Bockenau

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	250 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.66 km 2
Residents:	1211 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	125 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06758
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 013
LOCODE :	DE XBN
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 ; 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.bockenau.de
Local Mayor :	Jürgen Klotz ( SPD )
Location of the local community of Bockenau in the Bad Kreuznach district

Bockenau is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

Bockenau is located on the southern edge of the Hunsrück in the Ellerbach valley on the 380 meter high Wingertsberg and is surrounded by the Soonwald preliminary stage, the highest point of which is the Ellerspring at 657 m above sea level. NHN is where the Ellerbach rises and the Bockenau flows through. The place is geographically in the scenic and largely untouched Gauchswald . The landscape designation Bockenauer Schweiz exists for the entire ensemble , which is also reflected in the name of the village's sports and event center.

The residential areas Bockenauer Schweiz and Lindenhof belong to Bockenau.

Neighboring communities are Allenfeld , Sponheim , Burgsponheim , Waldböckelheim , Daubach , Rehbach and Winterburg .

history

Since the 12th century at the latest, Bockenau has belonged to the County of Sponheim and thus to its oldest possessions. These historical references can be explored on a themed hiking trail, the Sponheimer Weg . However, the origins of the settlement go back much further. During the development of the new building area in the Bein , foundations of a Roman villa from the third century AD were found - this was proven by coins.

In the Middle Ages , on the grounds of the Bockenauer Schweiz campsite and the Daubacher Brücke settlement (between Winterburg and Bockenau), there was Nunkirchen , a homestead with a church that was owned by Jutta von Sponheim .

Population development

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

year	Residents
1815	567
1835	842
1871	938
1905	1.005
1939	836
1950	1,016
1961	1.003

year	Residents
1970	1,058
1987	1,117
1997	1,225
2005	1,252
2011	1,261
2017	1,218

Population development of Bockenau from 1815 to 2017 according to the adjacent table

politics

Municipal council

The council in Bockenau consists of 16 council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGR	total
2019	by majority vote			16 seats
2014	-	4th	12	16 seats
2009	by majority vote			16 seats
2004	7th	4th	5	16 seats

mayor

Jürgen Klotz is the local mayor. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with 90.83% of the votes.

Culture and sights

In Bockenau there is a primary school as well as an active club life, which manifests itself in the new Bockenauer Schweiz Halle . At the southern entrance to the village there is an open-air small railway museum. There are two narrow-gauge steam locomotives built by Krauss-Maffei to discover and climb , including one of the ÖBB 998 type , including a restored wagon and a typical caretaker's house including a large signal mast from that time. The Kreuznacher Kleinbahn operated between Winterburg and Bad Kreuznach from 1896 to 1936 .

See also:

In the cemetery, arcade hall with a soldier figure, 1923
Catholic Church of St. Laurentius
Sandstone crucifix on the Catholic Church
Evangelical parish church
Evangelical parish church
Late Founder Age sandstone crucifix, 1903
Former Catholic school around 1880

Economy and Infrastructure

The drop forge of the company HAY with the newly expanded plant is the largest local employer and, together with the nearby Bad Sobernheim location, secures over 1200 qualified jobs. The 12.5 hectare Schäfer-Fröhlich winery, which is a member of the Association of German Predicate and Quality Wineries, is known nationwide.

traffic

In the south, the four-lane federal highway 41 runs through the neighboring municipality of Waldböckelheim since 2008 .

From 1895 to 1936, Bockenau owned a train station on the narrow-gauge railway line Bad Kreuznach – Winterburg . Omnibuses and a truck replaced their traffic. The nearest train station is now in the neighboring town of Bad Sobernheim . It is located on the Bingen – Saarbrücken railway with a free connection to Frankfurt am Main with the Regional Express .

In the north-west, the disused military airfield is five kilometers away and the Frankfurt-Hahn airport is another 35 kilometers away in the same direction .

Personalities

Johann Friedrich Abegg (1761–1840), businessman and senator in Bremen
Rudolf Desch (1911–1997), composer and professor, born in Bockenau

Web links

Commons : Bockenau - Collection of Images

Literature about Bockenau in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).

↑ The Church of Bockenau ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Jutta von Sponheim ( Memento from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
↑ Parish Spall (mention of Nunkirchen)
^ Bibliography Zimmer, Kurt
↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
^ The regional returning officer RLP: Municipal council election 2019 Bockenau. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, third line of results. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
↑ Small Railway Museum

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-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 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).