Alzey | |
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![]() View of Alzey castle | |
Location of Alzey within Alzey-Worms district ![]() | |
Coordinates: 49°44′45″N 8°6′55″E / 49.74583°N 8.11528°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
District | Alzey-Worms |
Subdivisions | 4 |
Government | |
• Mayor (2022–30) | Steffen Jung[1] (SPD) |
Area | |
• Total | 35.21 km2 (13.59 sq mi) |
Elevation | 194 m (636 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 19,265 |
• Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 55219–55232 |
Dialling codes | 06731 |
Vehicle registration | AZ |
Website | www.alzey.de |
Alzey (German pronunciation: [ˈaltsaɪ] ) is a Verband-free town – one belonging to no Verbandsgemeinde – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the fifth-largest town in Rhenish Hesse, after Mainz, Worms, Ingelheim am Rhein and Bingen.
Alzey is one of the Nibelungenstädte – towns associated with the Nibelungenlied – because it is represented in this work by the character Volker von Alzey. Hence, Alzey is also known as Volkerstadt.