Biedesheim
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| image_photo | Biedesheim Panorama01.jpg |
| image_caption | Biedesheim seen from the road between Göllheim and Rüssingen |
| image_coa | DEU Biedesheim COA.svg |
| coordinates | |
| image_plan | Biedesheim in KIB.svg |
| state | Rheinland-Pfalz |
| district | Donnersbergkreis |
| Verbandsgemeinde | Göllheim |
| elevation | 250-270 |
| area | 6.32 |
| postal_code | 67308 |
| area_code | 06355 |
| licence | KIB |
| Gemeindeschlüssel | 07 3 33 006 |
| website | www.goellheim.de |
| mayor | Armin Wendel |
| leader_term | 2023–24 |
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|image_photo = Biedesheim Panorama01.jpg |image_caption = Biedesheim seen from the road between Göllheim and Rüssingen |image_coa = DEU Biedesheim COA.svg |coordinates = |image_plan = Biedesheim in KIB.svg |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Donnersbergkreis |Verbandsgemeinde = Göllheim |elevation = 250-270 |area = 6.32 |postal_code = 67308 |area_code = 06355 |licence = KIB |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 33 006 |website = www.goellheim.de |mayor = Armin Wendel |leader_term = 2023–24
Biedesheim () is a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
The village is located on the upper Brübelbach stream. The nearest large cities are Worms, 22 km (14 mi) east and Kaiserslautern, 40 km (25 mi) west.
Besides the village proper, the municipality also includes the inhabited places of Neumühle and Siedlung Schönblick.
Neighbouring municipalities are Ottersheim, Kindenheim, Quirnheim, Lautersheim, Göllheim and Rüssingen.
History
Biedesheim is a franconian settlement. It was first mentioned as Bosinesheim in the Lorsch Codex in 782. Later the village was called "Büdesheim" and in 1766 "Rüben-Büdesheim" to distinguish it from "Erbes-Büdesheim" near Alzey. "Rübenbüdesheim" was still used in the 19th century.
A water castle of which only a few walls survived its destruction in 1470, was located in the western part of the village.
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Politics
Council
The village council is composed of 12 members who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on June 9, 2024, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
Heraldry
The coat of arms shows a saltire and two stars.
Culture and sights
Buildings
The protestant church was a romanesque building from the 10th century. It was renewed in 1498. On the inside there are splendid murals from the 13th and 15th centuries, which were uncovered in 1964. At the old cemetery around the church classicist gravestones can be found, one of the for a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. There is also a catholic church in the village.
File:Biedesheim Prot. Kirche.JPG|protestant church File:Biedesheim Napoleonsveteranenstein.JPG|gravestone File:Biedesheim kath Kirche.jpg|catholic church File:Lehrerwohnung und Gemeindeglockenturm Biedesheim.jpg|communal bell tower
Culture
The Kerwe is celebrated yearly on the third weekend in September.
Infrastructure
A63 highway run 9 km (5.5 mi) west of Biedesheim. The village is served by bus line 904 of the VRN that runs from Kirchheimbolanden to Eisenberg.
References
References
- [https://www.rheinpfalz.de/lokal/gruenstadt_artikel,-armin-wendel-offiziell-ins-amt-des-ortsb%C3%BCrgermeisters-eingef%C3%BChrt-_arid,5505108.html Armin Wendel offiziell ins Amt des Ortsbürgermeisters eingeführt], Die Rheinpfalz 12 May 2023, accessed 21 May 2023 (in German).
- 135 (PDF; 3.3 MB).
- Minst, Karl Josef [Übers.]. "Lorscher Codex (Band 3), Urkunde 1097, 27. Februar 782 – Reg. 1680". Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg.
- Eberhard Ref. "Verzeichnis der pfälzischen Mühlen".
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- Armin Wendel (Wahlleiter). (2024-06-12). "Bekanntmachung des Ergebnisses der Wahl zum Gemeinderat Biedesheim am 9. Juni 2024". [[Linus Wittich Medien]] GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen.
- [https://www.donnersberg-touristik.de/de?option=com_content&view=article&id=143:biedesheim-protestantische-pfarrkirche&catid=64:sehenswuerdigkeiten-kirchen&Itemid=98 Webseite zur Biedesheimer Kirche und ihren Malereien (mit Innenaufnahme)]
- Laura Braunbach. (2019-09-11). "Es ist wieder soweit: die Birressemer Kerb". Die Rheinpfalz.
- "Liniennetzplan Donnersbergkreis". Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Neckar GmbH.
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