Vollmersweiler

Vollmersweiler is a municipality in the district of Germersheim, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Vollmersweiler
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Vollmersweiler within Germersheim district
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Coordinates: 49°03′53″N 08°04′37″E
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Germersheim
Municipal assoc.	Kandel
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Roland Kelemen[1]
Area
• Total	2.18 km2 (0.84 sq mi)
Elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Population  (2023-12-31)[2]
• Total	211
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76744
Dialling codes	06340
Vehicle registration	GER
Website	www.vg-kandel.de

Location

The village is located in the southern Palatinate between Karlsruhe and Landau. Since 1972 the community has belonged to the Kandel municipal association, whose administrative headquarters is in the town of Kandel.

History

Vollmersweiler once belonged to the lords of Guttenberg castle. For a time in the 18th century it shared a Schultheiß with the town of Niederotterbach on the west.

Religion

In 2007, 50% of the population was Protestant and 24.8% Catholic. The remainder belonged to a different religion or none.^[3]

Government

The council consists of seven council members, including the mayor. The mayor, Roland Kelemen, was elected in 9th June 2024.

Coat of arms

The blazon of the arms is: In red a slanting silver plowblade.

It was approved in 1931 by the Bavarian State Ministry of the Interior and goes back to a common judicial seal of and Niederotterbach from the year 1581.^[4]