Düngenheim

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 16 '  N , 7 ° 10'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Cochem cell
Association municipality :	Kaisersesch
Height :	430 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.31 km 2
Residents:	1329 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	143 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56761
Area code :	02653
License plate :	COC, ZEL
Community key :	07 1 35 023
Association administration address:	Am Römerturm 2 56759 Kaisersesch
Website :	www.duengenheim.de
Local Mayor :	Mike Kaiser
Location of the local community Düngenheim in the district of Cochem-Zell

St. Simeon in Düngenheim

Düngenheim is a municipality in the Cochem-Zell district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kaisersesch association.

geography

Geographical location

Düngenheim is on the outskirts of the Cochem-Zell district. The place extends over a length of 1.4 kilometers and is the largest local community in terms of population in the Kaisersesch community.

To Düngenheim includes the residential places children's home St. Martin, Lehnholz and Weier Thalerhof.

climate

The annual precipitation is 729 mm. The precipitation is in the middle third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 47% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is September, with most precipitation falling in November. In November there is 1.4 times as much precipitation as in September. Precipitation varies only minimally and is extremely evenly distributed over the year. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at only 1% of the measuring stations .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1097 as "Dunechinga". Later mentions were "Dunichenheim" (1140), "Thunechingin" (1179) and "Dungingen" (1475).

Until the end of the 18th century, Düngenheim belonged to the rulers of Kurtrier and was assigned to the office of Kaisersesch . The rulership was held by the Stuben monastery , and in 1179 the monastery was administered by an appointed bailiff . According to a wisdom from 1521, the Stubben monastery exercised lower jurisdiction through a mayor .

In 1794 French revolutionary troops annexed the Left Bank of the Rhine , from 1798 to 1814 Düngenheim (then “Dingenheim”) belonged to the canton of Kaisersesch in the Koblenz district of the Rhine-Moselle department . The municipal council (Düngenheimer community representative in the Mairie Kaisersesch) was 1808 the citizen Darscheid. There was a school teacher in town.

Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, the municipality of Düngenheim came to the mayor's office of Kaisersesch in the district of Cochem , which belonged to the new administrative district of Koblenz and from 1822 to the Rhine province .

The municipality of Düngenheim has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 , since 1968 it has belonged to the Kaisersesch association and since 1969 to the Cochem-Zell district .

Slate mining in various pits in the area was associated with Düngenheim for a long time . In the middle of the 20th century the operation was stopped. Many men still suffer from the consequences of hard work underground today. The entrances to the slate pits were closed tightly and are now only used as shelter for bats. For visitors to the community, the slate quarrying can still be recognized by the large slate rubble sites.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 487 1835 798 1871 781 1905 966 1939 978 1950 985

year Residents 1961 960 1970 1,266 1987 1,145 1997 1,280 2005 1,328 2019 1,329

politics

Municipal council

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

Culture and sights

societies

The place has a distinctive club life with many different clubs and associations: fishing club, Düngenheimer Carnevals Club (DCC), Möhnenverein, TuS Düngenheim, drum club, season Düngenheim, volunteer fire brigade Düngenheim, church choir, apron hunter fans, Eifel club, dog sports club and the bachelor club Düngenheim, probably can look back on the greatest tradition (125 years).

The largest club in town is the gymnastics and sports club (TuS for short). Several departments form a complex association. The broadest division is football. At the moment the SG Düngenheim / Urmersbach / Masburg plays with the first team in the district league A and with the second team in the district league C. 6-17 year olds can play in the various youth teams.

Economy and Infrastructure

Education and nursing homes

The Sankt Martin education and nursing home is located in Düngenheim. The St. Martin children's home is one of the largest employers in the Kaisersesch community. It lies on the edge of the Wettau forest area. The Eifel senior home has existed since 1996. It specializes in the field of artificial ventilation.

Daycare and school

The primary school is run by St. Hildegardishaus GmbH. In 2004 the agency received approval to set up a private primary school. This means that there has been a primary school again in the municipality of Düngenheim since 1977.

The St. Martin Düngenheim elementary school is a two-tier denomination school with eight classes. It offers integrative schooling for children with and without special needs.

The local community has two day care centers, the integrative day care center St. Martin in the area of ​​the education and nursing home Saint Martin with two groups and the three-group day care center Noah's Ark in the village. Both facilities are run by the Sankt Martin Düngenheim education and nursing home.

Son of the place

• Klaus Kremer (1927–2007), Catholic theologian and cultural philosopher

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Düngenheim
• List of natural monuments in Düngenheim

literature

• Stefan Gorges, From Dunechinga to Düngenheim 1097–1997

Web links

• Local community Düngenheim on the website of the Kaisersesch association
• Literature about Düngenheim 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. 22 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ ^{A b} Elmar Rettinger: Historical local dictionary of Rhineland-Palatinate. Volume 1: Former district of Cochem , Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1985. ISBN 3-515-04173-7 , p. 66 ( Google Books )
4. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 137.
5. ↑ Handbook for the residents of the Rhine-Mosel Department , Koblenz: Prefecture-Buchdruckerey, 1808, p. 63 ff ( www.dilibri.de )
6. ↑ Topographical-statistical overview of the government district of Coblenz , Coblenz: Hölscher, 1843, p. 37 ( www.dilibri.de )
7. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections