Auen (Hunsrück)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Nahe-Glan
Height :	235 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.71 km 2
Residents:	184 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55569
Area code :	06754
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 005
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 11 ; 55566 Bad Sobernheim
Website :	www.auen.de
Local Mayor :	Torsten Baus
Location of the local community Auen in the Bad Kreuznach district

Memorial to the hunter from the Electoral Palatinate near the Entenpfuhl forest house

Auen is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Nahe-Glan . Auen is a state-approved resort .

geography

Auen lies in the southern Hunsrück between the mountain ranges of the Soonwald and the Nahe river . Langenthal is to the west and Daubach to the east .

The Gosenhof residential area also belongs to the meadows .

population

Statistics on population development

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

year	Residents
1815	178
1835	249
1871	267
1905	220
1939	193

year	Residents
1950	211
1961	203
1970	220
1987	227
2005	239

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Local mayor is Torsten Baus. In the municipal election on May 26, 2019, he prevailed against the previous incumbent Andreas Seidenzahl with a share of 64.80% of the vote.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Shield divided by a silver sloping bar, which is covered with a black A. Above blue-gold chess, below in blue a golden curve. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The sloping bar with the letter “A” for floodplains goes back to a court seal from 1731. The abbot refers to Archbishop Bardo of Mainz , who listed floodplains among other localities in a deed of donation in 1044. The checkerboard pattern is reminiscent of the county of Sponheim , which Auen belonged to until the end of the 18th century.

Buildings

1,000-year-old Willigis Chapel with grave of Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch ( The Hunter from Electoral Palatinate )
Evangelical Church Lapis Primarius - front window from Röhrig / Bensberg

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 41 runs in the south . In Monzingen there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

Web links

Commons : Auen - collection of images

Individual evidence

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

↑ ^a ^b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 17 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

↑ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Auen. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Bad Sobernheim, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[regionaldaten-2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

[3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 17 (PDF; 2.2 MB).