What is Eppelsheim?
{{Infobox German location |image_coa = DEU Eppelsheim COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|49|42|N|8|9|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Eppelsheim in AZ.svg |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Alzey-Worms |Verbandsgemeinde = Alzey-Land |elevation = 179 |area = 5.57 |population = 1269 |Stand = 2006-12-31 |postal_code = 55234 |area_code = 06735 |licence = AZ |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 31 020 |website = {{URL|http://www.eppelsheim.de/}} |mayor = Ute Klenk-Kaufmann |party = }} '''Eppelsheim''' is a village (''Ortsgemeinde'') in the [[Alzey-Worms]] district in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], [[Germany]]. == Geography == Eppelsheim lies on a high plateau in the Rhenish Hesse wine region. == Politics == === Municipal council === The village has a council that governs it. The council has 16 members. These members are elected by the people of the village. In the 2014 election, 9 members of the FWG and 7 of the SPD were elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/kw/wahlen/2014/gemeinderatswahlen/ergebnisse/3310102000.html|title=LWL RLP - Kommunalwahlen: Ergebnisse der Ratswahlen: Wahlergebnisse 2014: Stadt- und Gemeinderatswahlen|website=www.wahlen.rlp.de}}</ref> The honorary mayor is Ute Klenk-Kaufmann. === Coat of arms === The village’s [[Coat of arms|arms]] has two halves. They are divided vertically. On the left is a crowned lion. It is standing on its hind legs and facing left. The right half has a green branch with two green apples. == Culture == === Museums === ==== Deinotherium at the town hall ==== The ''Dinotherium-Museum'' in Eppelsheim holds fossil remains of mammals from deposits about ten million years old from the prehistoric [[Rhine]] near Eppelsheim. These deposits are known as the [[Deinotherium]] Sands, because they often contain teeth and bones from the extinct [[Proboscidea|proboscid]] deinotherium. == Paleontological discoveries =