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Hedge cock Local community Asbach Coordinates: 50 ° 37 ′ 39 ″  N , 7 ° 28 ′ 39 ″  E
Height :	240 m above sea level NN
Residents :	14  (Dec 31, 2009)
Incorporation :	March 16, 1974
Postal code :	53567
Area code :	02683
Location of Heckenhahn in Rhineland-Palatinate

Heckenhahn (dialect "Heckehon") is a district of the local community Asbach in the district of Neuwied in northern Rhineland-Palatinate . The place is located in the Rhine-Westerwald nature park and is characterized by agriculture.

geography

The hamlet is located in the Niederwesterwald about six kilometers southeast of the main town Asbach on a hill above the Mehrbachtal . To the east and south of the village lies the border with the local community Rott in the Altenkirchen district . Heckenhahn can only be reached via the district road 71, which connects the place with the Asbach districts Dasbach and Altenburg .

history

Unlike the other districts of Asbach, Heckenhahn and Dasbach belonged to the county of Sayn , later Sayn-Hachenburg , and to the parish of Flammersfeld . In 1806 the area became part of the Duchy of Nassau . After the Rhineland in 1815 the Kingdom of Prussia was awarded rear Hahn belonged to the municipality Rott in the then newly formed district Altenkirchen in Koblenz and was supported by the mayor Flammersfeld managed. According to a census from 1885, Heckenhahn had 16 residents who lived in three houses.

Until 1970 Heckenhahn was part of the municipality of Rott . Together with Dasbach, the place was separated from the Altenkirchen district and incorporated into the Neuwied district and initially became part of the Schöneberg community . In 1974 the previously independent community was dissolved and the two places Dasbach and Heckenhahn were assigned to the newly formed local community Asbach. In 1987 Heckenhahn had 27 residents.

Between the two places Dasbach and Heckenhahn was the submerged "Hof Heckersberg" in the 18th century .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Hellmuth Gensicke : Landesgeschichte des Westerwaldes . 3. Edition. Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1999, p. 433; ISBN 3-922244-80-7
2. ^ Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia , 1885, p. 44
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate, Official Municipal Directory 2006 ( Memento of July 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), p. 158 and 169, (PDF; 2.1 MB)
4. ^ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality
5. ^ Josef Schäfer: Geschichte des Asbacher Land , 1980, p. 67