Location and municipality
Ober-Hilbersheim is a municipality in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) of Gau-Algesheim and lies in the wine-growing region Rheinhessen on the Welzbach, about 15 kilometres south-west of Mainz. The municipality covers 7.38 square kilometres.
Altitude
Ober-Hilbersheim lies at an average of about 263 metres above sea level and is thus the highest-lying village in the Verbandsgemeinde of Gau-Algesheim.
Viticulture
Viticulture shapes the use of land in the municipality. Around 20 hectares of the total 738 hectares of municipal land are planted with vines. Winegrowers from Ober-Hilbersheim also cultivate around 150 hectares of vineyards in 20 different cadastral areas. The single vineyard site Mönchspforte is officially and under land-register law assigned to Ober-Hilbersheim and, according to the 2024 wine sites directory, has an established area of vines of 21.9 hectares. In the wine-growing area of Rheinhessen, it belongs to the Bingen area and the Großlage (major site) Abtey.
History
The earliest secured documentary distinction of Ober-Hilbersheim from Nieder-Hilbersheim dates back to the year 1219. At that time, the settlement was referred to as “superior Hilbersheim”; the name Gau-Hilbersheim was also used as an alternative.
