Bürdenbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Bürdenbach (disambiguation) .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 31'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Height :	250 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.8 km 2
Residents:	587 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	210 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56593
Area code :	02687
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 015
Community structure:	5 districts
Association administration address:	Rathausstrasse 13 57610 Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Website :	www.vg-altenkirchen-flammersfeld.de
Mayoress :	Roswitha Puderbach
Location of the local community Bürdenbach in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald)

Bürdenbach is a municipality in the Altenkirchen (Westerwald) district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld .

geography

The local community is located in the Westerwald ; Neighboring towns are Oberlahr in the north, Güllesheim in the southeast and Niedersteinebach in the southwest. In addition to the place that gave it its name, Bürdenbach consists of the districts and residential areas Bruch, Bruchermühle, Burg Bruch and Grube Louise .

history

In today's Bruch district, there was a renaissance castle until the 19th century that belonged to the von Welschenengsten family, who served the Counts of Sayn and Nassau. Between 1634 and 1636 Johann Wilhelm von Welschenengsten called Bernkott lived here with his wife Christine von Diez , the daughter of Princess Anna of Saxony .

Bürdenbach belonged to the Electorate of Trier until the beginning of the 19th century and was part of the parish of Horhausen . The parts of the Electorate of Trier on the right bank of the Rhine were allocated to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg in 1803 on the basis of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and belonged to the Duchy of Nassau from 1806 after the foundation of the Rhine Confederation . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia .

Under the Prussian administration, Güllesheim was assigned to the Flammersfeld mayor in the newly established Altenkirchen district , which from 1822 belonged to the Rhine Province . After the iron ore mine was closed in 1930, the town no longer had any major commercial operations. In recent years, hiking, wellness and seminar tourism have been intensified.

Population development

Development of the population of Bürdenbach, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 73 1835 111 1871 124 1905 190 1939 234

year Residents 1950 251 1961 288 1970 306 1987 352 2005 521

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Bürdenbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Roswitha Puderbach is the local mayor of Bürdenbach. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for another five years with a share of the vote of 69.83%.

Culture

→ List of cultural monuments in Bürdenbach

Web links

Commons : Bürdenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Bürdenbach on the website of the community community Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Margot Bitterauf-Remy among others: The art monuments of the Rhine province. Sixteenth Volume, Division I: The Art Monuments of the Altenkirchen District. P. 43. Hellmuth Gensicke: The Bernkott von Welschenengsten. In: Nassauische Annalen 1991, pp. 225-236.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Bürdenbach. Retrieved January 4, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .