Alzey

Alzey () is a Verband-free town – one belonging to no Verbandsgemeinde – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhein and Bingen.

Key facts

German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_coa: DEU Alzey COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Alzey in AZ.svg
German location.state: Rhineland-Palatinate
German location.district: Alzey-Worms
German location.elevation: 194
German location.area: 35.22
German location.postal_code: 55219–55232
German location.area_code: 06731
German location.licence: AZ
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 07 3 31 003
German location.divisions: 4
German location.website: www.alzey.de
German location.mayor: Steffen Jung
German location.leader_term: 2022–30
German location.party: SPD

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Startseite | Stadt Alzey

alzey.de →

Link to the official site · 37,093 chars · not written by Vinony

Wikidata facts

Instance of: district capital
Official name: Alzey
Country: Germany
Population: 19530
Area: 35.22
Elevation: 194
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Capital of: Alzey-Worms district
Official website: www.alzey.de
Image: FischmarktAlzey.jpg
Dialing code: 06731
Licence plate code: AZ

Show 10 more facts

twinned administrative body: Harpenden
postal code: 55232
located in/on physical feature: Upper Rhine Plain
category for people born here: Q8043270
topic's main category: Category:Alzey
category of associated people: Category:People from Alzey
Commons category: Alzey
native label: Alzey
P12749: Hartmut Esslinger
hashtag: Alzey

Sources (8)

via Wikidata · CC0

~19 min read

Encyclopedic overview

40 sections

Contents

Geography
Location
Climate
History
From the Neolithic to the early first millennium
12th century to early 20th century
Third Reich
Since 1945
Amalgamations
Religion
Jewish History
Politics
Town council
Mayors
Coat of arms
Town partnerships
Culture and sightseeing
Awards and prizes
Music
Theatre
Museums
Buildings
The Old Town
Sport
Regular events
''Weinbergshäuschen Wanderung''
Winemakers' festival
Culinary specialities
Economy and infrastructure
Agriculture
Transport
Public institutions
Education
Famous people
Honorary citizens
Sons and daughters of the town
Famous people associated with the town
References
Further reading
External links

Alzey is one of the Nibelungenstädte – towns associated with the – because it is represented in this work by the character Volker von Alzey. Hence, Alzey is also known as Volkerstadt.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alzey” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.