Bilkheim

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Coat of arms of the local community Bilkheim
Bilkheim
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Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '  N , 7 ° 57'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Wallmerod
Height : 296 m above sea level NHN
Area : 2.65 km 2
Residents: 482 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 182 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56414
Area code : 06435
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 210
LOCODE : DE 2BK
Association administration address:
Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website : www.wallmerod.de
Local Mayor : Wilhelm Krings
Location of the local community Bilkheim in the Westerwaldkreis
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Bilkheim is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

geography

Bilkheim is located about 13 km northeast of Montabaur in a valley basin, directly on the border with Hesse. The Schafbach rises above the village, flows laterally past Bilkheim and flows into the Walmeroder Bach , which in turn flows into the Salzbach shortly afterwards . The residential area at Schloss Neuroth also belongs to Bilkheim .

history

Bilkheim was first mentioned in a document as Bullincheym by the noble Dietrich von Brambach zu Neurod in 1345.

In 1664 the moated castle Hof Neuroth was built as the widow's seat of the Walderdorff family . A tombstone with the place name Bilkheim was found from 1695.

In 1828 the first urn graves from the Hallstatt culture (700 to 500 BC) were discovered on the "Heide". These grave finds prove that there must have been a settlement in the Bilkheim area well over 2000 years ago. Some of the grave finds are exhibited or archived in the Wiesbaden Museum.

Representation of the typical Bilkheim costume

In 1901 a school was built in Bilkheim, which is now privately owned. A railway line, which has since been dismantled to a cycle and hiking trail, was built in 1910 and connected with Westerburg and Montabaur .

The old houses along the main street are mostly bought and lived in by "new" Bilkheim residents. The descendants of the "old" Bilkheimers move out of the town center and build in the adjacent building areas.

The original religion in Bilkheim was 100% Roman Catholic until around 50 years ago. Due to the advancing globalization, however, many faiths are now represented in Bilkheim.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 185
1835 214
1871 234
1905 208
1939 255
1950 264
year Residents
1961 263
1970 332
1987 347
1997 444
2005 496
2017 498

politics

Municipal council

The council in Bilkheim 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

Wilhelm Krings became local mayor of Bilkheim on September 26, 2019. In the re-election on September 8, 2019, he was elected for five years with a share of 64.2% of the vote. This election became necessary because in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the only applicant did not achieve a sufficient majority.

Kring's predecessor Michael Becker had held the office for 15 years.

coat of arms

Bilkheim coat of arms
 Blazon : “Divided by Göpelschnitt. In front on a golden corrugated shield base covered with a blue wave wedge rising obliquely to the left, a silver castle tower in red. At the back, in silver, a red tower with three battlements and three silver windows. Below is a golden urn in green, surrounded by six silver isosceles trapezoids. "

traffic

  • The next motorway junction is Diez on the A3 Cologne - Frankfurt , about ten kilometers away.
  • The closest connections to rail traffic are the Westerburg station and the Berzhahn stop on the Westerwald-Sieg-Bahn, here the trains of the RB90 (Limburg (Lahn) - Diez Ost - Westerburg - Hachenburg - Altenkirchen (Ww) - Au (Sieg ) - knowledge (Sieg) - Siegen) after the Rheinland-Pfalz-clock , the nearest connections to the long-distance railway are the Montabaur railway station and the Limburg Süd station .
  • The next major passenger airports are Cologne-Bonn Airport and Frankfurt.

Events

Bilkheim has three major events every year:

  • Fair: On the last weekend in August, the traditional fair takes place in / at the parish hall of St. Barbara.
  • Backesfest: The Backesfest takes place every year on the first weekend in August. This festival is organized by all associations together.
  • Christmas market: A Christmas market was held for the first time in December 2006.

See also

Web links

Commons : Bilkheim  - Collection of Images

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 2019 [ Version 2020 is available. ] . S. 80 (PDF; 3 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. ↑ a b From the meeting of the municipal council on September 26, 2019. In: Wir über uns - Verbandsgemeinde Wallmerod, edition 42/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, Höhr-Grenzhausen, accessed on July 4, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Angela Baumeier: Bilkheim's new local boss is tackling his honorary position with vigor: Wilhelm Krings relies on a good community. Westerwälder Zeitung, October 11, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2020 .
  7. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections from September 2019: Bilkheim (VG Wallmerod). September 11, 2019, accessed July 4, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Re- election necessary: ​​three mayoral candidates fail. Westerwälder Zeitung, May 27, 2019, accessed on July 4, 2020 .