Zornheim

Geschichte

Zornheim is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.GeographyLocationZornheim borders in the southwest on Ebersheim, an outlying centre of the state capital of Mainz on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region. The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and is a winegrowing centre in the Rheinhessen wine region.Many wineries have been growing and making wine here for centuries. In 1973, in the course of administrative reform, Zornheim became part of the Verbandsgemeinde of Nieder-Olm, whose seat is in the like-named town.HistoryIn 771, Zornheim had its first documentary mention. Zornheim’s founding, however, reaches far back into early history, as witnessed by finds from the New Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age and Roman times. The first written reference in 771 is in a document detailing a donation to the Fulda Abbey. Since this donation document dealt with two vineyards, it is known that there was already winegrowing here then.