Hochborn
Hochborn | |
|---|---|
Location of Hochborn within Alzey-Worms district | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′26″N 8°12′03″E / 49.72389°N 8.20083°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Alzey-Worms |
| Municipal assoc. | Wonnegau |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Ute Balz |
| Area | |
• Total | 3.56 km2 (1.37 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 290 m (950 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31) | |
• Total | 413 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 55234 |
| Dialling codes | 06735 |
| Vehicle registration | AZ |
| Website | www.hochborn.de |
Hochborn (until 1971: Blödesheim) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
This Ortsgemeinde earned a Germany-wide media presence in early 2001 when a television spot from the 1970s made by the then Südwestfunk was broadcast by Stefan Raab on his show TV total; it was about the place called Blödesheim. Stefan Raab then visited Hochborn during Carnival (locally known as Fastnachtszeit) and for a few weeks thereafter campaigned for a return to the name Blödesheim.
Blödes Heim in German means "dimwitted home".