Gensingen
Gensingen is an "Ortsgemeinde" – a municipality belonging to a "Verbandsgemeinde", a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography. Location. Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the river Nahe. It belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen. Neighbouring municipalities. The municipality's neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim. Politics. Municipal council. The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus: Coat of  arms. The municipality's arms might be described thus: Or the letter G between three mullets of six sable. Apart from the G, which is obviously the municipality's initial, the arms’ meaning is not known. The six-pointed stars (“mullets of six”) are something of a mystery. The local court seal bore this composition in 1609. Culture and sightseeing. The Evangelical church has an historical Stumm organ built in 1774-1778 and restored in 2000. There are regular concerts. Economy and infrastructure. Two businesses in the municipality of Gensingen are the furniture manufacturer Bretz and the plant nursery company  Kientzler. Transport. The municipality is crossed by "Bundesstraße" 41. The Autobahn A 61 is right nearby, only a 3 km drive away. At the Gensingen railway station, trains on the "Nahetalbahn" and the "Rheinhessenbahn" (railway lines) stop.