Cherry red

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 46 '  N , 7 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Bad Sobernheim
Height :	270 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.64 km 2
Residents:	262 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	34 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55566
Area code :	06751
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 053
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 11 55566 Bad Sobernheim
Website :	www.kirschroth.de
Mayoress :	Ulrike Stroh
Location of the local community Kirschroth in the Bad Kreuznach district

Kirschroth is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Bad Sobernheim community .

geography

The wine village lies in a side valley of the Nahe . Neighboring communities are (clockwise from the north) Meddersheim , Bärweiler , Hundsbach , Limbach (near Kirn) and Merxheim (Nahe) .

history

Kirchroth was first mentioned in a document as Rodde in 1364 . From 1816 to 1866 it belonged to the Oberamt Meisenheim of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg and came with this to Prussia in 1866 .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 262 1835 k. A. 1871 392 1905 350 1939 330

year Residents 1950 370 1961 354 1970 346 1987 301 2005 294

politics

Municipal council

The municipality council in Kirschroth 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

The local mayor is Ulrike (Uly) Stroh. Since there was no candidate for the local elections on May 26, 2019, she subsequently agreed to take over the office and was elected by the local council.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In a red and gold shield, a silver diagonal right-hand bar, topped with a striding red fox holding a grapevine with a leaf in its mouth."
	Justification of the coat of arms: The checkerboard pattern comes from the coat of arms of the Rheingrafen von Grumbach. The colors red and gold are reminiscent of the Alt-Dhaunsche and Kyrburg lines of the Wildgrafen. The fox symbolizes the vernacular name Kirschrother foxes . The grapevine refers to the important viticulture for the place.

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 41 runs in the north . In Bad Sobernheim there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Kirschroth
• List of natural monuments in Kirschroth

Web links

Commons : Kirschroth  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Internet presence of the local community Kirschroth
• Local community Kirschroth on the website of the Bad Sobernheim community community
• Literature about cherry red 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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Kirschroth. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Bad Sobernheim, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Kirschroth community: community administration. Retrieved September 21, 2019 .