Bermersheim vor der Höhe

Bermersheim vor der Höhe is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Bermersheim vor der Höhe
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Bermersheim vor der Höhe within Alzey-Worms district
Bermersheim vor der Höhe Bermersheim vor der Höhe
Coordinates: 49°40′55″N 8°13′25″E / 49.68194°N 8.22361°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Alzey-Land
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Ute Fillinger[1]
Area
• Total	2.87 km2 (1.11 sq mi)
Elevation	147 m (482 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[2]
• Total	375
• Density	130/km2 (340/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	55234
Dialling codes	06731
Vehicle registration	AZ

As a winegrowing centre, Bermersheim vor der Höhe lies in Germany's biggest winegrowing district, in the middle of Rhenish Hesse. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Alzey-Land, whose seat is in Alzey.

The earliest documentary evidence of the name of Bermersheim dates from the year 768, in connection with the sale of an estate to Lorsch Abbey.

The words vor der Höhe (meaning “before the Heights”) were added to the name with effect from 1 April 1971.

The council is made up of 8 council members, who were elected by proportional representation at a municipal election held on 7 June 2009, with the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:^[3]

• Volker Herberg (.... - 2004)
• Werner Wagner (2004–2014)
• Ute Fillinger (since 2014

Hildegard of Bingen’s baptismal church is located in Bermersheim vor der Höhe.

• Winegrowing

• Hildegard of Bingen (1098–1179), abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary and polymath