Mountain (taunus)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Nasta
Height :	290 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.3 km 2
Residents:	242 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	73 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06772
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 009
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 1 ; 56355 Nastätten
Website :	www.berg-taunus.de
Local Mayor :	Heiko Singhof
Location of the municipality of Berg in the Rhein-Lahn district

Berg is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association of Nastaetten .

geography

Berg is located in the Taunus (western Hintertaunus ) in the Blue Land between Nastätten and Nassau . The residential areas Rauschenmühle and Steegsmühle also belong to the municipality of Berg .

history

Was first documented Berg 1260, when the county Katzenelnbogen among the brothers Diether V and Eberhard I was divided. Berg belonged to the " quadrilateral court " on the facility . In 1538 the Reformation was introduced. The quadrilateral court was divided in 1647. The parish of Marienfels , to which Berg belonged, was assigned to the Nassau-Diez district . In 1774 the Quadrilateral Court was finally dissolved, after which Berg was jointly owned by Nassau-Usingen and Nassau-Diez until 1806 . From 1806 to 1866 the place belonged to the Duchy of Nassau ( Amt Nastätten ), then to the Kingdom of Prussia (Province of Hessen-Nassau , Unterlahnkreis ).

After the end of the First World War, the site of the Allied occupation of the Rhineland was occupied by French soldiers until 1929.

The place was on 27./28. March 1945 captured by American troops. The place belonged to the French occupation zone even after the Second World War. Since 1946, Berg has belonged to the newly founded federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, since 1969 to the Rhein-Lahn district and since 1972 to the association of Nastätten.

The Steegsmühle was first mentioned in 1436, making it one of the oldest mills in the region. The first mention of mining in today's Bemarkung von Berg comes from the year 1582. Iron ore, lead, silver and gold were mined there. In 1685 a forge, a smelter and a weir to use water power were added. The metal processing was apparently stopped shortly afterwards. The Rauschenmühle, built in 1590, apparently used the building and the weir.

Population development

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

year	Residents
1526	10 fireplaces
1583	18 house seats
1601	11 households
1648	4 families
1681	40
1771	23 house seats
1815	155
1835	170
1871	169

year	Residents
1905	173
1939	190
1950	188
1961	155
1970	162
1987	172
1997	210
2005	241
2019	242

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Berg 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

Heiko Singhof is the local mayor of Berg. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 93.25% of the vote.

Parish partnership

Mountain in Alsace since 1996

literature

Hellmuth Gensicke : On the local history of Nassau: The parish of Marienfels. In: Nassauische Annalen 1980 , pp. 284-297.

Web links

Commons : mountain collection of images

Individual evidence

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

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 44 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data

^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Berg. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .
^ The State Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Nastätten, Verbandsgemeinde, first line of results. Retrieved November 4, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] 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. 44 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

[regionaldaten-3] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data