Heiligenroth

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Coat of arms of the local community of Heiligenroth
Heiligenroth
Map of Germany, position of the local community Heiligenroth highlighted

Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '  N , 7 ° 52'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
County : Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality : Montabaur
Height : 235 m above sea level NHN
Area : 6 km 2
Residents: 1390 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 232 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 56412
Area code : 02602
License plate : WW
Community key : 07 1 43 027
LOCODE : DE HII
Association administration address: Konrad-Adenauer-Platz 8
56410 Montabaur
Website : www.heiligenroth.de
Local Mayor : Daniel Kurth
Location of the local community Heiligenroth in the Westerwaldkreis
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Heiligenroth

Heiligenroth is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Montabaur community .

Geographical location

The village is about three kilometers away from Montabaur . The places Ruppach-Goldhausen , Boden , Staudt , Wirzenborn and Großholbach are in the immediate vicinity .

history

Heiligenroth was first mentioned in a document in 1211. The word ending -roth is most likely derived from the medieval clearing of forests for the production of arable and pasture land.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Heiligenroth consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice SPD CDU WGR  1 WGR  2 total
2019 6th 3 5 2 16 seats
2014 4th 5 4th 3 16 seats
2009 5 5 4th 2 16 seats
2004 4th 6th 4th 2 16 seats

mayor

Daniel Kurth became the local mayor of Heiligenroth on June 25, 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations.

Kurth's predecessor Günther Behr held the office temporarily for nine months after Erich Herbst, who was elected for the first time in 2002, resigned on October 1, 2018 for health reasons.

coat of arms

Approval to carry a coat of arms was granted on March 21, 1980 by the district president .

Heiligenroth coat of arms

On the coat of arms you can see a red watchtower with a silver background and a gold lion on a blue background.

Justification of the coat of arms: The defensive tower shown is still in Heiligenroth today. He used to stand alone while a small church stood apart. It was not until 1782 that today's church was added to the Romanesque tower. At that time the tower served as a defense tower, hence the loopholes and until 1975 belonged to the civil parish, while the church belonged to the parish. Only then did ownership of the tower pass to the parish. At the back, in blue, a golden lion should be shown so that it looks into the field.

The choice of Nassau colors has less to do with the brief political affiliation to Nassau (1802–1866), but rather aims more at the geographic location of Heiligenroth, which is still in the middle of Nassau today. The Nassau Nature Park begins in Heiligenroth , and the Bundeswehr soldiers stationed in Montabaur also wore the Nassau coat of arms, the golden lion in the blue field, on the left sleeve of their uniform.

Partner communities

Economy and Infrastructure

The place is in the Westerwald south of the A3 , directly at the motorway junction Montabaur . The industrial area belonging to the municipality is separate from the town center north of this motorway. In the course of the construction of the high-speed line Cologne – Rhine / Main , the place was protected by a noise protection wall. The so-called industrial area is characterized above all by the supply of the surrounding area with a wide range of services and shopping options such as supermarkets, hardware stores, furniture stores and petrol stations. Manufacturing companies can also be found there. Public facilities include a kindergarten, volunteer fire brigade , playgrounds, sports field with a home for athletes and a beach volleyball court, parish home, Vogelsang hall with bowling alley for large events, community administration with youth room, four tennis courts with clubhouse, and Catholic parish church.

See also

Web links

Commons : Heiligenroth  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. ↑ Forests and people through the ages
  3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
  4. ↑ Heiligenroth has a new local mayor. Local community Heiligenroth, 2019, accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Susanne Willke: Overview: In 5 of the 24 municipalities of the VG Montabaur, the local chiefs are not running again: Who will be the local mayor in Heiligenroth? Westerwälder Zeitung, May 2, 2019, accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Susanne Willke: Heiligenroth's local chief Erich Herbst says goodbye in autumn. Westerwälder Zeitung, September 14, 2018, accessed on June 20, 2020 .
  7. ^ RGE: Partnerships