Frauenberg (Nahe)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 17 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Baumholder
Height :	310 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.86 km 2
Residents:	379 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	98 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55776
Area code :	06787
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 027
Association administration address:	Am Weiherdamm 1 55774 Baumholder
Website :	www.frauenberg-nahe.de
Local Mayor :	Patrick Kielburger
Location of the local community Frauenberg in the Birkenfeld district

Frauenberg is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Baumholder community .

geography

The place is on the upper Nahe between Westrich and Hunsrück .

To the south, Reichenbach , in the West Sonnenberg-Winnenberg , in the north of Idar-Oberstein and east of the military training area is Baumholder .

population

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

year Residents 1815 88 1835 130 1871 203 1905 242 1939 350

year Residents 1950 356 1961 390 1970 382 1987 478 2005 444

politics

Municipal council

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

coat of arms

The checkerboard pattern in the upper part of the shield indicates that it belongs to the county of Sponheim . In the lower part the Countess Loretta von Sponheim is depicted, who had her widow's seat on the Frauenburg.

Culture and sights

The nearby Frauenburg castle ruins were first mentioned in 1330.

The Klausfelsen rises 28 meters from a woog in the Nahe.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Frauenberg
• List of natural monuments in Frauenberg

Economy and Infrastructure

In the north the federal highway 41 runs in the south the federal highway 62 .

In Idar-Oberstein there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

Web links

Commons : Frauenberg  - Collection of Images

• Association community Baumholder
• Literature about Frauenberg 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections