Blankenrath

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 7 ° 18 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Zell (Moselle)
Height :	410 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.59 km 2
Residents:	1650 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	359 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56865
Area code :	06545
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 010
Association administration address:	Corray 1 56856 Zell (Moselle)
Website :	blankenrath.de
Local Mayor :	Jochen Hansen
Location of the local community Blankenrath in the district of Cochem-Zell

Blankenrath, historic town house

Blankenrath is a municipality in the district of Cochem-Zell in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Zell (Mosel) . According to state planning, Blankenrath is designated as a basic center.

geography

Geographical location

Blank Rath located in the western Hunsrück directly at the border to zerriedelten and Mosel abdachenden Mosel Hunsrück . Here the Flaumbach rises in a basin with various tributaries . A section piped in the village will be renatured in 2014 with state grants. The nearby B 421 is the shortest way to the Moselle to Zell , the state road 202 leads on the heights west of the Flaumbach ( prehistoric route of the Keltenweg Nahe-Mosel ) over Mittelstrimmig to the Moselle to Treis-Karden . The Hunsrückhöhenstraße ( B 327 ), which runs along the Hunsrück and also connects to Hahn Airport , is only 7 km away and can be reached in Kappel via the B 421 (abbreviated via Rödelhausen to Hahn about 13 km).

The Sonnenhof and Südhof residential areas also belong to Blankenrath .

climate

The annual precipitation is 856 mm. The precipitation is in the upper third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 73% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in June. In June there is 1.4 times more rainfall than in February. Precipitation varies only minimally and is extremely evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 4% of the measuring stations .

history

The history of Blankenrath goes back to the 9th and 10th centuries. The settlement history of the region probably goes back to the Celtic times.

For the year 1347 the enfeoffment of the court Blankenrath by Count Johann von Kleve to Gerlach von Braunshorn is attested, in 1362 it came into the possession of the Winneburg counts through inheritance . Later, Kurtrier , Sponheim and the Braunshorn lordship at Beilstein Castle shared their sovereignty. The crosses of the sovereigns of Kurköln and Kurtrier and the Hifthorn of Braunshorn have formed the coat of arms of the local community since 1981.

From 1794 Blankenrath was under French rule , the neighboring town of Reidenhausen (Rodenhausen), which previously formed a community with Blankenrath, was separated. In 1815 the place was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna , Blankenrath became the administrative seat of a mayor's office (renamed Amt Blankenrath in 1927).

Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

With the 8th Administrative Simplification Act of July 18, 1970, Blankenrath lost his administrative office with effect from November 7, 1970. With the loss of the Mastershausen community , which had been assigned to the Rhein-Hunsrück district , Blankenrath was deprived of any basis for its own association and was therefore part of the Zell association. In terms of cultural history, the predominant ties to the Moselle region were taken into account.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 301 1835 357 1871 347 1905 393 1939 586 1950 642 1961 725

year Residents 1970 904 1987 935 1997 1,531 2005 1,758 2011 1,726 2017 1,651

Municipal council

The municipal council in Blankenrath consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. The 16 seats in the municipal council are divided between two groups of voters .

Culture and sights

Parishes

Church in the village center

Main road

• Catholic parish Maria Himmelfahrt , church from 1761/1762 with a 33 m high Romanesque tower from the previous church
• Martin Luther House of the Evangelical Church Community of Zell-Bad Bertrich-Blankenrath in the Simmern-Trarbach parish

education

• Municipal day care center Kleine Trolche
• Municipal day care center Dandelion
• Elementary and secondary school plus

Other facilities

• Youth center
• Bildungswerk
• Waldpark retirement home
• Volunteer firefighter
• Youth fire brigade

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Hiking tourism is a worthwhile destination in the nearby Flaumbach Valley to the Pulgermühle and beyond to the Maria Engelport monastery or to the Moselle to Treis . The Nahe – Mosel Celtic Path can also be walked in stages as a circular path to the Moselle. From April 2015, a section of the extended Saar-Hunsrück-Steig long-distance hiking trail will also end in the village.

The holiday camp in the north-eastern part of the Blankenrath district is also known nationwide.

traffic

The Rhein-Mosel-Verkehrsgesellschaft uses various lines to connect the surrounding towns, the neighboring centers of Cochem and Kastellaun and Frankfurt-Hahn Airport .

Business

Blankenrath was able to develop or keep functions of a sub-center . There are inns, a bakery and a food market in the village. Car dealerships, electronics stores, Raiffeisen banks, heating construction companies, building contractors, doctors and dentists, pharmacies and funeral directors are also of supraregional importance. There is also an industrial park with other companies in the western district of Blankenrath.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Blankenrath

Web links

Commons : Blankenrath  - Collection of Images

• Blankenrath in the SWR television program Hierzuland
• Literature about Blankenrath 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. ^ ^{A b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
3. ^ State of Rhineland-Palatinate promotes renaturation of the Flaumbach ... In: Blankenrath aktuell. November 13, 2013, accessed September 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 36 (PDF; 3 MB).
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections. Retrieved September 13, 2019 .