Fischbach (near Idar-Oberstein)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 45 '  N , 7 ° 24'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	225 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4 km 2
Residents:	858 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	215 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55743
Area code :	06784
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 025
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.fischbach-nahe.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Hippeli ( SPD )
Location of the local community Fischbach in the district of Birkenfeld

Fischbach an der Nahe is located near Idar-Oberstein on the German Gemstone Road in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The local community belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .

geography

Fischbach is located in the southern Hunsrück on the Nahe. The Fischbach coming from the Idarwald flows through the village and flows into the Nahe .

history

Fischbach was first mentioned in a document in 1438, when the Counts of Sponheim, who had ruled the area until then, died out. After that, Fischbach was jointly owned by Baden and the Counts of Veldenz . The Veldenz share was taken over by Pfalz-Simmern in 1444 and then by Pfalz-Zweibrücken in 1559 . As part of an area swap, Fischbach became completely Baden in 1776. 1798-1814 the place was part of the French Saardepartement . After the Congress of Vienna (1815) it came to the Principality of Birkenfeld and thus to the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 305 1835 429 1871 674 1905 896 1939 1,265 1950 1,352

year Residents 1961 1,323 1970 1,281 1987 1.101 1997 1,071 2005 944 2019 858

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Fischbach consists of twelve council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman. Due to the population decline, the number of council members decreased from 16 to 12 in 2014.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	total
2019	9	3	12 seats
2014	by majority vote		12 seats
2009	11	5	16 seats
2004	11	5	16 seats

mayor

Michael Hippeli (SPD) became local mayor of Fischbach in May 2005. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with a share of 78.37% of the votes.

Economy and Infrastructure

Fischbach has a stop at the Nahe Valley Railway .

Personalities

• Paul Eisenschneider (1901–1944), gemstone cutter and politician
• Elvira Eisenschneider (1924–1944), in the resistance against National Socialism
• Rudolf Opitz (1890–1940), teacher, paleontologist and writer, was a teacher in Fischbach

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Fischbach

Web links

Commons : Fischbach  - Collection of Images

• Fischbach local community on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community
• Literature about Fischbach 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. ^ Andreas Nitsch: Candidates wanted in VG Herrstein. Michael Hippeli. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, February 20, 2019, accessed on August 19, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, eleventh line of results. Retrieved August 19, 2020 .