Wackernheim

Geschichte

Wackernheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.It is home to the United States Army's McCully Barracks.GeographyLocationThe municipality lies west of Mainz in a side valley of the Rhine between the Rabenkopf nature reserve, Layenhof and the Mainzer Berg (mountain). Wackernheim belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Heidesheim am Rhein, whose seat is in the like-named municipality.HistoryIn 754, Wackernheim had its first documentary mention.PoliticsMunicipal councilThe council is made up of 19 council members, counting the part-time mayor, with seats apportioned thus:(as at municipal election held on 13 June 2004)Town partnerships Daix, Côte-d'Or, France Roncà, Province of Verona, Veneto, Italy