Homberg (Westerwald)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '  N , 8 ° 6'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	585 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.16 km 2
Residents:	176 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	81 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02664
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 244
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 56477 Rennerod
Website :	homberg-westerwald.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Gräb
Location of the local community Homberg in the Westerwaldkreis

View from Homberg (2020)

Village community center (old school)

Homberg is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Siegen and Limburg an der Lahn on the 634  m high Homberg . About a kilometer to the west is the Breitenbachtalsperre , which dams the Breitenbach (eastern Nister tributary).

history

Homberg was first mentioned in a document on March 29, 1256 as Hoimberch above the Westerwald . The place has been part of the parish Emmerichenhain since the Middle Ages and with this the rulership of the Westerwald . The chapel, first mentioned in 1570, was only a ruin in 1645. In 1778 the community bought a house to set up a school.

Around 1500 there were six families living in the village. In 1635 the plague raged and claimed great victims. In 1848 a school was built.

Population development

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

year Residents 1534 4 Vogtleute, 7 Nassau-Bailsteiner owners 1577 7 compulsory houses 1607 9 men 1643 4th 1684 13 houses 1741 82 1782 116 1815 183 1835 205

year Residents 1871 176 1905 159 1939 146 1950 146 1961 141 1970 158 1987 118 2005 158 2011 180 2017 174

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Michael Gräb became the local mayor of Homberg in 1989. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with 89.77% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Under a golden wave shield head, in it seven stylized green spruce trees with a black trunk, in red on a green mountain a silver chapel with trapezoidal gable wall, bricked edges, black double door with round, three-part skylight , accompanied by two black windows, silver hip roof with black Window and black gable cross. "
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The chapel depicted on the coat of arms was built in 1570, but nothing of it has survived. The wavy ribbon symbolizes the Breitenbach, which rises in the district, the spruce a protective hedge planting from the 19th century.

Culture and sights

The popular fountain festival takes place every year on Ascension Day .

See also : List of cultural monuments in Homberg (Westerwald)

traffic

• The B 255 runs south of the community and runs from Montabaur to Herborn .
• The next motorway junction is Herborn on the A 45 Dortmund - Hanau , about 20 kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : Parish and court of Emmerichenhain . In: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research (Hrsg.): Nassauische Annalen . tape 101 . Publishing house of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Wiesbaden 1990, p. 231-254 .

Web links

Commons : Homberg  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Homberg
• Information from the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod about the local community Homberg

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: Regional data.
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
4. ↑ Jana Ludwig: Even after 30 years, one of the longest-serving Wäller local managers wants to know again: Michael Gräb is passionate about local politics. In: Westerwälder Zeitung. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, March 22, 2019, accessed on July 17, 2020 . 
5. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved July 17, 2020 .