Heimbach (Birkenfeld district)
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Coordinates: 49 ° 37 ' N , 7 ° 15' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Birch field | |
Association municipality : | Baumholder | |
Height : | 330 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 6.78 km 2 | |
Residents: | 1042 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 154 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 55779 | |
Area code : | 06789 | |
License plate : | BIR | |
Community key : | 07 1 34 036 | |
Association administration address: | Am Weiherdamm 1 55774 Baumholder |
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Local Mayor : | Jürgen Saar (FWG) | |
Location of the local community Heimbach in the Birkenfeld district | ||
Heimbach is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Baumholder community .
geography
The community Heimbach is located in Westrich on the Heimbach stream of the same name in the Nahe valley between the town of Idar-Oberstein , the town of Baumholder and the district town of Birkenfeld .
Adjacent local communities include Hoppstädten-Weiersbach in the west, Nohen in the north, Ruschberg in the east and Berglangenbach in the south.
Heimbach includes the residential places Altwieserhof, Heimbach (Nahe) Bahnhof, Gladerbacherhof, Heimbacherhof and Steib Eric Wartherhof.
population
The development of the population of Heimbach, the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:
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politics
Municipal council
The community council in Heimbach consists of 16 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.
The distribution of seats in the municipal council:
choice | SPD | CDU | FWG | total |
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2019 | - | 7th | 9 | 16 seats |
2014 | - | 6th | 10 | 16 seats |
2009 | 3 | 7th | 6th | 16 seats |
2004 | 3 | 6th | 7th | 16 seats |
- FWG = Free Voter Group Heimbach e. V.
Local mayor
The local mayor is Jürgen Saar (Free Voters' Group Heimbach eV).
coat of arms
Blazon : "Upper part of the shield half: On a black ground a red-armored -tongued and -crowned growing (half) golden lion. - Lower part of the shield half: a three-part silver wave bar on a green background. Above a silver two-bar cross or drawbar cross " | |
Justification of the coat of arms: The lion and the Balkenkreuz point to the earlier territorial affiliation of parts of the district to Pfalz-Zweibrücken . The double cross reminds of the earlier rule of Lorraine . The three-part wave bar symbolizes the union of the waters of the Reichenbach and the Unnerbach to the Heimbach. |
Culture and sights
In the Catholic Guardian Angel Church from 1925 there are frescoes, u. a. the stations of the cross by the artist Alfred Gottwald (1893–1971), which were exposed again in an extensive church renovation in 1994 by the restoration company Martin Mrziglod, Tholey. In the apse Jesus Christ is found on the heavenly throne, surrounded by hosts of angels. Heimbach citizens were the models for the paintings.
The Mariengrotte on Kapellenplatz above the church was built in the 1980s by the parish itself. The first place of worship, the “Heimbacher Chapel” from 1885, stood at this point. This chapel was demolished in 1969 because it was in disrepair. The grotto is carved into the rock and shows the representation of the Virgin Mary and the adoration of Bernadette Soubirous.
See also: List of cultural monuments in Heimbach
Economy and Infrastructure
In Heimbach there is a kindergarten and up to 1971 there was a Catholic elementary school and a Protestant school in which one could achieve the secondary school leaving certificate of the ninth grade. The Catholic elementary school was then converted into a pure elementary school and the Protestant school was completely eliminated. From the fifth grade onwards, the local children have to go to Baumholder or Birkenfeld, less often to Freisen.
The population has shrunk from just under 1800 inhabitants (peak in 1970) to currently 1071 (December 31, 2011). This is due, among other things, to the lack of infrastructure, as can also be seen in the city of Baumholder and other local communities. The trend is stagnating or even declining.
The federal motorway 62 runs to the south .
No passenger trains stopped at the Heimbach (Nahe) Ort train station between 1981 and 2014. Only the Heimbach (Nahe) railway station on the Mainz / Bingen – Saarbrücken line to the west outside the main town was available for passenger traffic . The reactivation of the Heimbach – Baumholder railway line was carried out in the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle for the timetable change on December 14, 2014, so that the place is served again.
Personalities
- Otto Witte (1872 or 1871–1958), five days "King of Albania", for some time roommate of the local community Heimbach (Nahe)
Web links
- Heimbach local community on the website of the Baumholder community
- Literature about Heimbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2020. S. 26 (PDF; 1 MB).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved January 28, 2020 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.