Kördorf

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 17 '  N , 7 ° 55'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Aar facility
Height :	315 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.81 km 2
Residents:	524 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56370
Area code :	06486
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 074
Association administration address:	Burgstrasse 1 56368 Katzenelnbogen
Website :	www.gemeinde-koerdorf.de
Local Mayor :	Bernhard Krugel
Location of the local community of Kördorf in the Rhein-Lahn district

Kördorf is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the municipality of Aar-Einrich .

geography

Kördorf is located in the western Hintertaunus on the Einrich , the somewhat lower north-western part of the Taunus .

Parish parts

The Birkenhof, Forsthof, Köbelerhof, Lindenhof, Neuwagenmühle and Reifenmühle residential areas also belong to Kördorf .

history

In 1142 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document from Pope Innocent II as an endowment of the Arnstein monastery as "Kirechdorp". There is evidence that a church has existed since 1139.

Until 1775 Kördorf belonged to the quadrilateral court on the Einrich (Hessisches Quartier), then came under the sole rule of Hessen Kassel due to a division and was assigned to the Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen . From 1806 to 1813 the region and thus also Kördorf was under French administration ( pays réservé ). In 1816 the place came into the possession of the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 as a result of the so-called German War .

Since 1946, Kördorf has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate . In 1972, in the course of the Rhineland-Palatinate “functional and territorial reform” , the community of Katzenelnbogen was formed , to which the local community of Kördorf belonged until 2019 and which then became part of the community of Aar-Einrich.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 365 1835 491 1871 551 1905 533 1939 483

year Residents 1950 534 1961 518 1970 533 1987 541 1993 542

year Residents 1999 595 2005 587 2011 548 2017 532 2019 524

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Bernhard Krugel is the local mayor of Kördorf. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 85.14% of the vote.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Kördorf
• List of natural monuments in Kördorf

Web links

Commons : Kördorf  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Kördorf
• Local municipality of Kördorf on the website of the municipality of Aar-Einrich

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 66 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved February 28, 2020 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
5. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. Accessed on November 22, 2019 (see Aar-Einrich, Verbandsgemeinde, 19th result line).