Offstein

Offstein
Offstein
Municipality
	Coat of arms
	Location of Offstein within Alzey-Worms district
	Offstein Offstein
	Coordinates: 49°36′22″N 8°14′17″E / 49.60611°N 8.23806°E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Alzey-Worms
Municipal assoc.	Monsheim
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Andreas Böll (SPD)
Area
• Total	5.64 km2 (2.18 sq mi)
Elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)
• Total	1,866
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	67591
Dialling codes	06243
Vehicle registration	AZ
Website	www.offstein.de

Offstein in the Wonnegau is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Geography

The municipality lies in Rhenish Hesse and belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Monsheim, whose seat is in the like-named municipality. Geographically speaking, Offstein is located in the western area of the Rhine Rift Valley. The Eisbach, a small tributary situated west of the Rhine, runs through the southern part of the municipality. In terms of the type of settlement, Offstein is a clustered village. The lee of the surrounding low mountain ranges encourages its mild and arid climate. The fertile loess layers in this region render possible a productive agrarian economy.

Politics

Municipal council

The council is made up of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The municipal election held on 7 June 2009 yielded the following results:^[3]

	SPD	GfO	FWG	Total
2009	7	-	9	16 seats
2004	6	6	4	16 seats
1999	6	7	3	16 seats

Mayors

1975–1994 Otto Bergner (SPD)
1994–2018: Robert Kuhn (independent)
2019–present: Andreas Böll (SPD)

Economy and infrastructure

In the neighbouring hamlet of Neuoffstein, which belongs to Obrigheim, is found the Südzucker-Werk Offstein, a sugar factory and Offstein's most important employer.