Heckenbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Heckenbach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 4'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Ahrweiler
Association municipality :	Altenahr
Height :	379 m above sea level NHN
Area :	27.34 km 2
Residents:	233 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	9 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	53506
Primaries :	02655, 02647, 02646
License plate :	AW
Community key :	07 1 31 027
Community structure:	8 districts
Association administration address:	Rossberg 3 53505 Altenahr, Germany
Website :	www.altenahr.de
Local Mayor :	Heinrich Gross
Location of the local community Heckenbach in the district of Ahrweiler

Heckenbach is a municipality in the Ahrweiler district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Altenahr .

geography

Heckenbach is located in the Eifel . Districts are Beilstein , Blasweiler , Cassel , Frankenau (formerly Hundswinkel ), Fronrath , Niederheckenbach , Oberheckenbach and Watzel .

history

The first written mention of the place Heckenbach goes back to the year 772. A Bertrudis and her son Waningus donated land to the Kesseling monastery.

Only a few archaeological sources have been found for pre-Christian settlement in the area. In contrast, numerous Roman settlement traces have been found in the area around Heckenbach .

In 1938 Nieder- and Oberheckenbach, Beilstein, Blasweiler, Cassel, Fronrath and Watzel were evacuated when the Ahrbrück air force training area was being laid out . Today's local community Heckenbach was established in the early 1960s.

population

With an area of ​​more than 27 km² and 260 inhabitants, Heckenbach is the second largest in terms of area, but the smallest in terms of population in the Altenahr community. Since the municipality was founded, the population has fluctuated only slightly and is now roughly the same as in 1961.

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of today's municipality of Heckenbach, the values ​​up to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1939 82 1950 53 1961 263 1970 271 1987 225

year Residents 1996 246 2005 258 2011 255 2017 240 2019 233

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Heinrich Groß became mayor of Heckenbach in June 2014. Since there were no applicants in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the new election of the local mayor was the responsibility of the council. He confirmed Groß on August 22, 2019 for another five years in his office.

Groß's predecessor, Erik Hupperich, had held the post for ten years, but did not take up office again in 2014.

Culture and sights

Blasweiler, St. Margareta

Wayside cross in Blasweiler

Cultural monuments

In Heckenbach there are some cultural monuments that are listed as historical monuments.

See the list of cultural monuments in Heckenbach

Blasweiler

• Catholic Church of St. Margareta , which was built around 1300
• in the cemetery eight grave crosses from the 16th to 18th centuries and three cast iron crosses from the 19th century,
• on the outskirts of Blasweiler two crossroads from 1741 and 1771.

Niederheckenbach

• Catholic Church of St. Pankratius and Margarita , built 1828/29,
• 18th century crosses in the cemetery.

Oberheckenbach

• the Catholic Chapel of St. Michael from the 18th century.

Others

In October 2000, an 18 km long historical hiking trail was opened, which aims to bring the natural and scenic beauty around Heckenbach closer. The beginning of the path leading through juniper heather and dense forests is in Niederheckenbach.

The Heckenbach-Schöneberg telecommunications tower is on the Schöneberg .

Web links

Commons : Heckenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Heckenbach on the website of the Altenahr community
• 1200 years of Ländchen Heckenbach
• From the Heckenbacher Ländchen
• Literature about Heckenbach 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 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 8 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Josef Ruland: 1200 years of the small country Heckenbach. In: Heimatjahrbuch 1973. Ahrweiler district, accessed on May 12, 2020 . 
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
6. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Groß sworn in as the new local mayor. In: Blick Aktuell. Krupp Verlags GmbH, Sinzig, June 23, 2014, accessed on August 5, 2020 . 
7. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Altenahr, Verbandsgemeinde, seventh line of results. Retrieved August 7, 2020 . 
8. ^ General Directorate for Cultural Heritage Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Informational directory of cultural monuments - Ahrweiler district. Mainz 2020, p. 38 (PDF; 5.1 MB).