Altweidelbach

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 0 '  N , 7 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Height :	412 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.1 km 2
Residents:	252 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55469
Area code :	06761
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 002
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 2 55469 Simmern / Hunsrück
Website :	www.altweidelbach.de
Local Mayor :	Volker Berg
Location of the local community Altweidelbach in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Altweidelbach church in the Hunsrück

Altweidelbach is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Simmern-Rheinböllen community .

geography

Altweidelbach is located in a hollow north of the Soonwald and the federal highway 50 .

Altweidelbach to include the residential spaces (also called Eselmühle) Hammesmühle and Weirichsmühle (cats Locher mill), both on Simmersbach located. The neighboring towns include: Wahlbach , Argenthal , Pleizenhausen , Simmern and Mutt Various .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1006 as Widimbach . Between 1410 and 1598 and 1610 and 1673 Altweidelbach belonged to the Palatinate part-duchy of Pfalz-Simmern , between 1598 and 1610 and from 1673 to the Electoral Palatinate .

With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 136 1835 214 1871 237 1905 230 1939 216 1950 245

year Residents 1961 181 1970 187 1987 223 1997 256 2005 258 2017 249

politics

Municipal council

The council in Altweidelbach consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Local mayor is Volker Berg. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of the vote of 86.45%.

Wind energy

Southeast of the municipality was the wind farm Altweidelbach seven wind turbines of the manufacturer Fuhrländer . This wind farm was completely dismantled in 2013. A wind farm with four turbines from the manufacturer Enercon is being planned.

Buildings

• Evangelical church with Stumm organ from 1796.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Altweidelbach

Web links

Commons : Altweidelbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local community Altweidelbach
• Literature about Altweidelbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
• Short portrait of Altweidelbach with a film on SWR television
• Altweidelbach in the travel guide from wo-simmern.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 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. 39 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ Heinrich Beyer : Document book on the history of the Middle Rhine territories now forming the Prussian administrative districts of Coblenz and Trier . tape  1 : From the oldest times to the year 1169. Koblenz 1874, p. 337 f. Reg. 285 ( full text in the Google book search).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Altweidelbach. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
6. ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Simmern-Rheinböllen, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .