Ockenfels

This article deals with the local community of Ockenfels in Rhineland-Palatinate. For more meanings, see Ockenfels (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 16'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Neuwied
Association municipality :	Linz on the Rhine
Height :	136 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.66 km 2
Residents:	1073 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	646 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53545
Area code :	02644
License plate :	NO
Community key :	07 1 38 055
Association administration address:	Am Schoppbüchel 5 53545 Linz am Rhein
Website :	www.gemeinde-ockenfels.de
Local Mayor :	Kurt Pape ( CDU )
Location of the local community Ockenfels in the district of Neuwied

Ockenfels from Remagen

Ockenfels Castle

Ockenfels from Burgstrasse

Trinity Church

Donatus Chapel

Ockenfels is a municipality in the Neuwied district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Linz am Rhein association.

geography

Ockenfels adjoins the city of Linz on the Rhine to the north and lies south of Kasbach-Ohlenberg above the right bank of the Rhine on a terrain that rises sharply from southwest to northeast. The village covers altitudes between 80  m above sea level. NHN and 180  m above sea level NHN . The municipal area reaches up to around 200 m from the Rhine, the majority of the natural space can be assigned to the main town of the Linzer Terrasse , the area to the east of the Rheinwesterwälder volcanic ridge . Ockenfels Castle is located near the municipality in the district of Linz am Rhein . The Blumenau residential area belongs to Ockenfels .

Today Ockenfels is primarily a residential community , but for some years now there have also been efforts to locate commercial businesses.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1257. The main features of the current district boundaries of Ockenfels were created in 1809 when the parish of Linz was divided into eight districts based on a Nassau ordinance. The municipality of Ockenfels was initially under the administration of the Nassau Office of Linz . After the Rhineland was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, the community was assigned to the newly formed Linz District (incorporated into the Neuwied District in 1822 ) and administered by the Linz mayor (from 1927 “Amt Linz”).

Since the land registry was reorganized in 1828, only minor border corrections have been made. A description of the Ockenfels parish presented in 1829 shows that 300 residents lived in 62 houses in the village at the time, with a chapel and a schoolhouse at their disposal.

Population development

The development of the population of Ockenfels, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 272 1835 375 1871 375 1905 389 1939 423

year Residents 1950 500 1961 601 1970 798 1987 919 2005 1,125

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Ockenfels consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

Allocation of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	total
2019	5	9	2	16 seats
2014	6th	9	1	16 seats
2009	6th	9	1	16 seats
2004	4th	12	-	16 seats

mayor

Kurt Pape (CDU) is the local mayor of Ockenfels. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 56.64%.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In red a golden glaive wheel under a silver shield head with a black cross reaching to the edge of the shield."

Culture and sights

See also : List of cultural monuments in Ockenfels

traffic

In the immediate vicinity of the community runs the federal highway 42 , which leads from Koblenz to Bonn . The next motorway junction is Bad Honnef / Linz on the A3 . The main access is from Linz am Rhein via the K11.

The next train station is Linz (Rhine) on the right-hand Rhine route . The only means of public transport in the local community is the Ockenfels - Linz caller collective taxi.

Web links

Commons : Ockenfels  - Collection of Images

• Ockenfels on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Linz am Rhein

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 32 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ↑ ELECTION RESULTS. Retrieved May 29, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Linz am Rhein, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved February 20, 2020 . 
6. ↑ AST Ockenfels. Accessed December 1, 2018 .