Eich (Verbandsgemeinde)

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Eich
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Location of Eich within Alzey-Worms district
Eich (Verbandsgemeinde)
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Eich
Location within Germany
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Eich
Location within Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49°45′N8°24′E / 49.750°N 8.400°E / 49.750; 8.400
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Alzey-Worms
Seat Eich
Subdivisions5 municipalities
Area
 • Total
68.48 km2 (26.44 sq mi)
Population
 (2025-12-31) [1]
 • Total
13,171
 • Density192.3/km2 (498.1/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Website www.vg-eich.de

Eich is a Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Eich.

The VerbandsgemeindeEich consists of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

  1. Alsheim
  2. Eich
  3. Gimbsheim
  4. Hamm am Rhein
  5. Mettenheim

It is mentioned in the Wormser wall-building ordinance from around 900 as one of the places that shared responsibility for maintaining the city wall of Worms. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2025 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz.
  2. ↑ C. Van De Kieft and J. F. Niermeyer, eds. (1967), Elenchus fontium historiae urbanae (Leiden: E. J. Brill), pp. 43–44.