestedt
Großrudestedt
Großrudestedt is a municipality in the Sömmerda district of Thuringia, Germany....
, Sömmerda district
Sömmerda (district)
Sömmerda is a Kreis in the north of Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are the districts Kyffhäuserkreis, the Burgenlandkreis in Saxony-Anhalt, the district Weimarer Land and the district-free city Erfurt, and the districts Gotha and Unstrut-Hainich.-History:The district Sömmerda was...
, Thuringia
Thuringia
The Free State of Thuringia is a state of Germany, located in the central part of the country.It has an area of and 2.29 million inhabitants, making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany's sixteen states....
Coat of arms
The municipality’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Per fess barry of five argent and gules, and gules a wheel spoked of six couped at the upper edge of the hub of the first.
Music
- Männergesangverein 1845 Zornheim (men’s singing club)
- Gesangverein Sängerbund Zornheim (1911) (singing club)
- Musikfreunde Zornheim (1972)
- Evangelical church choir (1976)
- CHORisma - formerly Singkreis - (1991)
Buildings
- Saint Bartholomew’s Catholic Church (Katholische Kirche St. Bartholomäus)
Sport
- Turn- und Sportverein Zornheim (1895) (gymnastics and sport)
- Tennisclub Zornheim (1975)
- Wanderfreunde 2002 Zornheim Laaf mit! (hiking)
Clubs
- Freiwillige Feuerwehr Zornheim (1887) (volunteer fire brigade)
- Carneval-Verein Zornheim (1931)
- Landfrauenverein (countrywomen)
- Bauernverein (farmers)
- Seniorenclub Zornheim (1976)
- Katholische Landjugendbewegung -KLJB- (1984) (“country youth movement”)
- Bayern-Fanclub Rhoihesse-Heros
- FCK-Fanclub Zornheim
Winegrowing
Zornheim lies in the Bereich Nierstein in the RheinhessenRheinhessen (wine region)
Rheinhessen is the largest of 13 German wine regions for quality wines with under cultivation in 2008. Named for the traditional region of Rhenish Hesse, it lies on the left bank of the River Rhine between Worms and Bingen in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate...
wine region. Its Großlage (grouping in the German system of wine classification) comprises the vineyards Mönchbäumchen, Pilgerweg, Dachgewann, Guldenmorgen and Vogelsang.