Berglangenbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '  N , 7 ° 15'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Baumholder
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.73 km 2
Residents:	450 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	79 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55776
Area code :	06789
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 007
Association administration address:	Am Weiherdamm 1 55774 Baumholder
Website :	www.berglangenbach.de
Local Mayor :	Kurt Jenet ( SPD )
Location of the Berglangenbach community in the Birkenfeld district

View of the snow-covered Berglangenbach with the Berglangenbacher Church in the center

Berglangenbach is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Baumholder community .

geography

Berglangenbach belongs to the Westrich . To the north is Heimbach , in the East Fohren-Linden , the South Rohrbach and Rückweiler and southwest is Leitzweiler .

The Bächelshöfe and Zinkweilerhof residential areas also belong to Berglangenbach .

history

Until the end of the 18th century, the place belonged to the part of the Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, which came from the County of Veldenz , and was assigned to the Berschweiler mayor in the Oberamt Lichtenberg . In 1790, 30 families lived in the village. The district of Berglangenbach covered 574 hectares .

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was taken by French revolutionary troops. From 1798 to 1814 Berglangenbach belonged to the canton Baumholder in the Saardepartement . Due to the agreements reached at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region came to the Saxon-Coburg principality of Lichtenberg in 1816 , to which it belonged until 1834. The Berglangenbach community initially belonged to the mayor's office of Berschweiler, and from 1823 to the mayor's office of Burglichtenberg. After the sale to Prussia and the dissolution of the Principality of Lichtenberg, Berglangenbach came to the newly established St. Wendel district in the Rhine province . Berglangenbach has been part of the Birkenfeld district since 1937 and part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 163 1835 306 1871 375 1905 382 1939 501 1950 563

year Residents 1961 593 1970 578 1987 527 2005 483 2011 450 2017 449

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

	The coat of arms was approved by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior in 1965.
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The blue lion refers to the former belonging to the County of Veldenz . The three mountain and the wavy ribbon symbolize the place name ( talking coat of arms ).

Culture and sights

Events

• Farmers' and handicrafts market (every September)
• Berglangenbacher Curb (annually)

Buildings

• The Berglangenbacher Kirche is in an exposed position west of the town center, is visible from afar and characterizes the townscape. The building is a small historicizing effusive stone building and is considered a monument.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Berglangenbach

Economy and Infrastructure

Berglangenbach has a village community center and a market hall.

The federal motorway 62 runs to the south . In the local community Heimbach there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken railway line .

Web links

Commons : Berglangenbach  - Collection of images

• Local municipality Berglangenbach on the website of the association municipality Baumholder
• Literature about Berglangenbach 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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 27 f . (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations for the Historical Atlas of the Rhine Province. The map of 1789 (2nd volume). Bonn 1898. p. 400.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved September 8, 2019 . 
6. ↑ General Directorate Kullturelles Erbe Rheinland-Pfalz (Ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Birkenfeld district . Mainz May 14, 2019, p. 5 .