Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
Culture and sightseeing
Sport
On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.
Regular events
- On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
- In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
- On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
- Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.
Economy and infrastructure
Wineries
Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:
- Weingut Werner Pitthan
- Weingut Philipp Schnell
- Weingut Siebenhof
- Weingut Scheffer
- Weingut Saulheimer
There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.
Other businesses
In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Zotzenheim.
- Municipality’s official webpage (in German)
- Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen (in German)