Hergenfeld

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	317 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.89 km 2
Residents:	505 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	86 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55452
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 044
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.hergenfeld.de
Local Mayor :	Martin Theis
Location of the Hergenfeld community in the Bad Kreuznach district

South view of the village

Hergenfeld is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

The wine village lies at the foot of the Soonwald . Wallhausen is in the south and Schöneberg in the north .

The Georgshof residential area also belongs to Hergenfeld .

history

Hergenfeld was probably created as a clearing site in the 7th century. It was first mentioned in a document in 969. During the time of the tribal duchies, the place was in the Duchy of Franconia .

Statistics on population development

The development of the population of Hergenfeld, the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 251 1835 381 1871 354 1905 365 1939 343

year Residents 1950 370 1961 325 1970 337 1987 409 2005 499

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor is Martin Theis. Since there was no new candidate for the local elections on May 26, 2019, he declared himself ready for a further two and a half years in office and was subsequently re-elected by a majority by the local council.

Partner municipality

Hergenfeld has had a community partnership with the Bavarian community of Königsmoos since October 3, 2010 .

The Königsmooser district of Klingsmoos was named after Johann Peter Kling, the electoral forest chamber director, who was born in Hergenfeld and played a key role in the cultivation of the Donaumoos .

Culture and sights

• List of cultural monuments in Hergenfeld

Sons and daughters of the church

• Johann Peter Kling (* 1749 in Hergenfeld, † 1808 in Probfeld ), mathematics professor, member of the Mannheim Academy of Sciences, electoral court chamber councilor in Mannheim, electoral forest chamber director in Munich, Donaumoospioner.

Web links

Commons : Hergenfeld  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the Hergenfeld community
• Literature about Hergenfeld 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. 16 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Hergenfeld. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Press review 2019 of the Hergenfeld local community: Martin Theis remains Hergenfeld mayor. Local community Hergenfeld, 2019, accessed on September 15, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Partnership document on the Königsmoos community website
7. ↑ Kling on the Hergenfeld community website