Sponheim is a municipality in the district of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate in western Germany.
Sponheim | |
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Coordinates: 49°50′45″N 7°43′35″E / 49.84583°N 7.72639°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Bad Kreuznach |
Municipal assoc. | Rüdesheim |
Government | |
• Mayor (2019–24) | Bernhard Haas[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 14.35 km2 (5.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 756 |
• Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55595 |
Dialling codes | 06758 |
Vehicle registration | KH |
Website | www.sponheim.de |
History
editSponheim was the capital of the County of Sponheim.
Sponheim Abbey
editThere was a Benedictine abbey which was founded in 1101 by Stephan II, Count of Sponheim not far from the comital residence at Castle Sponheim. Johannes Trithemius was one of the abbots.[3] Traveling from university to his home town in 1482, he was surprised by a snowstorm and took refuge in the Benedictine abbey of Sponheim near Bad Kreuznach. He decided to stay and was elected abbot in 1483, at the age of twenty-one. In his time, the abbey library increased from around fifty items to more than two thousand. However, his efforts were not met with praise, and his reputation as a magician did not further his acceptance. Increasing differences with the convent led to his resignation in 1506.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Gaier, Ulrich (1968). "Sebastian Brant's "Narrenschiff" and the Humanists". Modern Language Association. 83 (2): 266. doi:10.2307/1261181. ISSN 0030-8129. JSTOR 1261181.