 The winemaking centre belongs to the "Verbandsgemeinde" of Gau-Algesheim, whose seat is in the like-named town.Over the last 150 years, the population figure has lain at about 500 or 550, although in the last ten years, it has grown to about 900.The council is made up of 12 council members who were elected by majority vote in a municipal election held on 25 May 2014, and the honorary mayor as chairman.