Heinzenberg (near Kirn)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Kirner Land
Height :	198 m above sea level NHN
Area :	1.96 km 2
Residents:	21 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	11 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55606
Area code :	06754
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 042
Association administration address:	Bahnhofstrasse 31 55606 Kirn
Website :	www.kirn-land.de
Local Mayor :	Stephan Ostgen
Location of the local community Heinzenberg in the Bad Kreuznach district

Parish hall on the B 421

Heinzenberg is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirner Land association.

geography

Heinzenberg is located in the deeply cut Kellenbachtal in the southern Hunsrück , about four kilometers from the confluence of the brook into the Nahe . The federal highway 421 runs through the place.

The Greberhof residential area also belongs to Heinzenberg . The Heinzenberger Gesellschaftsmühle, on the other hand, is in the district of Hochstetten-Dhaun .

history

Prehistoric burial mounds and traces of Roman settlement testify to an early settlement history of the small district of Heinzenberg. In the Middle Ages there was a little castle above the village, which was mentioned in 1152 as "Hemezberg" or "Henzenberg". Residents, the lords of Heinzenberg , played a not insignificant role in the Hunsrück area in the Middle Ages, where they appeared as vassals of the Counts of Veldenz and the wild counts as well as the archbishops of Mainz and Trier . To the Veldenz fiefdom of the Heinzenberger belonged u. a. the bailiwick of Hennweiler. There they were entrusted as bailiffs on behalf of their liege lord with the exercise of jurisdiction, the taking and setting of taxes and duties of the subjects and for the military protection of the population and the church. The bailiwick district in which they exercised this official authority comprised the villages of Hennweiler , Oberhausen , Guntzelberg , Rode, the valley (village) Heinzenberg and the farm Eigen. In 1278 the Heinzenbergers sold their castle to the Archbishop of Trier , who in turn enfeoffed the family with it. This made Trier Castle a fiefdom. The Heinzenbergers are mentioned several times as guardians of the Ravengiersburg monastery . Their coat of arms with the silver buckle indicates a relationship with the Lords of Schmidtburg .

Wilhelm III stands out among the lords of Heinzenberg. von Heinzenberg particularly highlighted what was already made clear in his time in the Latin title "Nobilis vir" (nobleman). As a minstrel , whose song poetry was even included in the Manessische Liederhandschrift, the Heinzenberger had achieved some fame.

Shortly before 1400, the Heinzenberg dynasty died out, whose inheritance was now passed on to the knights of Wartenstein Castle above the Hahnenbachtal. At the beginning of the 15th century, Wartenstein became the administrative center of the imperial knighthood of Wartenstein, to which the village of Heinzenberg also belonged. The jurisdiction in this district was initially with the Lords of Schwarzenberg and from 1583 on with the Lords of Warsberg.

After the end of feudal rule and the French administrative reform since 1798, the local community Heinzenberg was part of the Mairie Kirn . Around 1800 the place had only 6 single-storey buildings.

After the end of French rule, the administrative district , now renamed the mayor's office, was initially assigned to the Simmern district , then to the Oberstein district . It was not incorporated into the Prussian Kreuznach district until May 1817 . When Kirn received city ​​rights and its own administration in 1857 , the rural communities formed the "Landbürgermeisterei Kirn", which was administered by the mayor of Kirn. When this personal union was broken in 1896, the representatives of the rural communities elected their own mayor. The small local community Heinzenberg remained uninterrupted in the community association "Amt Kirn-Land", which was transformed into the "Verbandsgemeinde Kirn-Land" in the course of the administrative reform in 1969/70. In 1980 the local parish had 50 residents and 13 apartments in 13 buildings. At the end of 1993, 50 people lived in the community. 11 buildings are shown on site.

Statistics on population development

With around 20 inhabitants (as of 2018), the local community of Heinzenberg is the smallest community in the entire Bad Kreuznach district and is one of the ten smallest German communities .

The following table shows the development of the population of Heinzenberg; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 66 1835 66 1871 49 1905 48 1939 60

year Residents 1950 58 1961 53 1970 52 1987 30th 2005 27

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Stephan Ostgen became local mayor of Heinzenberg in 2019. Since there was no candidate in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the upcoming election was carried out by the council in accordance with municipal regulations. Ostgen's predecessor was the local mayor of many years, Walter Rockenbach.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split shield, in front in black a silver, gold-crowned, armored and tongued lion, behind in red a silver clasp with 4 red and 4 blue stones."

Reasons for the coat of arms: The lion refers to the rule of Wartenstein (Trier Lehnen an von Warsberg). The coat of arms of the Herren zu Heinzenberg shows a silver clasp in a red field. On January 28, 1966, the municipal council commissioned the architect Palm, Bad Kreuznach, to develop a design for a municipal coat of arms. At the meeting on May 16, 1966, the council accepted the draft presented, which was revised by graphic artist Brust, Kirn-Sulzbach. After approval by the State Archives, the Ministry of the Interior in Mainz granted on June 29, 1966 permission to use one's own coat of arms.

Attractions

The castle ruins of the Counts of Heinzenberg are enthroned directly above the town.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Heinzenberg

literature

• Friedrich Toepfer: Supplements VII. The Lords of Heinzenberg . In: ders. (Ed.): Document book for the history of the royal and baronial house of the Voegte von Hunolstein , Vol. I. Jacob Zeiser, Nuremberg 1866, pp. 314–317 ( Google Books )

Web links

Commons : Heinzenberg  - Collection of Images

• Local community Heinzenberg on the website of the association community Kirn-Land
• Literature about Heinzenberg 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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 14 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Statistical Maps, VG Kirn-Land, 2009
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Local council election 2019 Heinzenberg. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
6. ^ The local community council Heinzenberg. Verbandsgemeinde Kirn-Land, accessed on May 8, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirn-Land, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth result line. Retrieved May 8, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Oeffentlicher Anzeiger: New old mayor: Rockenbach begins his eighth term in office. July 7, 2014, accessed May 8, 2020 .