Heßheim is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. On 1 July 2014 it merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Lambsheim-Heßheim.
The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Heßheim.
The Verbandsgemeinde Heßheim consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
Verbandsgemeinde Heßheim 9 719 inhabitants 24.9 km² Beindersheim 3 054 inhabitants 5.7 km² Großniedesheim 1 391 inhabitants 3.8 km² Heßheim 3 060 inhabitants 5.8 km² Heuchelheim bei Frankenthal 1 272 inhabitants 5.8 km² Kleinniedesheim 942 inhabitants 3.9 km² *seat of the Verbandsgemeinde