Burgsponheim

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 50 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	235 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.1 km 2
Residents:	239 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	217 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06758
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 019
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.burgsponheim.de
Mayoress :	Simone Bopp-Schmid
Location of the local community Burgsponheim in the Bad Kreuznach district

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

geography

Burgsponheim lies on a hill above the Ellerbach between the Soonwald and the Nahe .

The Akvas Mühle residential area also belongs to Burgsponheim .

history

The Burgsponheim was first mentioned in the 1127th At the beginning of the 13th century, the Counts of Sponheim moved their seat of government to Kreuznach.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 202 1835 225 1871 244 1905 221 1939 197 1950 220

year Residents 1961 215 1970 222 1987 203 1997 199 2005 233 2019 239

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Burgsponheim 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

The local mayor is Simone Bopp-Schmid. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in office with 80.39% of the votes.

Culture and sights

View from the residential tower keep on Burgsponheim

Remains of the destroyed Sponheim Castle - round tower

Remains of the destroyed Sponheim Castle (view from the valley)

In 2002, the place was awarded first place as the winner of the state competition " Our village should be more beautiful " at the district level.

The ruins of the ancestral castle of the Counts of Sponheim are well worth seeing .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Burgsponheim

Economy and Infrastructure

For centuries the place was characterized by agriculture and viticulture. In the last thirty years it has undergone a transformation into an almost entirely residential community.

From 1895 to 1936 Burgsponheim owned a train station on the narrow-gauge railway line Bad Kreuznach – Winterburg . Omnibuses and a truck replaced their traffic.

Web links

Commons : Burgsponheim  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Burgsponheim
• Brief portrait of Burgsponheim ( memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) on SWR television
• Literature about Burgsponheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Burgsponheim. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .