Zotzenheim

Zotzenheim
Zotzenheim
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Zotzenheim within Mainz-Bingen district
	Zotzenheim Zotzenheim
	Coordinates: 49°52′27″N 07°58′08″E / 49.87417°N 7.96889°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc.	Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Alexander Strack
Area
• Total	3.18 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Elevation	105 m (344 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	627
• Density	200/km2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55576
Dialling codes	06701
Vehicle registration	MZ
Website	www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de

Zotzenheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography[edit]

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

Culture and sightseeing[edit]

Sport[edit]

On Kreuznacher Straße is found a cinder team handball court and a clubhouse. HSG Zotzenheim/St. Johann/Sprendlingen is a successful team handball club that grew out of TV Zotzenheim 1901 (gymnastic club) and has already played several times in the third handball league.

Regular events[edit]

On 1 May near the Napoleonshöhe mountain, or Gipfel des Horns, or in the local speech also “Hörnchen” (“Little Horn”), the so-called Fire Brigade Festival (Feuerwehrfest) takes place.
In May on the weekend at Ascension Day, a folk festival for the region and beyond is held. In 2006, among others, the bands Paddy Goes To Holyhead, Dhalia's Lane, Galahad and WirrWarr appeared.
On the second weekend in July, a fair is held in Zotzenheim with a wine tent, a few stands and a handball tournament.
Zotzenheim is especially well known for the ZDF (Zotzenheimer Dorf-Fassenacht – the Carnival). Each year there are four “sessions” at the village community centre.

Economy and infrastructure[edit]

Wineries[edit]

Zotzenheim is home to five major wineries:

Weingut Werner Pitthan
Weingut Philipp Schnell
Weingut Siebenhof
Weingut Scheffer
Weingut Saulheimer

There are also several smaller wineries and those who do it as a hobby.

Other businesses[edit]

In the industrial park outside Zotzenheim on the street Am neuen Graben, several small businesses have set up shop, among them the Sand Barth shipping company.