Brenk

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

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '  N , 7 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Brohl valley
Height :	350 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.08 km 2
Residents:	190 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	62 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56651
Area code :	02655
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 201
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Kapellenstrasse 12 56651 Niederzissen
Website :	brohltal-verwaltung.de
Local Mayor :	Christoph Stenz
Location of the local community of Brenk in the Ahrweiler district

Brenk is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Brohltal community , which has its administrative headquarters in Niederzissen .

geography

Brenk is four kilometers southwest of Niederzissen in the valley and on the upper reaches of the Brenkbach . The Schellkopf rises to the west ( 495  m above sea  level ). The municipality is one of the natural area for Olbrücker Eifel edge and includes the south much of the wildlife sanctuaries Schorberg and Scheldkoepfchen and teaching head . It reaches its lowest point at the Gleeser Bach on the northern border, the highest at the summit of 549  m above sea level. NHN high Schorberg on the western border. The district of Fußhölle, located at the southern foot of the Schellkopf, belongs to Brenk. The municipality is located in the conservation area "Rhein-Ahr-Eifel".

history

Brenk and Fußhölle belonged to the rulership of Olbrück until the end of the 18th century .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 218 1835 158 1871 184 1905 201 1939 214 1950 224

year Residents 1961 214 1970 220 1987 180 2005 199 2011 186 2017 178

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Brenk consists of six 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

Christoph Stenz became the local mayor of Brenk on July 6, 2009. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of 70.54% of the votes.

Stenz's predecessor as mayor until 2009 was Herbert Pütz.

coat of arms

	Justification of the coat of arms: The golden, cross-shaped rod indicates the patron saint of Brenk, the holy New Year's Eve. The crossed golden ears of wheat and the crossed hammers symbolize the phonolite mining in the local community.

Rail transport

Above the village on the slope runs the route of the meter-gauge ( narrow-gauge railway ) Brohltalbahn , which has a train station (demand stop) in Brenk . Up to the phonolite quarry at Brenk station, the Brohl Valley Railway is also used for freight transport.

Attractions

The chapel in Brenk is dedicated to Holy New Year's Eve and was built in 1867 in neo-Gothic style.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Brenk

Web links

Commons : Brenk  - Collection of Images

• Local community Brenk on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Brohltal
• Literature about Brenk 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 9 (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} 1st meeting of the Brenk municipal council. In: Council and Citizen Information System. Verbandsgemeindeverwaltung Brohltal, July 6, 2009, accessed on August 3, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Brohltal, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth line of results. Retrieved August 3, 2020 .