Bundenbach

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Bundenbach
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Coordinates: 49 ° 51 '  N , 7 ° 23'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Birch field
Association municipality : Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height : 400 m above sea level NHN
Area : 7.7 km 2
Residents: 842 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 109 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 55626
Area code : 06544
License plate : BIR
Community key : 07 1 34 017
Association administration address: Brühlstrasse 16
55756 Herrstein
Website : www.bundenbach.de
Mayoress : Verena Mächtel
Location of the local community of Bundenbach in the Birkenfeld district
Horbruch Krummenau (Hunsrück) Weitersbach Gösenroth Schwerbach Oberkirn Hausen (Hunsrück) Rhaunen Stipshausen Hottenbach Hellertshausen Schauren Asbach Sulzbach (Hunsrück) Bollenbach Bundenbach Baumholder Frauenberg Reichenbach Heimbach Ruschberg Berglangenbach Fohren-Linden Berschweiler bei Baumholder Mettweiler Eckersweiler Rohrbach Rückweiler Hahnweiler Leitzweiler Sien Sienhachenbach Schmidthachenbach Oberreidenbach Mittelreidenbach Dickesbach Fischbach Bergen Berschweiler bei Kirn Hintertiefenbach Gerach Niederwörresbach Niederhosenbach Griebelschied Sonnschied Wickenrodt Herrstein Oberwörresbach Veitsrodt Herborn Mörschied Breitenthal Oberhosenbach Weiden Vollmersbach Kempfeld Kirschweiler Bruchweiler Allenbach Wirschweiler Langweiler (bei Idar-Oberstein) Idar-Oberstein Sensweiler Hettenrodt Mackenrodt Siesbach Leisel Schwollen Hattgenstein Oberhambach Rinzenberg Börfink Buhlenberg Abentheuer Brücken (bei Birkenfeld) Achtelsbach Meckenbach Ellweiler Dambach Gimbweiler Hoppstädten-Weiersbach Dienstweiler Nohen Birkenfeld (Nahe) Ellenberg Gollenberg Rimsberg Schmißberg Elchweiler Niederhambach Niederbrombach Kronweiler Sonnenberg-Winnenberg Oberbrombach Rötsweiler-Nockenthal Wilzenberg-Hußweiler Saarland Landkreis Trier-Saarburg Landkreis Bernkastel-Wittlich Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Landkreis Kuselmap
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Bundenbach from afar - 2014
Reconstructed Celtic hilltop settlement
Hahnenbachtal

Bundenbach is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community and is a state-approved resort . Bundenbach applies old because of its approximately 400 million years fossils of armored fish and other animals from the Devon as a fossil site of world renown.

geography

Bundenbach is located on the Hunsrück Slate and Castle Road .

The next larger cities are Kirn , Idar-Oberstein and Simmern . Neighboring towns are Rhaunen , Bollenbach , Schneppenbach and Bruschied .

The Neumühle and Reinhardsmühle residential areas also belong to Bundenbach .

history

On a mountain spur near Bundenbach, in a loop of the Hahnbach, there was a late Celtic fortification , also called castellum , from the Treveri tribe . It is considered to be the most fully researched facility of its kind.

Bundenbach was first mentioned in a document on March 14, 1283.

Population development

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

year Residents
1815 529
1835 763
1871 728
1905 850
1939 1.005
1950 969
year Residents
1961 883
1970 1.010
1987 1,013
1997 1,016
2005 1,015
2019 842

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Bundenbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice CDU WGR total
2019 5 7th 12 seats
2014 7th 5 12 seats
2009 5 7th 12 seats
2004 9 7th 16 seats

mayor

Verena Mächtel became mayor of Bundenbach on September 19, 2019. In the re-election on August 25, 2019, she prevailed against her predecessor Michael Brzoska with a share of 66.73% of the vote. This election had become necessary because Brzoska was the only candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, who narrowly missed the necessary majority for re-election.

coat of arms

Coat of arms of Bundenbach
Blazon : "Split of blue and silver, in the front a slanted silver book, covered with three black balls (2/1), in the back a continuous red cross."
Justification of the coat of arms: The front half of the shield shows the attributes of the patron saint, St. Nicholas , who was also depicted in the old court seal; the back half of the shield indicates that it belonged to the territory of the Electorate of Trier .

Culture and sights

The medieval castle ruins of Schmidtburg (one of the largest castles in the Hunsrück) and the Herrenberg slate mine are well worth seeing ; since 1976 visitor mine, the fossil museum, the La Tène period Celtic hilltop settlement Altburg and the wild and romantic Hahnenbach valley without road traffic.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Bundenbach

Economy and Infrastructure

There is a kindergarten and a village community center in Bundenbach. In Kirn there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line . In the north are the federal highway 50 and the Frankfurt-Hahn airport .

Sons and daughters of the local church

Web links

Commons : Bundenbach  - 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. a b State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
  3. State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2020. S. 28 (PDF; 1 MB).
  4. ^ Alfred Haffner: The old castle of Bundenbach in the southern Hunsrück. In: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier : Trier. Augustus city of the Treveri. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1984, ISBN 3-8053-0792-6 .
  5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  6. Werner Krug: Inauguration of the new local mayor in Bundenbach. In: Our home. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, edition 43/2019, accessed on August 18, 2020 .
  7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, ninth line of results. Retrieved August 18, 2020 .
  8. ^ Andreas Nitsch: Bundenbach: Michael Brzoska wants to run again for the election. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, July 11, 2019, accessed on August 18, 2020 .