Gensingen
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Location of Gensingen within Mainz-Bingen district  | |
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| Coordinates: 49°53′53″N 7°55′41″E / 49.89806°N 7.92806°E / 49.89806; 7.92806 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Mainz-Bingen |
| Municipal assoc. | Sprendlingen-Gensingen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Armin Brendel[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.73 km2 (3.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 90 m (300 ft) |
| Population
(2022-12-31)[2]
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| • Total | 3,948 |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes |
55457
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| Dialling codes | 06727 |
| Vehicle registration | MZ |
| Website | www.gensingen.de |
Gensingen is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Gensingen lies in Rhenish Hesse between Mainz and Bad Kreuznach on the river Nahe. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.
The municipality's neighbours are Grolsheim, Langenlonsheim, Horrweiler, Laubenheim, Welgesheim, Aspisheim, Biebelsheim, Ockenheim, Bretzenheim, Zotzenheim, Dorsheim, Sprendlingen and Bad Kreuznach-Ippesheim.
The council is made up of 21 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:
| SPD | CDU | FWG | Total | |
| 2004 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 20 seats |
(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)
The municipality's arms might be described thus: or, the letter G between three mullets of six sable.
While the letter G could stand for Gensingen, the arms’ meaning is not known. The six-pointed stars (“mullets of six”) are something of a mystery. The local court seal bore this composition in 1609.[3]
The Evangelical church has an historical Stumm organ built in 1774-1778 and restored in 2000. There are regular concerts.
Two businesses in the municipality of Gensingen are the furniture manufacturer Bretz and the plant nursery company Kientzler.
The municipality is crossed by Bundesstraße 41. The Autobahn A 61 is right nearby, only a 3 km drive away. At the Gensingen railway station, trains on the Nahetalbahn and the Rheinhessenbahn (railway lines) stop.
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