Bad Kreuznach district

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Coat of arms of the Bad Kreuznach district Map of Germany, position of the Bad Kreuznach district highlighted

Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 41'  E

Basic data
State : Rhineland-Palatinate
Administrative headquarters : Bad Kreuznach
Area : 863.76 km 2
Residents: 158,345 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 183 inhabitants per km 2
License plate : KH
Circle key : 07 1 33
Circle structure: 118 parishes
Address of the
district administration:
Salinenstrasse 47
55543 Bad Kreuznach
Website : Kreis-badkreuznach.de
District Administrator : Bettina Dickes ( CDU )
Location of the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate
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The Bad Kreuznach district is a regional authority in the center of Rhineland-Palatinate . The seat of the district administration and at the same time the most populous municipality is the city ​​of the same name, Bad Kreuznach .

geography

location

The Bad Kreuznach district comprises parts of the Rheinhessen table and hill country in the east, the northern Palatinate mountain region in the south and the Hunsrück in the west and north . The main axis in the district is the Nahe , which flows from the west through Kirn , Bad Sobernheim and Bad Kreuznach and leaves the district in the north. The Bad Kreuznach district, together with parts of the Mainz-Bingen district and the Donnersberg district, form the Nahe wine-growing region .

Neighboring areas

The district borders in a clockwise direction in the northeast with the districts of Mainz-Bingen , Alzey-Worms , Donnersbergkreis , Kusel , Birkenfeld and Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis .

history

Until the end of the 18th century, the area of ​​today's Bad Kreuznach district was divided into various smaller and larger territories .

In 1794 the Left Bank of the Rhine was occupied during the First Coalition War , and in 1798 the area was reorganized by the French directorate based on the French model. The area of ​​the later district of Kreuznach was divided into the Rhine-Moselle department and the Saar department until 1814 . After the end of French rule in the area on the left bank of the Rhine (1814), the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna (1815) . Under the Prussian administration, the Kreuznach district in the Koblenz administrative district was re-established in 1816 and had belonged to the Rhine province since 1822 .

In 1932 the Kreuznach district was merged with the Meisenheim district. As part of the first step of the district reform in Rhineland-Palatinate , the district was redesigned on June 7, 1969 and renamed the Bad Kreuznach district . New arrivals to the county

At the same time, the district gave the local communities of Bingerbrück , Münster-Sarmsheim , Waldalgesheim and Weiler bei Bingerbrück to the new district of Mainz-Bingen and the local communities of Hoppstädten and Medard to the district of Kusel.

In the second step of the district reform, the district took on the local communities Bruschied , Kellenbach , Königsau , Schneppenbach and Schwarzerden from the Rhein-Hunsrück district on November 7, 1970 and ceded the local community Genheim to the Mainz-Bingen district.

Population statistics

Population development in the Bad Kreuznach district from 1816 to 2018 according to the table below
year Residents source
1816 30,685
1838 51,673
1871 60,771
1885 69,090
1900 77,849
1910 82,871
1925 86.111
1939 104,704
year Residents source
1950 114,837
1960 124,600
1970 147,400
1980 146,700
1990 149,500
2000 157,600
2010 155,544
2018 158.080

Denomination statistics

According to the 2011 census , in 2011 the majority of the population was 43.8% Protestant , 32.2% Roman Catholic and 24.0% were non-denominational , belonged to another religious community or did not provide any information. The number of Protestants and Catholics has fallen since then. Currently (as of March 31, 2020) 38.0% are Protestant, 29.0% of the population are Roman Catholic and 33.0% either belong to another religion or are non-denominational.

politics

Election of the Bad Kreuznach District Assembly 2019
Weighted result
 %
40
30th
20th
10
0
31.4
25.1
15.0
9.6
6.8
5.2
3.7
3.3
Gains and losses
compared to 2014
 % p
   8th
   6th
   4th
   2
   0
  -2
  -4
  -6
  -8th
-10
-6.0
-9.4
+6.9
+4.4
+2.4
-1.8
+0.2
+3.3
Template: election chart / maintenance / notes
Remarks:
f Free group of voters in the Bad Kreuznach district (FWG district)
h FREE VOTERS
Distribution of seats in the
district council of the Bad Kreuznach district 2019
        
A total of 50 seats

District council

Seat of the district administration: Bad Kreuznach

The district council of the Bad Kreuznach district consists of 50 elected members and the district administrator as chairman. The district election on May 26, 2019 led to the following election result:

Parties and constituencies %
2019
Seats
2019
%
2014
Seats
2014
%
2009
Seats
2009
CDU Christian Democratic Union of Germany 31.4 16 37.4 19th 37.0 19th
SPD Social Democratic Party of Germany 25.1 12 34.5 17th 32.9 16
GREEN Alliance 90 / The Greens 15.0 7th 8.1 4th 8.0 4th
AfD Alternative for Germany 9.6 5 5.2 3 - -
FDP Free Democratic Party 6.8 3 4.4 2 9.9 5
FWG circle Free group of voters in the Bad Kreuznach district 5.2 3 7.0 3 8.8 4th
THE LEFT. THE LEFT. 3.7 2 3.5 2 3.4 2
FREE VOTERS FREE VOTERS 3.3 2 - - - -
total 100.0 50 100.0 50 100.0 50
Voter turnout in% 61.1 57.5 55.3

District administrators

The district administrator is directly elected for eight years. In the April 2017 election, Bettina Dickes (CDU) prevailed.

Bettina Dickes took up her position on July 7, 2017. In the runoff election on April 2, 2017, she prevailed against Hans-Dirk Nies (SPD) with a share of 58.7% of the vote, after none of the original four applicants had achieved a sufficient majority in the direct election on March 19, 2017.

badges and flags

The Bad Kreuznach district has a coat of arms as well as a hoist and banner flag .

Coat of arms of the Bad Kreuznach district
Blazon : "Divided: the top of a growing black, red crowned and reinforced golden lion, down in four rows geschacht of blue and gold."

The coat of arms was approved on September 13, 1939.

Justification of the coat of arms: The lion symbolizes the former parts of the Electoral Palatinate, the lower part of the shield the possessions of the Vordere Grafschaft Sponheim.

Partnerships

Economy and Infrastructure

The district is characterized by agriculture (wine, wheat, rape, barley, maize and cattle breeding). Only in the east around Bad Kreuznach is there a denser concentration of medium-sized companies, especially in production and logistics. In addition to mechanical engineering and the manufacture of spare parts, the wine industry, in particular bottling and cellar technology, is important. Tourism is also playing an increasingly important role in the marketing of the Nahe wine, the spa towns of Bad Kreuznach and Bad Münster am Stein-Ebernburg, parts of the North Palatinate Uplands and the Hunsrück.

In the Future Atlas 2016 , the Bad Kreuznach district was ranked 226 out of 402 districts, municipal associations and urban districts in Germany, making it one of the regions with a “balanced risk-opportunity mix” for the future.

traffic

In the east of the Bad Kreuznach district, the federal motorway 61 (Ludwigshafen – Koblenz) touches the district area. The federal highways 41 , 48 , 421 and 428 also run through the district. The B 420 runs along the very southern edge .

cities and communes

(in brackets the number of inhabitants as of December 31, 2019)

Association-free city
Bad Kreuznach Kirn Biebelsheim Pfaffen-Schwabenheim Pleitersheim Volxheim Hackenheim Frei-Laubersheim Neu-Bamberg Fürfeld Tiefenthal (Rheinhessen) Traisen (Nahe) Norheim Altenbamberg Hochstätten Feilbingert Hallgarten (Pfalz) Niederhausen (Nahe) Oberhausen an der Nahe Duchroth Bad Sobernheim Auen (Hunsrück) Bärweiler Daubach (Hunsrück) Ippenschied Kirschroth Langenthal (Hunsrück) Lauschied Martinstein Meddersheim Merxheim (Nahe) Bad Sobernheim Monzingen Nußbaum Odernheim am Glan Rehbach (bei Sobernheim) Seesbach Staudernheim Weiler bei Monzingen Winterburg Bretzenheim Dorsheim Guldental Langenlonsheim Laubenheim Rümmelsheim Windesheim Daxweiler Dörrebach Eckenroth Roth (bei Stromberg) Schöneberg (Hunsrück) Schweppenhausen Seibersbach Stromberg (Hunsrück) Waldlaubersheim Warmsroth Kirn Bärenbach (bei Idar-Oberstein) Becherbach bei Kirn Brauweiler (Rheinland-Pfalz) Bruschied Hahnenbach Heimweiler Heinzenberg (bei Kirn) Hennweiler Hochstetten-Dhaun Horbach (bei Simmertal) Kellenbach Königsau Limbach (bei Kirn) Meckenbach (bei Kirn) Oberhausen bei Kirn Otzweiler Schneppenbach Schwarzerden Simmertal Weitersborn Abtweiler Becherbach (Pfalz) Breitenheim Callbach Desloch Hundsbach Jeckenbach Lettweiler Löllbach Meisenheim Raumbach Rehborn Reiffelbach Schmittweiler Schweinschied Allenfeld Argenschwang Bockenau Boos (Nahe) Braunweiler Burgsponheim Dalberg (bei Bad Kreuznach) Gebroth Gutenberg (bei Bad Kreuznach) Hargesheim Hergenfeld Hüffelsheim Mandel (Gemeinde) Münchwald Oberstreit Roxheim Rüdesheim (Nahe) Schloßböckelheim Sankt Katharinen (bei Bad Kreuznach) Sommerloch (bei Bad Kreuznach) Spabrücken Spall Sponheim Waldböckelheim Wallhausen (bei Bad Kreuznach) Weinsheim (bei Bad Kreuznach) Winterbach (Soonwald) Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis Landkreis Birkenfeld Landkreis Mainz-Bingen Hessen Landkreis Alzey-Worms Landkreis Kusel DonnersbergkreisAssociation communities in KH.svg
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Association municipalities with their association members:

(Seat of the association *)
  1. Altenbamberg (734)
  2. Biebelsheim (613)
  3. Feilbingert (1565)
  4. Frei-Laubersheim (1044)
  5. Fürfeld (1568)
  6. Hackenheim (2069)
  7. Hallgarten (742)
  8. Hochstätten (605)
  9. New Bamberg (951)
  10. Pfaffen-Schwabenheim (1406)
  11. Pleitersheim (331)
  12. Tiefenthal (118)
  13. Volxheim (1170)
  1. Bärenbach (507)
  2. Becherbach near Kirn (387)
  3. Brauweiler (52)
  4. Bruschied (288)
  5. Hahnenbach (514)
  6. Heimweiler (390)
  7. Heinzenberg (21)
  8. Hennweiler (1220)
  9. Hochstetten-Dhaun (1690)
  10. Horbach (45)
  11. Kellenbach (249)
  12. Kirn , City * (8162)
  13. Koenigsau (63)
  14. Limbach (296)
  15. Meckenbach (359)
  16. Oberhausen near Kirn (853)
  17. Otzweiler (191)
  18. Schneppenbach (224)
  19. Black Earths (240)
  20. Simmertal (1858)
  21. Weitersborn (221)
  1. Bretzenheim (2582)
  2. Daxweiler (739)
  3. Dörrebach (700)
  4. Dorsheim (719)
  5. Eckenroth (227)
  6. Guldental (2485)
  7. Langenlonsheim * (3852)
  8. Laubenheim (797)
  9. Roth (288)
  10. Rümmelsheim (1347)
  11. Schoneberg (607)
  12. Schweppenhausen (877)
  13. Seibersbach (1282)
  14. Stromberg , City (3342)
  15. Waldlaubersheim (801)
  16. Warmsroth (471)
  17. Windesheim (1753)
  1. Abtweiler (196)
  2. Floodplains (184)
  3. Bad Sobernheim , City * (6560)
  4. Baerweiler (221)
  5. Becherbach (829)
  6. Breitenheim (391)
  7. Callbach (348)
  8. Daubach (237)
  9. Desloch (326)
  10. Hundsbach (369)
  11. Ippenschied (161)
  12. Jeckenbach (212)
  13. Cherry red (262)
  14. Langenthal (97)
  15. Lauschied (530)
  16. Lettweiler (200)
  17. Löllbach (201)
  18. Martinstein (271)
  19. Meddersheim (1304)
  20. Meisenheim , City (2796)
  21. Merxheim (1392)
  22. Monzingen (1563)
  23. Walnut (455)
  24. Odernheim am Glan (1680)
  25. Raumbach (396)
  26. Rehbach (46)
  27. Rehborn (670)
  28. Reiffelbach (224)
  29. Schmittweiler (195)
  30. Schweinschied (155)
  31. Seesbach (495)
  32. Staudernheim (1370)
  33. Hamlet near Monzingen (461)
  34. Winterburg (181)
  1. Allenfeld (201)
  2. Argenschwang (331)
  3. Bockenau (1211)
  4. Boos (371)
  5. Braunweiler (602)
  6. Burgsponheim (239)
  7. Dalberg (218)
  8. Duchroth (549)
  9. Broth (155)
  10. Gutenberg (969)
  11. Hargesheim (2911)
  12. Hergenfeld (505)
  13. Huffelsheim (1307)
  14. Almond (913)
  15. Munch Forest (280)
  16. Niederhausen (568)
  17. Norheim (1541)
  18. Oberhausen an der Nahe (364)
  19. Oberstreit (291)
  20. Roxheim (2611)
  21. Ruedesheim * (2685)
  22. Saint Catherine (374)
  23. Schlossböckelheim (385)
  24. Summer hole (396)
  25. Spa bridges (1113)
  26. Spall (177)
  27. Sponheim (750)
  28. Traisen (564)
  29. Waldböckelheim (2169)
  30. Wallhausen (1562)
  31. Weinsheim (1786)
  32. Winterbach (484)

The following municipalities in the district have lost their independence to this day:

License Plate

On July 1, 1956, the district was assigned the distinctive sign KH when the vehicle registration number that is still valid today (at that time still the Kreuznach district ) was assigned. It is still issued today.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
  2. Official municipality directory 2006 ( Memento from December 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (= State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 393 ). Bad Ems March 2006, p. 159 (PDF; 2.6 MB). Info: An up-to-date directory ( 2016 ) is available, but in the section "Territorial changes - Territorial administrative reform" it does not give any population figures.  
  3. ^ Contributions to the statistics of the Königl. Prussian Rhineland. 1829, p. 20 , accessed November 11, 2017 .
  4. ^ The Rhine Province under Prussia, Willemsen, 1842
  5. a b Community encyclopedia for the Kingdom of Prussia 1885
  6. a b c d e f Michael Rademacher: German administrative history from the unification of the empire in 1871 to the reunification in 1990. kreuznach.html. (Online material for the dissertation, Osnabrück 2006).
  7. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
  8. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1981
  9. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1992
  10. Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 2002
  11. Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Religion , 2011 census
  12. Rhineland-Palatinate municipal statistics for the Bad Kreuznach district , accessed on May 7, 2020
  13. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Bad Kreuznach district. Final result of the 2019 district council election. Accessed August 10, 2019 .
  14. ^ Stefan Munzlinger: District election in Bad Kreuznach: landslide victory for Bettina Dickes, debacle for Nies. Rhein-Zeitung - Oeffentlicher Anzeiger, April 3, 2017, accessed on December 1, 2019 .
  15. Future Atlas 2016. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on October 2, 2017 ; accessed on March 23, 2018 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.prognos.com
  16. State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).