Aspisheim
# Aspisheim

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

## Geography

### Location

Aspisheim lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach. The municipality is administered by the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

## Politics

### Municipal council

The council is made up of 13 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:

| Elections | FDP | Free voters FWG | Free voters WGG | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 seats |
| 2009 | 7 | 5 | – | 12 seats |
| 2004 | 7 | 5 | – | 12 seats |

* FWG = Freie Wählergruppe Aspisheim e.V.

### Coat of arms

The municipality's arms might be described thus: Per pale Or a yarn swift sable palewise and sable a lion rampant Or armed argent and langued gules.

## Culture and sightseeing

### Regular events

On the next-to-last weekend in August the municipality's residents stage the Rothesfest, a wine and street festival.

## Economy and infrastructure

### Transport

The municipality is crossed by the L 414 state road . The A 61 motorway runs roughly 4 km away from the municipality.

