Waldalgesheim | |
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 Coat of arms | |
Location of Waldalgesheim within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
  Waldalgesheim  Waldalgesheim | |
| Coordinates: 49°57′04″N 7°50′11″E / 49.95111°N 7.83639°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Rhein-Nahe |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Stefan Reichert[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 16.01 km2 (6.18 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 293 m (961 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 4,241 |
| • Density | 260/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55425 |
| Dialling codes | 06721 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.waldalgesheim.de |
Waldalgesheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is best known as the site of the Iron Age Waldalgesheim chariot burial.
The winegrowing centre belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Rhein-Nahe, whose seat is in Bingen am Rhein, although that town is not within its bounds. Since 2003, Waldalgesheim has been part of the Rhine Gorge UNESCO World Heritage Site.
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mainz-Bingen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.