Albisheim

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Albisheim
Coat of arms of Albisheim
Coat of arms
Location of Albisheim within Donnersbergkreis district
Albisheim is located in Germany
Albisheim
Albisheim
Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 8°6′00″E / 49.65000°N 8.10000°E / 49.65000; 8.10000Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 8°6′00″E / 49.65000°N 8.10000°E / 49.65000; 8.10000
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictDonnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.Göllheim
Government
 • Mayor (2019–24) Ronald Zelt[1]
Area
 • Total10.74 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation
170 m (560 ft)
Lowest elevation
150 m (490 ft)
Population
 (2020-12-31)[2]
 • Total1,823
 • Density170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
67308
Dialling codes06355
Vehicle registrationKIB
Websitealbisheim.de
View from wine hill over the village
The Warteturm on a coin of the game Geocaching

Albisheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is in the middle of the Zellertal.

History[]

In the year 835 the village is first mentioned in a document. It has been a market town for many years. Also there was a palace, but it hasn't yet been found.

Traffic[]

Near Albisheim there is the trunk B 47, and the village has also a railway station.

Sights[]

  • the Protestant church from 1792,
  • the historic town hall, a classicist building from 1832 and
  • the 26-feet-high (8 metres) Warteturm at the wine hill. It was first mentioned 1551.

  • Upper melting mill

  • Town hall

  • Peter's church

  • The Warteturm upon the wine hill

References[]

  1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Donnersbergkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2020, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2021.
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