Dittelsheim-Heßloch
Dittelsheim-Heßloch (or "Dittelsheim-Hessloch") 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. The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse, and is a wine village in the Wonnegau. It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Wonnegau, whose seat is in Osthofen. History. Werner II of Bolanden was enfeoffed about 1190 with the village of Dittelsheim by the Counts of Katzenelnbogen. Bit by bit, the Electorate of the Palatinate acquired the parts formerly held by the Raugrafen noble family and the Old Bolanden line , and those held by the von Wachenheims and the von Dalbergs (15th to early 17th century). During the Middle Ages, the Lords of Dalberg held the "Vogtei". The municipality of Dittelsheim-Heßloch came into being on 7 June 1969 through the merger of the two municipalities of Dittelsheim and Heßloch. Politics. Municipal council. The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, with the honorary mayor as chairman. The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results: Economy and infrastructure. Winegrowing. Winegrowing has a long  tradition here. Dittelsheim-Heßloch covers an area of some 1 350 ha, of which 446 ha is planted with vineyards. Differences in elevation, various microclimatic conditions and highly differentiated soil compositions that range from heavy, loamy to light sandy earth are good preconditions for winegrowing, and thus many different varieties of vine thrive in Dittelsheim-Heßloch, making possible a broad palette of wines. Transport. Dittelsheim-Heßloch was once served by the former Osthofen–Gau Odernheim railway line.