Albisheim

Albisheim
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Albisheim within Donnersbergkreis district
Albisheim Show map of Germany Albisheim Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49°39′00″N8°6′00″E / 49.65000°N 8.10000°E / 49.65000; 8.10000
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Donnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.	Göllheim
Government
•  Mayor (2019–24)	Ronald Zelt [1]
Area
• Total	10.74 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation	170 m (560 ft)
Lowest elevation	150 m (490 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	1,822
• Density	170/km2 (440/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67308
Dialling codes	06355
Vehicle registration	KIB
Website	albisheim.de

View from wine hill over the village

The Warteturm on a coin of the game Geocaching

Albisheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is in the middle of the Zellertal.

History

In the year 835 the village is first mentioned in a document. It has been a market town for many years. Also there was a palace, but it hasn't yet been found.

Traffic

Near Albisheim there is the trunk B 47, and the village also has a railway station.

Sights

• the Protestant church from 1792,
• the historic town hall, a classicist building from 1832 and
• the 26-foot-high (7.9-meter) Warteturm at the wine hill. It was first mentioned 1551.

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  Upper melting mill
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  Town hall
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  Peter's church
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  The Warteturm upon the wine hill

References

1. Direktwahlen 2019, Donnersbergkreis, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 9 August 2021.
2. "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.