# Sponheim

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Municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Sponheim Municipality View of Sponheim with the abbey Coat of arms Location of Sponheim within Bad Kreuznach district Location of Sponheim Sponheim Show map of Germany Sponheim Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 49°50′45″N 7°43′35″E / 49.84583°N 7.72639°E / 49.84583; 7.72639 Country Germany State Rhineland-Palatinate District Bad Kreuznach Municipal assoc. Rüdesheim Government • Mayor (2019–24) Bernhard Haas[1] Area • Total 14.35 km2 (5.54 sq mi) Elevation 230 m (750 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[2] • Total 761 • Density 53.0/km2 (137/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 55595 Dialling codes 06758 Vehicle registration KH Website www.sponheim.de

**Sponheim** is a municipality in the [district of Bad Kreuznach](/source/Bad_Kreuznach_(district)) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate) in western [Germany](/source/Germany).

## History

Abbey of Sponheim c. 1650

Sponheim was the capital of the [County of Sponheim](/source/County_of_Sponheim).

### Sponheim Abbey

There was a [Benedictine](/source/Benedictine) abbey which was founded in 1101 by Stephan II, Count of Sponheim not far from the comital residence at [Castle Sponheim](/source/Castle_Sponheim). [Johannes Trithemius](/source/Johannes_Trithemius) was one of the [abbots](/source/Abbot).[3] Traveling from university to his home town in 1482, he was surprised by a [snowstorm](/source/Snowstorm) and took refuge in the Benedictine abbey of Sponheim near [Bad Kreuznach](/source/Bad_Kreuznach). He decided to stay and was elected [abbot](/source/Abbot) in 1483, at the age of twenty-one. In his time, the abbey [library](/source/Library) increased from around fifty items to more than two thousand. However, his efforts were not met with praise, and his reputation as a [magician](/source/Magic_and_religion) did not further his acceptance. Increasing differences with the [convent](/source/Convent) led to his [resignation](/source/Resignation) in 1506.

## See also

- [County of Sponheim](/source/County_of_Sponheim)

- [House of Sponheim](/source/House_of_Sponheim)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Bad Kreuznach](https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1330000000000.html), Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 2 August 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Bevölkerungsstand von Land, Landkreisen, Gemeinden und Verbandsgemeinden 2024 (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2022)"](https://www.statistik.rlp.de/themen/bevoelkerung/daten/bevoelkerungsfortschreibung/bf-t2b) (in German). [Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz](/source/Statistisches_Landesamt_Rheinland-Pfalz).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Gaier, Ulrich (1968). "Sebastian Brant's "Narrenschiff" and the Humanists". *[Modern Language Association](/source/Modern_Language_Association)*. **83** (2): 266. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2307/1261181](https://doi.org/10.2307%2F1261181). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0030-8129](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0030-8129). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [1261181](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1261181).

v t e Towns and municipalities in Bad Kreuznach (district) Abtweiler Allenfeld Altenbamberg Argenschwang Auen Bad Kreuznach Bad Sobernheim Bärenbach Bärweiler Becherbach Becherbach bei Kirn Biebelsheim Bockenau Boos Braunweiler Brauweiler Breitenheim Bretzenheim Bruschied Burgsponheim Callbach Dalberg Daubach Daxweiler Desloch Dörrebach Dorsheim Duchroth Eckenroth Feilbingert Frei-Laubersheim Fürfeld Gebroth Guldental Gutenberg Hackenheim Hahnenbach Hallgarten Hargesheim Heimweiler Heinzenberg Hennweiler Hergenfeld Hochstätten Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach Hüffelsheim Hundsbach Ippenschied Jeckenbach Kellenbach Kirn Kirschroth Königsau Langenlonsheim Langenthal Laubenheim Lauschied Lettweiler Limbach Löllbach Mandel Martinstein Meckenbach Meddersheim Meisenheim Merxheim Monzingen Münchwald Neu-Bamberg Niederhausen Norheim Nußbaum Oberhausen an der Nahe Oberhausen bei Kirn Oberstreit Odernheim am Glan Otzweiler Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Raumbach Rehbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Roth Roxheim Rüdesheim an der Nahe Rümmelsheim Sankt Katharinen Schloßböckelheim Schmittweiler Schneppenbach Schöneberg Schwarzerden Schweinschied Schweppenhausen Seesbach Seibersbach Simmertal Sommerloch Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Staudernheim Stromberg Tiefenthal Traisen Volxheim Waldböckelheim Waldlaubersheim Wallhausen Warmsroth Weiler bei Monzingen Weinsheim Weitersborn Windesheim Winterbach Winterburg

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