Dankerath

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 20 '  N , 6 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Adenau
Height :	460 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.26 km 2
Residents:	75 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	23 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53520
Area code :	02696
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 015
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 15 53518 Adenau
Website :	www.adenau.de
Local Mayor :	Marco Collet
Location of the local community of Dankerath in the Ahrweiler district

Dankerath with chapel

Dankerath is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Adenau community . The place Dankerath is a street village .

Geographical location

Dankerath lies in the Hocheifel between Nohn , Trierscheid and Senscheid .

history

Dankerath was probably founded by the Trier Abbey of St. Maximin . The first documentary mention dates from 1276. There is a "Danckrath von Grebenstein" mentioned. At that time Dankerath belonged to Kurtrier .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 122 1835 113 1871 97 1905 120 1939 104 1950 115

year Residents 1961 99 1970 105 1987 117 1997 106 2005 95 2019 75

politics

Municipal council

The council in Dankerath consists of six council members, who were elected by a majority vote in the local elections in May 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

mayor

Marco Collet became mayor of Dankerath on June 28, 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election of the mayor was incumbent on the council, which decided in favor of Collet.

Collet's predecessor until 2019 was Andreas Thome.

Attractions

The branch church of St. Nikolaus, first mentioned in 1683 and rebuilt in 1913, is remarkable . See the list of cultural monuments in Dankerath

Personalities

• Peter Krämer (* 1942), Roman Catholic theologian and university lecturer born in Dankerath

Web links

Commons : Dankerath  - Collection of Images

• Literature about Dankerath 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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Adenau, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved August 6, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Andreas Thome: Announcement of the results of the election to the local council of the local community Dankerath on May 26, 2019 (PDF; 8.1 KB) Verbandsgemeinde Adenau, June 3, 2019, accessed on August 6, 2020 .