Alzey is a town of 18,111 inhabitants (2002) in Germany. It is the administrative seat of the district of Alzey-Worms, and the fourth-largest town in Rheinhessen, after Mainz, Worms, and Bingen. Its main industries include winemaking (state wine school), psychiatric care (state mental health clinic), and supermarket distribution (distribution centers for real,- and Plus supermarket chains). It is located at the intersection of Autobahns A61 and A63 and has rail connections to Mainz, Worms, and Bingen. Since 1963 it has been a twin town with Harpenden.
In the reorganisation of the districts of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969 the new district of Alzey-Worms was formed by merging parts of the former districts.
The district is named after the city of Worms (which is neighboring, but not belonging to the district) and the city of Alzey (which is the capital of the district).
From there the land gently rises to the Alzey Uplands (Alzeyer Hügelland) in the west, which is the northernmost extension of the Palatine Forest.
US-Flugzeuge sollten eine Eisenbahnbrücke in Alzey angreifen, warfen bei schlechtem Wetter wegen eines Berechnungsfehlers ihre Bomben aber auf den damals unbebauten Wartberg.
Alzey befindet sich in der Nähe des Autobahnkreuzes Alzey, bei dem sich die A 61 (Venlo, Koblenz, Bingen, Alzey, Ludwigshafen, Hockenheim) und die A 63 (Mainz, Alzey, Kaiserslautern) kreuzen.
Sie wuchs in Alzey auf, wo ihr Vater Karl Schloss, der in München als Dichter des expressionistischen Stils gelebt hatte, eine Zigarrenfabrik betrieb.
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