Berndroth

This article describes the Berndroth community in Rhineland-Palatinate. For the German soccer player and coach, see Ramon Berndroth .

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 14 '  N , 7 ° 58'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Aar facility
Height :	371 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.22 km 2
Residents:	377 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	61 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56370
Area code :	06486
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 011
Association administration address:	Burgstrasse 1 56368 Katzenelnbogen
Website :	www.vg-aar-einrich.de
Local Mayor :	Rainer Mohr
Location of the local community Berndroth in the Rhein-Lahn district

Berndroth is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Aar-Einrich .

geography

Berndroth is located in the western Hintertaunus south of Katzenelnbogen in Einrich . The community also includes the residential areas Ackerbach, Forsthaus Rettert, Hof Hasenberg, Rotherhof and Waldeslust

history

The first documented information about Berndroth appeared in 1220. At that time, the place consisted of two farms that belonged to the Counts of Katzenelnbogen . From 1479 the Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen and with it the village Berndroth became the property of the Landgraves of Hesse .

From 1648 to 1806 the Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen and thus also Berndroth were sovereignly assigned to the Landgraves of Hessen-Kassels . From 1806 to 1813 the region was under French administration ( pays réservé ). In 1816 the place came into the possession of the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 .

Linen weaving was a historically significant branch of business in the town.

Berndroth has been part of the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 . In 1972, as part of the Rhineland-Palatinate “functional and territorial reform”, the community of Katzenelnbogen was formed, to which the local community of Berndroth belonged until 2019 and which was then merged into the community of Aar-Einrich.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 268 1835 381 1871 360 1905 323 1939 330 1950 375

year Residents 1961 352 1970 326 1987 339 1997 372 2005 428 2017 389

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Berndroth consists of eight 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

Rainer Mohr is the local mayor of Berndroth. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 87.12% of the vote.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Berndroth
• List of natural monuments in Berndroth

Web links

Commons : Berndroth  - Collection of Images

• Local municipality Berndroth on the website of the municipality of Aar-Einrich
• Literature about Berndroth in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography
• Brief portrait of Berndroth on SWR television

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 42 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Aar-Einrich, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .