Dalberg (near Bad Kreuznach)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	230 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.3 km 2
Residents:	218 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	95 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 021
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.gemeinde-dalberg.de
Local Mayor :	Dirk Ballhorn
Location of the local community Dalberg in the Bad Kreuznach district

Dalberg in the Graefenbach valley

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

geography

Dalberg is located in the Graefenbach valley in the Hunsrück . To the east is Wallhausen , southwest Argenschwang and northwest is Spabrücken .

history

The castle of the Lords of Dalberg was built around 1150/70. The place was probably only created with or after the construction of the castle and originally belonged to the village of Wallhausen . In the Thirty Years War the village lost about 2/3 of its population.

Population development

year	Residents	annotation
1520	55	Extrapolation from Beres, p. 146
1620	95	Extrapolation from Beres, p. 146
1660	32	Extrapolation from Beres, p. 146
1678	36	Extrapolation from Beres, p. 146
1730	104	Extrapolation from Beres, p. 146
1790	150	Estimate according to Beres, p. 146

politics

Municipal council

The council in Dalberg 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.

mayor

Local mayor is Dirk Ballhorn. He was unanimously re-elected by the local council after he refused to run as the only candidate in the local elections on May 26, 2019.

Culture and sights

The Dalberg castle ruins , formerly the seat of the barons of Dalberg , towers above Dalberg. In the village there is a small church from 1485 with an extension from the 18th century. The church contains old wall paintings from the 15th century.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Dalberg

literature

• Eric Beres: The treasurers of Worms and their importance for the region around Wallhausen and Dalberg . In: Kurt Andermann (Hrsg.): Ritteradel in the Old Kingdom. Die Kämmerer von Worms called von Dalberg = work of the Hessian Historical Commission NF Bd. 31. Hessische Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2009. ISBN 978-3-88443-054-5 , pp. 137–154.

Web links

Commons : Dalberg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Local parish Dalberg
• Brief portrait of Dalberg on SWR television
• Literature about Dalberg 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. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain of Worms , p. 138.
3. ↑ Beres: The Chamberlain of Worms , p. 146.
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Dalberg. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
5. ↑ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Allgemeine Zeitung (abbreviation: wba): Dirk Ballhorn again local mayor of Dalberg. Allgemeine Zeitung, June 19, 2019, accessed on September 15, 2019 .