Altenbamberg

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Bad Kreuznach
Height :	130 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.53 km 2
Residents:	734 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	97 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55585
Area code :	06708
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 003
LOCODE :	DE 5AG
Association administration address:	Rheingrafenstrasse 11 ; 55583 Bad Kreuznach
Website :	www.altenbamberg.com
Local Mayor :	Holger Markus Conrad
Location of the local community Altenbamberg in the Bad Kreuznach district

Altenbaumburg castle ruins with a view of the Altenbamberg valley

Altenbamberg is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Kreuznach community .

geography

The place is in the Alsenz valley . Bad Kreuznach is to the north and Hochstätten to the south .

Altenbamberg also includes the Altenbaumburg, Bangerterhof, Brücklocherhof, Steigerhof and Sonnenhof residential areas .

history

The history of the place is linked to the Altenbaumburg from the beginning . This castle ruin is a spur castle on a ridge above the village. It is the ancestral castle of the Raugrafen and one of the largest castle ruins in the Palatinate. Originally in a strategically favorable position in the Alsenz valley, the complex lost its importance after its owners, the Raugrafen, died out in the 14th century. The place name has nothing to do with the Franconian city of Bamberg , but is derived from the name of Altenbaumburg. Older versions of the place name were:

1140 Bomeneburg

1181 Boumburg

1186 Boimeneburg

1325 Alten-Beymborg Castle

1391 Alten-Beimborg

1394 Old Beumburg

1412 Old Beinborg

1429 Altenbeymburg

1444 Old Baymberg

1518 Altenbaumburg

1528 Altenbeymburg

1681 Altenbaumberg

1828 Altenbamberg

1837 Altenbaumberg

After the Congress of Vienna Altenbamberg came to Bavaria to the Rhine district , where it remained until the end of the Second World War . During the administrative reform of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1969, it was reclassified from the Rockenhausen district to the Bad Kreuznach district. From an ecclesiastical point of view, Altenbamberg still belongs to the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate and the Diocese of Speyer .
see also Treuenfels Castle

Population development

The development of the population of Altenbamberg; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year	Residents
1815	343
1835	465
1871	559
1905	608
1939	573
1950	678

year	Residents
1961	617
1970	684
1987	646
1997	766
2005	806
2019	734

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Altenbamberg consists of twelve council members who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. In the previous election, a personalized proportional representation was used once , as two lists were put up.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

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

mayor

The local mayor is Holger Markus Conrad. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 85.84% of the votes.

Economy and Infrastructure

Bundesstrasse 48 runs through Altenbamberg . There is a train station for the Alsenz Valley Railway in the village .

Altenbamberg is located in the Nahe wine-growing region . There are still a few full-time winemakers in the village.

There is a supermarket and a bakery for the residents. Medical care is mainly provided by the neighboring cities of Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg and Bad Kreuznach .

There is a Protestant and a Catholic church with weekly church services.

Sons and daughters of the church

Rudolf Eickemeyer (1831–1895), inventor and entrepreneur
Ludwig Kastl (1878–1969), colonial civil servant, representative of industry associations and economic expert
Peter Neber (1883–1960), chemist

Web links

Commons : Altenbamberg - Collection of Images

Literature about Altenbamberg in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 14 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local council election 2019 Altenbamberg. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Bad Kreuznach, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 14 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[regionaldaten-3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data