Siefersheim

Siefersheim
Siefersheim
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Siefersheim within Alzey-Worms district
	Siefersheim Siefersheim
	Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Wöllstein
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Annerose Kinder
Area
• Total	6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,258
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55599
Dialling codes	06703
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.siefersheim.de

Siefersheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography edit

Location edit

The municipality lies at Rhenish Hesse’s western edge and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Neighbouring municipalities edit

Siefersheim’s neighbours are Wonsheim, Wöllstein, Eckelsheim, Gumbsheim and Neu-Bamberg.

Politics edit

Municipal council edit

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.^[3]

Mayor edit

The current mayor is Annerose Kinder.^[1]

Coat of arms edit

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.

Economy and infrastructure edit

Siefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the Weingut Wagner-Stempel, as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the Weingut "Alte Schmiede".