Bergenhausen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 1 '  N , 7 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Height :	370 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.68 km 2
Residents:	122 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55469
Area code :	06766
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 012
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 2 55469 Simmern / Hunsrück
Website :	www.simmern.de
Local Mayor :	Wilhelm Enk
Location of the local community Bergenhausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Village center in the background of the picture

Bergenhausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Simmern-Rheinböllen community .

geography

Bergenhausen lies on both sides of the Simmerbach .

history

The history of the place goes back to Roman times. The first documentary mention is in 1293.

With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French, in 1815 it was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In black, a silver (white) bordered blue wave pole between raised, crossed, green-stemmed golden (yellow) oak leaves with golden (yellow) fruit and a lowered golden (yellow) six-spoke mill wheel."

The coat of arms shows the Simmerbach . The oak leaves stand for the abundance of forests and the mill wheel for the lump mill located outside the village.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 134 1835 162 1871 141 1905 128 1939 346

year Residents 1950 132 1961 128 1970 143 1987 129 2005 132

religion

The evangelical parish of Bergenhausen belongs to the parish Pleizenhausen , which is part of the Evangelical Church in the Rhineland .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Bergenhausen 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

The local mayor is Wilhelm Enk. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, no candidate ran; he was elected by the local council on July 10, 2019 and is the successor of Christian Sixel.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Bergenhausen

Web links

Commons : Bergenhausen  - collection of images

• Bergenhausen on the website of the Simmern / Hunsrück community
• Bergenhausen in the travel guide from wo-simmern.de
• Literature about Bergenhausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: City council election 2019 Bergenhausen. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Simmern-Rheinböllen, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved October 5, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Heimat Aktuell - Mitteilungsblatt: Election of the local mayor and the aldermen. Edition 29/2019, official notices from the municipalities of Simmern and Rheinböllen. Retrieved October 5, 2019 .