Rosenheim (Altenkirchen district)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 43 '  N , 7 ° 51'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
Association municipality :	Betzdorf-Gebhardshain
Height :	400 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.1 km 2
Residents:	755 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	184 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57520
Area code :	02747
License plate :	AK
Community key :	07 1 32 095
Association administration address:	Hellerstraße 2 57518 Betzdorf
Website :	www.vggebhardshain.de
Local Mayor :	Bernd Mockenhaupt
Location of the local community Rosenheim (Altenkirchen district) in the Altenkirchen district (Westerwald)

Parish church St. Jacobus in Rosenheim

Rosenheim (district of Altenkirchen) is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen (Westerwald) in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Betzdorf-Gebhardshain community .

Geographical location

The local community is located in the northern Westerwald between Betzdorf and Hachenburg ; Neighboring communities are Elkenroth in the northeast, Nauroth in the southeast, Luckenbach in the southwest and Malberg in the west.

history

Rosenheim used to be called Kotzenroth , which can be traced back to the Old High German first name Cozo from the time of clearing. The renaming was applied for by the residents, after many years of dispute the name Rosenheim was accepted by the authorities in 1963. It is named after the Rossbach flowing through Rosenheim , a brook that flows into the Kleine Nister . The place is still called Kotzert in dialect - especially by older residents .

The community belongs with the neighboring parishes as an exclave to the Diocese of Trier , which is why the area is also called " Trier Island ".

Rosenheim was a mining site for a long time. Iron ore was mined here until 1906 (“Hochacht” mine) and basalt until 1976. The largest quarry, the Rosenheimer Lay , is now a nature reserve .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 125 1835 168 1871 193 1905 294 1939 460 1950 533

year Residents 1961 584 1970 653 1987 654 1997 770 2005 760 2019 755

politics

Municipal council

The council in Rosenheim (Landkreis Altenkirchen) 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

The local mayor of Rosenheim is Bernd Mockenhaupt. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 75.45% of the vote.

Attractions

The Catholic Church of St. James, which was built in 1904 from locally mined basalt, is now a listed building.

→ List of cultural monuments in Rosenheim (Altenkirchen district)

traffic

The station Rosenheim (Westerw) was on the railway line Scheuerfeld-Emmerzhausen .

literature

• Konrad Fuchs: History of the Gebhardshain Association. 1815-1970. Mainz 1982, ISBN 3-87439-082-9 .

Web links

Commons : Rosenheim  - Collection of Images

• Local community Rosenheim on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Gebhardshain

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 - regional data
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Rosenheim. Retrieved November 15, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Betzdorf-Gebhardshain, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .