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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 27 '  N , 7 ° 59'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Wallmerod
Height :	248 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.63 km 2
Residents:	2056 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	269 ​​inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56414
Area code :	06435
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 037
Association administration address:	Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website :	hundsangen.de
Mayoress :	Melanie Bruehl
Location of the local community Hundsangen in the Westerwaldkreis

Hundsangen is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

geography

View from the Easter fire place on Hundsangen

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn, directly on the border between Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse . In terms of population, Hundsangen is the largest local community in Wallmerod.

Community structure

Hundsangen also includes the Am Buch and Roßborner Hof residential areas .

Neighboring communities

The neighboring communities of Hundsangen are: Hadamar , Dornburg , Molsberg , Wallmerod , Weroth , Dreikirchen , Obererbach and Elz .

history

Hundsangen was first mentioned in a document in 1096 as a dog fence . His church has the patron saint Goar , a saint from the Middle Rhine . The baroque church (1722–1726) was expanded in 1971. It used to be generously and uniformly decorated with sculptures from the Hadamar school (around 1730); However, these were lost during renovations in 1967.

A Roman medallion was found in Hundsangen's cemetery. Today it is in the Nassau antiquities collection in Wiesbaden .

In 1970 the municipality of Hundsangen wanted to move to the neighboring state of Hesse and submitted an application to the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior . The reason for this was the strong ties between the population in the Limburg - Hadamar area . In January 1972 this application was rejected because of its pull for other areas. Three months later Hundsangen was incorporated into the Wallmerod Association.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 660 1835 815 1871 948 1905 1.009 1939 1,203

year Residents 1950 1,341 1961 1,327 1970 1,471 1987 1,747 2005 2.117

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Hundsangen consists of 16 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

On August 12, 2018, there was an early municipal election , in which the municipal council members were elected in a majority vote and the local mayor was elected directly . The new elections became necessary after all elected officials resigned on April 6, 2018 after differences with the then local mayor Alois Fein. When there were not enough replacements, he announced his withdrawal. In the meantime the strange situation arose that Hundsangen had neither advice nor mayor.

mayor

Melanie Brühl became the local mayor of Hundsangen on June 19, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was elected for five years with 76.39% of the vote.

Brühl's predecessors were Marco Weißer, who was elected in 2018, and the mayor Alois Fein, who resigned at the time, until 2018.

coat of arms

Blazon : "A continuous, faceted, red paw cross in silver, covered with a blue shield, in it two golden lions on stakes."

Culture and sights

The Bear Fountain, a meeting point built in 1991 in the center of Hundsangen

Aerial view of the catholic church Sankt Goar

Buildings

The baroque parish church “St. Goar ”was built in 1726. The Romanesque church tower , however, dates from the 12th century.

Forest Boschern

There are several forests in Hundsangen that are heavily trafficked. For example, there is a nature trail in the Am Buch forest or a barbecue area in the “Boschern” forest. The name of this forest is derived from the local dialect and means "beech forest".

In the Boschern forest there are some rocks from the time when Hundsangen was still the seabed. They contain high quality marble .

Monuments

In the Hundsangen cemetery behind the St. Goar Church there is a war memorial on which some of the fallen soldiers of the Second World War are mentioned by name.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Hundsangen

Associations and cooperatives

music

Hundsangen has a church choir, a men's choir and a music club.

Soccer

Hundsangens first soccer team knew how to convince in the soccer Rhineland league for many years. Since relegation from the Rhineland League in 2007, the 1st team of SV Hundsangen eV has played in the District League East without interruption in 1926. The sports area in the forest "Am Buch" is used with two soccer fields. In addition, there is still training in the main hall of the Ollmerschhalle.

Volunteer firefighter

The Hundsangen volunteer fire brigade has provided fire protection and general assistance since it was founded in 1908. The fire brigade supports many children and young people who form a large youth fire brigade .

Fishing

The fishing club Hundsangen e. V. has the clay pond in which every member can fish as long as he or she fulfills or complies with the legal provisions or requirements.

Shooting club

In the local rifle club, its athletes have made it to the German championships. The rifle house is located at the Boschern forest .

Mardi Gras

In 1955 the Hundsänger Carnevalverein (HCV) was founded with the aim of maintaining carnival traditions. In addition to various groups for skits and singing, the guard and show dance is also promoted. The youth work is well received in the children's and youth cap meetings.

scout

There is a tribe of DPSG scouts in Hundsangen.

CAP-Markt Hundsangen

Food market on a cooperative basis with the aim of improving the job situation and expanding the possibilities for employing people with disabilities.

Regular events

• The fair in Hundsangen is celebrated annually on the August weekend after the Assumption of Mary .
• In addition to the cap meetings that take place every year during the carnival season, a carnival parade takes place every four years .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• Directly through the place which runs B 8 the Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef connects.
• The nearest motorway junctions are Diez , Limburg an der Lahn and Montabaur on the A3 from Cologne to Frankfurt am Main , about nine kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stops are Montabaur and Limburg Süd on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

education

Hundsangen has a Catholic kindergarten and a primary school. The secondary schools (grammar schools in Hadamar, Limburg and Montabaur, secondary schools in Hadamar and Montabaur and the secondary schools in Salz, Montabaur and Hadamar) are connected by public transport.

Public facilities

All public institutions in the municipality of Hundsangen:

• swimming pool
• town hall
• Parish office of the cath. Parish of St. Goar
• Erich Kästner School
• Catholic kindergarten St. Elisabeth
• Ollmerschhalle

Personalities

• Joseph Wagenbach (1900–1980), politician and member of the Hessian state parliament
• Friedbert Meurer (* 1959), journalist and correspondent for Deutschlandfunk

literature

• Hundsangen municipality (ed.): Hundsangen: a Westerwalddorf in nine centuries, 1096 - 1996 . Hundsangen 1996, ISBN 978-3-00-000520-6 .
• Joseph Wagenbach : Hundsangen Heimat , municipality Hundsangen (ed.), Hundsangen 1964.
• Klaus Wagenbach : Hundsangen, a hundred years in a village . In: Freibeuter - quarterly magazine for culture and politics , Berlin 1980.
• Heinz Ludwig: From the history of our home community Hundsangen . In: 75 years church choir "Cäcilia" Hundsangen , Hundsangen 1987.

Web links

Commons : Hundsangen  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Hundsangen
• Local community Hundsangen on the website of the Wallmerod community

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 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 80 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ Hundsangen introduces itself. ( Memento from March 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ See HJ Roth. the Westerwald. DuMont, Cologne 1981, p. 59.
5. ^ Karl Wiedemann: After the Second World War . In: Municipality of Hundsangen (ed.): Hundsangen - a Westerwalddorf in nine centuries. Hundsangen 1996, ISBN 3-00-000520-X , p. 152.
6. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
7. ^ Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: single view. Retrieved August 30, 2018 . 
8. ↑ Susanne Willke: Disturbed relationship of trust: Local council Hundsangen resigns as a whole. In: Rhein-Zeitung. April 10, 2018, accessed May 11, 2018 . 
9. ↑ Local council sought after complete resignation. In: SWR Aktuell. April 10, 2018, accessed May 11, 2018 . 
10. ^ Katja Mielcarek: Politics: All against the mayor. In: Nassauische Neue Presse. April 11, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2018 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Susanne Willke: A village without advice and boss: a strange situation in Hundsangen. In: Rhein-Zeitung. May 9, 2018, accessed on May 11, 2018 (access only with registration). 
12. ↑ ^{a b} Report from the constituent meeting of the municipal council on June 19, 2019. Hundsangen parish, accessed on July 5, 2020 . 
13. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved July 5, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Marco Weißer: Hundsangen is no longer "at a loss"; Hundsangen voted. Hundsangen parish, accessed on July 5, 2020 . 
15. ^ Wanderatlas Verlag: Hundsangen
16. ↑ Internet presence of the Hundsänger Carnevalverein