Sankt Johann, Mainz-Bingen

Sankt Johann

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Sankt Johann

Coordinates: 49°52′06″N 08°01′09″E / 49.86833°N 8.01917°E / 49.86833; 8.01917Coordinates: 49°52′06″N 08°01′09″E / 49.86833°N 8.01917°E / 49.86833; 8.01917
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Mainz-Bingen
Municipal assoc. Sprendlingen-Gensingen
Government
 • Mayor Hans Bergmann
Area
 • Total 5.66 km2 (2.19 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
 • Total 824
 • Density 150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 55578
Dialling codes 06701
Vehicle registration MZ
Website www.sprendlingen-gensingen.de

Sankt Johann 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

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, whose seat is in Sprendlingen.

History

The typical Rhenish-Hessian wine village was known in the Middle Ages as Weiler Megelsheim (Weiler means “hamlet” in German) and had its first documentary mention in 1220.

Culture and sightseeing

Buildings

The municipality’s landmark is the High Gothic Evangelical Johanniskirche (Saint John’s Church) with an important Oberndörfer organ from 1793. This church was built as a pilgrimage church in the latter half of the 14th century by the Counts of Sponheim. It is consecrated to John the Baptist. Worth seeing are the church’s mediaeval wall paintings and the modern church windows by Heinz Hindorf.

Sport

Up above the community, on the Wißberg, is a golf course.

Regular events

There are regular concerts at Saint John’s Church.

The Sankt Johanner Jahrmarkt, a yearly market, goes back to the Middle Ages and is held on the weekend following Midsummer

Famous people

Sons and daughters of the town

References

  1. ↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.

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