ALZEY

'Alzey' () is a town of 18,221 inhabitants (2005) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the district of Alzey-Worms, and the fourth-largest town in Rheinhessen, after Mainz, Worms, and Bingen.
Its main industries include winemaking (state wine school), psychiatric care (state mental health clinic), and supermarket distribution (distribution centers for real and Plus supermarket chains). It is located at the intersection of Autobahns A61 and A63 and has rail connections to Mainz, Worms, Bingen and Kirchheim-Bolanden.

Contents

Geography

History

Neolithic to Middle Ages

Famous residents

Twinnings

References

Gallery

External links

Geography

'Alzey' is located in the outher west of the northern rhine rift. It is encircled by foothills of the Alzeyer Hügelland (Alzey downs). The Selz, an afluent of the rhine, flows throug the city - partly subterraneously.

History

Neolithic to Middle Ages

Colonizational vestiges in the region of Alzey are traceable to the stone age.
The name Alzey (Altiaia) was first documented in a roman stone inscription from 223 - it's meaning is still unexplained. Possibly it is referable to a former celtic settlement dating back to 400 B.C..
The roman vicus was destroyed in 350. In 390 the romans put up a new fort on the remains of the vicus, which fell to the Burgundian only ten years later. In 450 the fort was finally occupied by the Allemanni and Franks.

Famous residents

★ Volker von Alzey, one of the Nibelung Heroes and a comrade of Siegfried the Dragon Slayer

★ Samuel Adler, a noted rabbi in the United States, had been chief rabbi here^[1]

★ August Belmont (1816-1890), the noted banker and United States ambassador whom the Belmont Stakes is named after, was born in Alzey

★ Elisabeth Langgässer

★ Famous Turkish singer Tarkan was born here

Twinnings

Alzey is twinned with:

★ Harpenden, England, since 1963

★ Josselin, France.

References

★ 1. Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896, , , , Marquis Who's Who, ,

Gallery

External links

★ www.alzey.de