Hohen-Sülzen
Encyclopedia
Hohen-Sülzen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms
district in Rhineland-Palatinate
, Germany
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, whose seat is in the like-named municipality
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bottle from the third century was unearthed in Hohen-Sülzen. The bottle is 42 cm tall and has figures ground into it. The image was cut into the glass’s outside surface in vividly effective deep grinding. The figures’ effect was further strengthened by engraving individual body parts. The scene with several figures stems from the wine god Dionysus’s milieu. The bottle has been ascribed to the same workshop that made the Lynceus beaker in the Romano-Germanic Museum. This glass was found together with a cage cup
, which has been lost since the Second World War. The Hohen-Sülzen bottle now stands as the centrepiece of the Roman
glass collection at the Landesmuseum Mainz
(Inventar Nr. R 6111).
The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:
might be described thus: Per pale azure a wheel spoked of six argent, and gules nine lozenges conjoined Or, three, three and three, in a chief of the fourth a bunch of grapes flanked by two grape leaves issuant from the top thereof, all vert.
. The VDP
winery Battenfeld-Spanier makes its home here. Within the Domblick winemaking appellation – Weingroßlage – in the Wonnegau are the Sonnenberg and Kirchenstück wineries.
Municipalities of Germany
Municipalities are the lowest level of territorial division in Germany. This may be the fourth level of territorial division in Germany, apart from those states which include Regierungsbezirke , where municipalities then become the fifth level.-Overview:With more than 3,400,000 inhabitants, the...
belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms
Alzey-Worms
Alzey-Worms is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the district Groß-Gerau , the city of Worms and the districts of Bad Dürkheim, Donnersbergkreis, Bad Kreuznach and Mainz-Bingen.- History :...
district in Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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Location
The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of MonsheimMonsheim (Verbandsgemeinde)
Monsheim is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district Alzey-Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Monsheim....
, whose seat is in the like-named municipality
Monsheim
Monsheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.- Location :...
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History
In 1869, a DionysusDionysus
Dionysus was the god of the grape harvest, winemaking and wine, of ritual madness and ecstasy in Greek mythology. His name in Linear B tablets shows he was worshipped from c. 1500—1100 BC by Mycenean Greeks: other traces of Dionysian-type cult have been found in ancient Minoan Crete...
bottle from the third century was unearthed in Hohen-Sülzen. The bottle is 42 cm tall and has figures ground into it. The image was cut into the glass’s outside surface in vividly effective deep grinding. The figures’ effect was further strengthened by engraving individual body parts. The scene with several figures stems from the wine god Dionysus’s milieu. The bottle has been ascribed to the same workshop that made the Lynceus beaker in the Romano-Germanic Museum. This glass was found together with a cage cup
Cage cup
A cage cup, Greek diatreton, also vas diatretum, plural diatreta, or "reticulated cup" is a type of luxury Late Roman glass vessel, found from roughly the 4th century, and "the pinnacle of Roman achievements in glass-making"...
, which has been lost since the Second World War. The Hohen-Sülzen bottle now stands as the centrepiece of the Roman
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
glass collection at the Landesmuseum Mainz
Landesmuseum Mainz
The Landesmuseum Mainz, or Mainz State Museum, is a museum of art and history in Mainz, Germany. In March 2010 it reopened in full after an extensive renovation....
(Inventar Nr. R 6111).
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:
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Total | |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 seats |
| 1999 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 seats |
| 1994 | 5 | - | 7 | 12 seats |
| 1989 | 5 | - | 6 | 11 seats |
Coat of arms
The municipality’s armsCoat of arms
A coat of arms is a unique heraldic design on a shield or escutcheon or on a surcoat or tabard used to cover and protect armour and to identify the wearer. Thus the term is often stated as "coat-armour", because it was anciently displayed on the front of a coat of cloth...
might be described thus: Per pale azure a wheel spoked of six argent, and gules nine lozenges conjoined Or, three, three and three, in a chief of the fourth a bunch of grapes flanked by two grape leaves issuant from the top thereof, all vert.
Economy and infrastructure
Hohen-Sülzen is characterized by the winegrowing found throughout Rhenish HesseRheinhessen (wine region)
Rheinhessen is the largest of 13 German wine regions for quality wines with under cultivation in 2008. Named for the traditional region of Rhenish Hesse, it lies on the left bank of the River Rhine between Worms and Bingen in the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate...
. The VDP
Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter
Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter e.V. or the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates, is an organisation where most of Germany's top wine producers are members. It is commonly known under its acronym VDP...
winery Battenfeld-Spanier makes its home here. Within the Domblick winemaking appellation – Weingroßlage – in the Wonnegau are the Sonnenberg and Kirchenstück wineries.
External links
- Municipality’s official webpage
- Collective municipality’s Web pages
- Portrait from SWR programme Hierzuland from 18 October 2007