Albisheim

Albisheim
Coat of arms
Albisheim
Location of Albisheim within Donnersbergkreis district
Coordinates: 49°39′00″N 8°6′00″E / 49.65000°N 8.10000°ECoordinates: 49°39′00″N 8°6′00″E / 49.65000°N 8.10000°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Donnersbergkreis
Municipal assoc.	Göllheim
Government
• Mayor	Friedrich Strack
Area
• Total	10.74 km^2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,690
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	67308
Dialling codes	06355
Vehicle registration	KIB
Website	www.albisheim.info

View from wine hill over the village

The Warteturm on a coin of the game Geocaching

Albisheim is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is in the middle of the Zellertal.

History

In the year 835 the village is first mentioned in a document. It has been a market town for many years. Also there was a palace, but it hasn't yet been found.

Traffic

Near Albisheim there is the trunk B 47, and the village has also a railway station.

Sights

• the protestantic church from 1792,
• the historic town hall, a classicist building from 1832 and
• the 26-feet-high (8 metres) Warteturm at the wine hill. It was first mentioned 1551.

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  Upper melting mill

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  Town hall

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  Peter's church

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  The Warteturm upon the wine hill

References

1. "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2013". Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2014.