Argwang

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 7 ° 42'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	295 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.25 km 2
Residents:	331 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	78 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 004
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.argenschwang.de
Mayoress :	Petra Ender
Location of the local community Argenschwang in the Bad Kreuznach district

Argenschwang is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

Argenschwang is located in the southern Hunsrück , between the Soonwald and the Gauchswald , on the 361 meter high Geisberg.

The Webersmühle and Wiesenhof residential areas also belong to Argenschwang .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1127 as Hausen . This place name was in use until the 16th century.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 326 1835 386 1871 442 1905 399 1939 532 1950 352

year Residents 1961 341 1970 350 1987 333 1997 364 2005 379 2019 331

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Local mayor is Petra Ender. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, she was elected with 79.36% of the vote and is the successor to Bernd Metzler, who did not run again after 20 years in office.

Culture and sights

The castle Argenschwang was in the 12th century by the Counts of Sponheim built.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Argenschwang

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  Rosenburg castle ruins

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  Rosenburg castle ruins; Former gatehouse

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  Former synagogue (17th and 18th centuries)

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  Argenschwang Church, Argenschwang Castle in the background

literature

• Literature about Argenschwang in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Web links

Commons : Argenschwang  - Collection of images

• Argenschwang parish
• Literature about Argenschwang in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Argenschwang. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .