claim: Joseph Merrick inspired the play The Elephant Man.
evidence: Lambsheim-Heßheim is a Verbandsgemeinde -LRB- `` collective municipality '' -RRB- in the district Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis , in Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany .. Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis. Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis. Rhineland-Palatinate. Rhineland-Palatinate. Germany. Germany. Heßheim. Heßheim ( Verbandsgemeinde ). Lambsheim. Lambsheim. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Lambsheim .. Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Lambsheim. Lambsheim. It was formed on 1 July 2014 by the merger of the former Verbandsgemeinde Heßheim and the formerly independent municipality Lambsheim .. Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Heßheim. Heßheim ( Verbandsgemeinde ). Lambsheim. Lambsheim. The Verbandsgemeinde Lambsheim-Heßheim consists of the following Ortsgemeinden -LRB- `` local municipalities '' -RRB-  :. Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Heßheim. Heßheim ( Verbandsgemeinde ). Lambsheim. Lambsheim. * seat of the Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Category  : Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate. Verbandsgemeinde. Verbandsgemeinde. Rhineland-Palatinate. Rhineland-Palatinate