Klein-Winternheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location Klein-Winternheim lies seven kilometres south of Mainz in Rhenish Hesse. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.
History In the oldest Mainz Cathedral obituary from about 1100, the name Winterheim crops up for the first time.
Politics
Municipal council The council is made up of 20 council members, plus the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: CDUSPD FWG Total 2024 8 4 8 20 seats (as at municipal election held on 9 June 2024)
Twin towns
Muizon, Marne, France Elxleben, Sömmerda district, Thuringia – close contacts since 1990
Coat of arms The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules a saltire couped Or, in base a wheel spoked of six argent; Wheel of Mainz.
Economy and infrastructure
The municipality's economy was long dominated by winegrowing and fruit growing. Since the state capital is nearby, however, many commercial businesses have also been drawn to the municipal area.
Transport The municipality lies right near the Autobahn A 63 with its Klein-Winternheim (3) interchange. The Deutsche Bahn railway station Klein Winternheim-Ober Olm is in the community (Alzey–Mainz line).
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