Gernsheim consists of the centres of Allmendfeld, Gernsheim and Klein-Rohrheim.
History
In the first century, there was Roman settlement in what is now Gernsheim. By the 7th century, this had given way to Frankish settlement. In 852, Gernsheim had its first documentary mention, and was also later mentioned in the Lorsch codex.[3]
In 1937, the village of Allmendfeld, now part of Gernsheim but originally a separate municipality, was founded. It is Hesse's newest town (in the common sense, if not the administrative). It is named after the commons (die Allmende in German).
Amalgamated communities
Allmendfeld, since 1971 (founded 1937)
Klein-Rohrheim, since 1971 (about 1200 years old)
Politics
Coat of arms
Gernsheim's civic coat of arms might heraldically be described thus: Gules, a six-spoked wheel argent.
Gernsheim was among Mainz's many landholdings for centuries (1232–1802). The charge in these arms is the Wheel of Mainz, a common heraldic charge in the region, given the history, but unlike many others, Gernsheim's arms have only this one charge. The town's oldest known seal, from the 14th century, already showed the wheel, as have all seals that later followed. The arms were officially granted in 1925.
Roads serving Gernsheim include Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B 44, B44a and B 426. Gernsheim is also connected to the AutobahnA 67, as well as to State Highway (Landesstraße) L 3112 and the K 206.
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