Siefersheim

Siefersheim
Coat of arms
Siefersheim
Location of Siefersheim within Alzey-Worms district
Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E / 49.783; 7.950Coordinates: 49°47′N 7°57′E / 49.783°N 7.950°E / 49.783; 7.950
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Wöllstein
Government
• Mayor	Volker Hintze
Area
• Total	6.28 km2 (2.42 sq mi)
Elevation	153 m (502 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,217
• Density	190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	55599
Dialling codes	06703
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.siefersheim.de

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

The municipality lies at Rhenish Hesse’s western edge and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Wöllstein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.

Siefersheim’s neighbours are Wonsheim, Wöllstein, Eckelsheim, Gumbsheim and Neu-Bamberg.

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected by majority vote at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The current mayor is Volker Hintze.

The municipality’s arms might be described thus: Per pale argent a tower gules, in base a bunch of grapes vert, and sable a lion rampant Or armed, langued and crowned gules.

Siefersheim is characterized by Rhenish-Hessian winegrowing and can boast of having a VDP winery in the Weingut Wagner-Stempel, as well as of having a DLG-recommended winery in the Weingut "Alte Schmiede".