Allendorf (Rhein-Lahn district)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Aar facility
Height :	325 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.03 km 2
Residents:	613 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	202 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56370
Area code :	06486
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 001
Association administration address:	Burgstrasse 1 ; 56368 Katzenelnbogen
Website :	www.vg-aar-einrich.de
Local Mayor :	Lars Denninghoff ( SPD )
Location of the local community Allendorf in the Rhein-Lahn district

Allendorf ( pronunciation ^?^/^I ) is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Aar-Einrich .

geography

Allendorf is about 1.6 km as the crow flies east of Katzenelnbogen in the western Hintertaunus . The route via Kreisstrasse 54 and Landesstrasse 322 is about 2 km long.

Half of the municipal area is used for agriculture, a third is forest.

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1259 and belonged to the Lower County of Katzenelnbogen until the beginning of the 19th century . In 1806 the village was assigned to the Duchy of Nassau . In 1847 the last remnants of the manor were removed by paying a severance payment. Allendorf was Prussian from 1866 and in 1946 came to the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1972, in the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate "functional and territorial reform ", the community of Katzenelnbogen was formed, to which the local community of Allendorf belonged until 2019 and which was then merged into the community of Aar-Einrich.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	218
1835	299
1871	334
1905	358
1939	353
1950	370

year	Residents
1961	404
1970	470
1987	539
1997	587
2005	681
2019	613

Allendorf's

The noble von Allendorf family can be traced back to numerous functions in the extended region for more than 300 years. Her coat of arms showed a red heart shield in silver accompanied by a gold ring in the right upper corner. The oldest tangible member is Dietrich von Katzenelnbogen, who is first mentioned in 1258. His son Heinrich von Katzenelnbogen, called vom Turm, called himself "von Allendorf" for the first time in 1276. The last name bearer is mentioned for the last time in 1594. Important members were Henne (mentioned from 1422 to 1445), Burgrave of Rheinfels Castle , Kraft († October 4, 1474), Mayor of Mainz, Kraft († March 29, 1560), Electorate Steward , Heinrich († May 26, 1557) Canon of Mainz, and Hans Heinrich († 1576), Obervogt of Tuttlingen.

At first the house was closely connected to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen , later to Kurmainz and the House of Nassau . In accordance with the long existence of the house, the possessions were spread over the corresponding domains, with a focus on Katzenelnbogen.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Allendorf consists of twelve 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.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR	total
2019	7th	5	12 seats
2014	7th	5	12 seats
2009	5	7th	12 seats
2004	5	7th	12 seats

mayor

Lars Denninghoff (SPD) is the local mayor of Allendorf. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 84.24% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "A red shield in silver, covered with golden slanted hammers and mallets, accompanied in the upper right corner by a black-rimmed golden ring."
	Justification of the coat of arms: hammer and mallet refer to earlier mining on the Eisensteinfeld and in the Zollhaus mine. The ring is taken from the coat of arms of the local low-nobility "von Allendorf".

Culture and sights

In the northeast of the district lies part of the Hohlenfelsbachtal nature reserve .

Economy and Infrastructure

As of 2007 there are three farms with an average of 43 hectares of utilized agricultural area, in 1971 there were still 20 farms with an average of 7 hectares.

The place has a community center, a communal kindergarten and a volunteer fire department .

District road 54 runs through Allendorf .