Wonsheim
Wonsheim is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a municipality belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde", a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography. Location. As a winegrowing centre, Wonsheim lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of the wine region of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Through the municipality flows the river Dunselbach. History. On 10 June 800, Wonsheim had its first documentary mention in a donation document from Fulda Abbey as "Vuanesheim". Politics. Municipal council. The council is made up of  12 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: Coat of arms. The municipality's arms might be described thus: Chapé, lozengy argent and azure, Or an orb banded and charged with a cross bottonnée gules both gemmed of the first and sable a lion rampant of the third armed, langued and crowned of the fourth. Economy and infrastructure. Transport. Wonsheim lies near Autobahnen A 61 and A 63. Town's official webpage]