Lambsheim

{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Lambsheim COA.svg |image_photo = Lambsheim Ortsmitte.jpg |coordinates = {{coord|49|30|48|N|8|17|15|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Karte Lambsheim.png |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis |Verbandsgemeinde = Lambsheim-Heßheim |elevation = 95-98 |area = 12.75 |postal_code = 67245 |area_code = 06233 |licence = RP |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07338016 |website = [http://www.lambsheim.de/ www.lambsheim.de] |mayor = Herbert Knoll<ref>[https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/3380000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.</ref> |leader_term = 2019–24 }}

'''Lambsheim''' ({{IPA|de|ˈlampshaɪm}}) is a municipality in the [[Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis]], in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. It is the seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' [[Lambsheim-Heßheim]].

==Geography== Lambsheim is situated approximately 6 km southwest of [[Frankenthal]], and 11 km northwest of [[Ludwigshafen]].

==History== Lambsheim was first mentioned as ''Lammundisheim'' in the [[Lorsch codex]] in 768.<ref>''Minst, Karl Josef: [http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/minst1970bd3/0136 Lorsch Codex, deed 1145, November 768]'', p. 130, ''Heidelberger historische Bestände – digital.'', [[Heidelberg University Library]] (in German)</ref>

==Politics==

===Municipal Council=== {| class=wikitable |- |- | colspan=3 align=center | Municipal Council 1999<ref>''[http://wahlen.lambsheim.de/gw1999.html "Municipal Council of 1999"]'', ''Official website of Lambsheim'' (in German)</ref>||colspan=3 align=center | Municipal Council 2004<ref>''[http://wahlen.lambsheim.de/gw2004.html "Municipal Council of 2004"]'', ''Official website of Lambsheim'' (in German)</ref>||colspan=3 align=center | Municipal Council 2009<ref>''[http://wahlen.lambsheim.de/gw2009.html "Municipal Council of 2009"]'', ''Official website of Lambsheim'' (in German)</ref>||colspan=3 align=center | Municipal Council 2014<ref>''[http://wahlen.lambsheim.de/gw2014.html "Municipal Council of 2014"]'', ''Official website of Lambsheim'' (in German)</ref> |- |Party||Votes||Seats||Party||Votes||Seats||Party||Votes||Seats||Party||Votes||Seats |- |[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] ||align=right | 36.8 %||align=right | 8 ||[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] ||align=right | 35.3 %||align=right | 8 ||[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] ||align=right | 29.5 %||align=right | 6 ||[[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]] ||align=right | 40.8 %||align=right | 9 |- |[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] ||align=right | 33.1 %||align=right | 8 ||[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] ||align=right | 25.5 %||align=right | 6 ||[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] ||align=right | 34.5 %||align=right | 8 ||[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] ||align=right | 37.1 %||align=right | 8 |- |[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] ||align=right | 5.8 %||align=right | 1 ||[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] ||align=right | 10.6 %||align=right | 2 ||[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] ||align=right | 11.7 %||align=right | 3 ||[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|FDP]] ||align=right | 7.3 %||align=right | 2 |- |[[Alliance 90/The Greens|Greens]] ||align=right | 5.5 %||align=right | 1 ||[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] ||align=right | 8.3 %||align=right | 2 ||[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] ||align=right | 10.7 %||align=right | 2 ||[[Alliance '90/The Greens|Greens]] ||align=right | 14.8 %||align=right | 3 |- |Independent (FWG) ||align=right | 18.7 %||align=right | 4 ||Independent (FWG) ||align=right | 20.3 %||align=right | 4 ||Independent (FWG) ||align=right | 13.6 %||align=right | 3 ||Independent (FWG) ||align=right | -||align=right | - |- | colspan=3 align=center | Voter Participation: 68.6% || colspan=3 align=center | Voter Participation: 61.3% || colspan=3 align=center | Voter Participation: 57.2% || colspan=3 align=center | Voter Participation: 59.4% |}

=== Mayor === The mayor of Lambsheim is Barbara Eisenbarth-Wahl.<ref>https://www.lambsheim-hessheim.de/politik-verwaltung/buergermeister-beigeordnete/,

''Bürgermeister & Beigeordnete'' (in German)</ref>

=== Sister cities === * [[Image:Flag of France.svg|25px]] [[Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche]], [[France]], since 1981

==Economy and Infrastructure== ===Wineries=== In Lambsheim there are 3 wineries.

==Notable people== *[[Jürgen Kohler]] (born 1965), a World-Cup-winning [[Association football|footballer]], was born in Lambsheim.

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis]]