Gau-Algesheim

Geschichte

Gau-Algesheim is a town in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim, a kind of collective municipality.GeographyLocationGau-Algesheim lies roughly 20 km west of Mainz and just under 3 km away from the Rhine on the edge of the Ingelheimer Rheinebene (“Ingelheim Rhine Plain”) on the terraces at the Rhenish Hesse West Plateau, into whose varied soil structure the “Geo-Ecological Teaching Path” on the Westerberg slopes allows a glimpse. Through the municipal area flows the Welzbach.Neighbouring municipalitiesClockwise from the north, these are Ingelheim, Appenheim, Ockenheim and Bingen.Constituent communitiesGau-Algesheim’s Stadtteile are Gau-Algesheim and Laurenziberg.