Langenscheid

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Diez
Height :	242 m above sea level NHN
Area :	8.92 km 2
Residents:	499 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	56 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	65558
Area code :	06439
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 076
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Louise-Seher-Strasse 1 ; 65582 Diez
Website :	gemeinde-langenscheid.de
Local Mayor :	Ulrich Strutt
Location of the local community Langenscheid in the Rhein-Lahn district

Langenscheid is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Diez .

geography

The size of the district is 8.92 km², of which 3.43 km² are agricultural land and 5.41 km² are low and high forest. Langenscheid is 242 m above sea level. NN and has about 550 inhabitants. Its district is bounded east by the Daubach, south by the Lahn , west by the Schwarbach and north by the Hirschberg district . The district of Lahntal in the south of the municipality belongs to the municipality. In addition, there is a small part of Hirschberg on the Langenscheid district.

history

Langenscheid was first mentioned in 1298 as Langscheyt . The village on the "long Scheyde" takes its name from the elongated ridge that separates the Daubach and the Schwarbach as tributaries of the Lahn as a watershed . Langenscheid belonged to the county of Holzappel , from 1806 the place was part of the Diez office in the Duchy of Nassau , which was annexed by Prussia in 1866 . Since 1946 the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

The population developed as follows in the 19th and 20th centuries: 1843: 423 inhabitants, 1927: 540 inhabitants, 1964: 585 inhabitants.

religion

Langenscheid is assigned to the Roman Catholic parish of St. Bonifatius in Holzappel and belongs with it to the pastoral area of Diez , which in turn is incorporated into the Limburg dean's office in the Limburg diocese .

On the Protestant side, the place is parish Langenscheid-Geilnau with Hirschberg in the deanery Diez provost South Nassau in the Evangelical Church in Hessen and Nassau (EKHN) belong.

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Langenscheid consists of twelve council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	WGR 1	WGR 2	total
2019	-	8th	4th	12 seats
2014	-	8th	4th	12 seats
2009	4th	8th	-	12 seats
2004	4th	8th	-	12 seats

mayor

Ulrich Strutt is the local mayor of Langenscheid. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 83.88% of the vote.

Sons and daughters of the church

Ludwig Born (1813–1875), member of the Reichstag and Landtag
Adolf Deißmann (1866–1937), Protestant theologian, papyrologist and ecumenist
Oskar Wilhelm Koch (1907 – after 1976), district leader of the NSDAP of Worms and the Untertaunuskreis

Web links

Commons : Langenscheid - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Diez, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections

[3] The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Diez, Verbandsgemeinde, 18th line of results. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .