Nack
Nack 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 belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. Neighbouring municipalities. Nack's neighbours are Erbes-Büdesheim, Bechenheim, Nieder-Wiesen, Offenheim und Wendelsheim. History. Religion. By religious affiliation, the greatest part of Nack's population, 44.8%, belongs to the Evangelical denomination, whereas 34.2% of the population is Catholic. Those professing another religious affiliation, or none, amount to 21%. Population development. At 31 December  2004, there were precisely 631 registered inhabitants whose main residences were in Nack, and another 31 inhabitants with secondary residences in the municipality (according to data from the municipal statistics from the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Alzey-Land), making Nack rather one of the smaller villages in the "Verbandsgemeinde", with its population of 24,362. Nevertheless, of the 24 places in the "Verbandsgemeinde", 11 have even smaller populations than Nack. As the following table shows, over the last 30 years, there has been a rise in Nack's population of roughly 17%. The climb in population figures over the last few years stems  from the development of the new building areas, "In den Dreißig Morgen" (1990) and "Am Wingertsberg" (1995). A further such area is foreseen: Procedures for transferring the land needed for the building area "Am Sportplatz" have been completed, and thereby the number of building lots on offer is to be raised by 15. The age distribution in Nack is much the same as it is throughout Germany. The younger age groups are represented in noticeably lower figures. The biggest group, among both men and women, is the 40-to-49 age group. This also holds true in age group breakdowns for  the whole of the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Alzey-Land). In this municipality, 8 children each year until 2011 will begin school, which, given the figures for Nack, is no small number. The male share of the population at 51.03% is only marginally higher than the female share at 48.97%. Politics. Town 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: Argent between two bars gules the letter N azure flanked by two cubes of the second, in chief five cubes in fess of the second, in base three cubes of the second. According to Parker, “cubes” is correct for this charge, “square” in blazons meaning a carpenter's or mason's tool. Culture and sightseeing. Sport. Nack has at its disposal a motocross track, where once Germany-wide races were held; however, owing to difficulties due to noise in Wendelsheim, the racetrack was largely shut down. Today drivers from the local area only use the track once a month