Lonsheim

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Lonsheim is a small municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Alzey-Worms district and to the collective municipality of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey. It is a rural wine-growing village in the Rheinhessen region and lies in a hollow at the foot of the Hemm woods, surrounded by vineyards. From Lonsheim, on a clear day, you can sometimes see as far as Frankfurt am Main.

Wine and landscape
Lonsheim is known for its vineyards and wineries, including Mandelberg and Schönberg. These are part of the Adelberg wine area. The vineyards cover about 139 hectares. The village is in the Rheinhessische Schweiz (Rhenish-Hessian Switzerland) and has winegrowing on all sides.

Neighbors
Lonsheim borders Bornheim, Bermersheim vor der Höhe, and Heimersheim (an outlying part of Alzey).

History
In its early days, Lonsheim was held by the Waldgraves of Kyrburg. The Bock von Lonsheim family held it as a fief until 1398, after which other noble families held it until 1679, when it passed to the Electorate of the Palatinate.

Administration
The municipality is an Ortsgemeinde in a Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality). The council has 12 members, with an honorary mayor serving as chairman. The current mayor (2019–2024) is Harald Denne.

Coat of arms
Lonsheim’s coat of arms features a gold field with a red lion and a red cross.

Sport and clubs
The local sport club is TV Lonsheim e.V., founded in 1888. In the 1990s the club enjoyed notable success. The gymnastics section has existed since the club’s founding, and the football section began in the mid-1980s as FC Aussichtsturm Lonsheim, later taking the name TV Lonsheim.