Bannberscheid

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 50'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Wirges
Height :	262 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.88 km 2
Residents:	656 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	349 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56424
Area code :	02602
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 003
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 10 56422 Wirges
Website :	www.wirges.de
Local Mayor :	Georg Holl ( independent )
Location of the local community Bannberscheid in the Westerwaldkreis

Bannberscheid is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges .

Geographical location

The village is located north of Montabaur at a height of about 270 m in a meadow with a gradually rising slope, within the low mountain range of the Westerwald , which is framed by the high Westerwald and the Montabaur ridge .

history

Bannberscheid was first mentioned in 1211 as Berenscheit .

The village church was built from 1895 to 1897. The place was electrified in 1921 and connected to the sewer system in 1937. Until the 1960s, clay mining was the main source of income.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 156 1835 176 1871 187 1905 250 1939 346 1950 400

year Residents 1961 423 1970 485 1987 540 1997 579 2005 606 2019 656

religion

church

The vast majority of the population is Roman Catholic. In the village there is a branch church of the parish St. Bonifatius (Wirges), diocese of Limburg . The approximately 100 Protestant Christians are looked after by the Evangelical Martin Luther Church Congregation in Wirges, which is part of the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau .

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Georg Holl became the local mayor of Bannberscheid on August 15, 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations.

Holl's predecessor Gerd Hommrich had held the office for 15 years.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "By a silver-red sloping left bar divided by blue and gold, above a golden mill wheel, below on the edge of the shield three blue steps." The introduction of the coat of arms was initiated by the municipal council in 1992.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• East of the location which runs B 255 the Montabaur and Rennerod connects.
• The next motorway junction is Montabaur on the A3 Cologne - Frankfurt am Main , about three kilometers away.
• The next option to connect to rail traffic is at Montabaur station on the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main and the Unterwesterwaldbahn . ICE trains run here in the direction of Frankfurt am Main, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Cologne and Düsseldorf, as well as the trains on regional line 29 in the direction of Limburg (Lahn) and Siershahn.
• Bannberscheid and Staudt owned a common train station on the Westerwaldquerbahn (Montabaur - Wallmerod - Westerburg - Rennerod - Herborn), on which passenger traffic was stopped in 1981.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Bannberscheid
• List of natural monuments in Bannberscheid

literature

• Literature about Bannberscheid in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Web links

Commons : Bannberscheid  - Collection of images

• Local community Bannberscheid on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Wirges

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 - regional data
3. ^ Bishopric Limburg, branch church Bannberscheid . Retrieved January 8, 2011.
4. ↑ Evangelical Martin Luther Church Congregation Wirges . Retrieved January 8, 2011.
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ ^{a b} Georg Holl: 1. Inaugural meeting of the new council. In: The town hall - information for the citizens in the VG Wirges, edition 35/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on June 29, 2020 .