Bodenbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Bodenbach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 6 ° 51 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Vulkaneifel
Association municipality :	Kelberg
Height :	475 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.78 km 2
Residents:	206 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53539
Area code :	02692
License plate :	DAU
Community key :	07 2 33 205
Association administration address:	Dauner Strasse 22 53539 Kelberg
Website :	www.bodenbach-eifel.de
Local Mayor :	Thorsten Krämer
Location of the local community of Bodenbach in the Vulkaneifel district

Bodenbach is a municipality in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the association community Kelberg .

geography

The place is located in the Vulkaneifel Nature Park, and partly in the conservation area "Kelberg". The Bodenbacher Bach flows through the village.

history

In 1563 the village had twelve, in 1684 15 fire places . It belonged to the Electorate of Trier until the end of the 18th century and was part of the Zent Bongard in the Kelberg court of the administration of the Daun office . In 1787 Bodenbach had 145 inhabitants.

In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the left bank of the Rhine . Under the French administration , Bodenbach belonged to the canton of Adenau in the Rhine-Moselle department from 1798 to 1814 . Due to the agreements made at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 , the region became part of the Kingdom of Prussia . Under Prussian administration, the municipality of Bodenbach was assigned to the Adenau district in the Koblenz administrative region and was administered by the Kelberg mayor . This went on in 1927 in the Kelberg office and in 1968 in the Kelberg Association. After the First World War , the area was under French military administration . When the Adenau district was dissolved in 1932, Bodenbach joined the Mayen district . The region has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 and belonged to the French zone of occupation until 1949 .

As part of the municipal reorganization of Rhineland-Palatinate, the community came on November 7, 1970 from the district of Mayen , which was dissolved at the same time, to the district of Daun (now the district of Vulkaneifel ).

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 177 1835 207 1871 238 1905 227 1939 234

year Residents 1950 247 1961 213 1970 230 1987 257 2005 250

religion

Parish Church of St. Apollonia

Bodenbach in the Eifel is the parish seat of the parish “St. Apollonia Bodenbach ”, to which the places Bodenbach, Bongard (St. Agatha branch church), Borler (St. Bernhard chapel) and Gelenberg (St. Wendelinus chapel). Over 90% of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church .

politics

Municipal council

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

Local mayor is Thorsten Krämer.

coat of arms

The description of the coat of arms reads: "In the golden shield, divided by blue oblique left-hand brackets, above a black, three-tower church, below a green wheel with linden leaf spokes."

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Bodenbach

Web links

Commons : Bodenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Bodenbach on the website of the association community Kelberg
• Brief portrait of Bodenbach on SWR television
• To search for cultural assets of the local community Bodenbach in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 112, 149.
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 156 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections