Marienrachdorf

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Selters (Westerwald)
Height :	273 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.03 km 2
Residents:	984 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	196 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56242
Area code :	02626
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 044
Association administration address:	Am Saynbach 5–7 56242 Selters (Westerwald)
Website :	www.marienrachdorf.de
Local Mayor :	Dieter Kloeckner
Location of the local community Marienrachdorf in the Westerwaldkreis

Parish hall

Catholic Parish Church of the Assumption

Marienrachdorf (dialect: Mairachtroff ) is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Selters (Westerwald) .

Geographical location

Marienrachdorf is about four kilometers northwest of Selters .

history

In 1190 the place was first mentioned as Rachdorf in connection with a Rorich von Rechdorf, who called himself Freirachdorf after his seat of power. The origin of the place is traced back to early Franconian settlements. The original name Rachdorf means village of Racho and has undergone many changes over time. So the place was called Maroraychdorf in the early 14th century, a hundred years later Matraichdorff around 1426 and Marck (t) rachdorf (f) in the years 1513/1550 with the meaning "on the Mark (border) lying Rachdorf" in contrast to the neighboring places Freirachdorf and Brückrachdorf. The meaning of the addition was lost in the following centuries, and the place name was first mentioned in 1739, after the parish church of the Assumption of Mary, in 1325, but its style dates back to the 12th century, when it was changed to Mariae Rachdorf and later to Marienrachdorf .

The old Church of the Assumption of Mary had to give way to a new building of the same name, consecrated in 1853, whereby the old church and defense tower from the 14th century with a renewed upper part in the classical style was retained. A cruciform nave in late classicist style is attached to the Romanesque west tower; Inside, round arches separate the broad transverse arms and the west gallery. The interior could be furnished with a remarkable furnishing from secularized monastery property ; Two side altar pieces (around 1760) in walnut veneer were brought here from the Carthusian monastery in Mainz ; The Marienstatt Monastery gave up seven late baroque wooden statues (18th century) .

Court and parish , consisting of the villages of Marienrachdorf, Krümmel, Maroth, Trierischhausen, Sessenhausen with the court of Kutscheid and Marienhausen, were subordinate to the Lords of Isenburg as sovereigns, most recently the Counts of Isenburg-Grenzau until 1664. After the death of Count Ernst von Isenburg -Grenzau died the line, and Marienrachdorf fell to the Kurtrierische Office Herschbach , 1803 with this to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg and 1806 to the Duchy of Nassau . The offices of Herschbach and Selters were combined in 1817 to form the new district of Selters (until 1865). In 1866 Marienrachdorf fell to Prussia and one year later became part of the newly formed Unterwesterwaldkreis . In 1882 Marienrachdorf was connected to the railway network, which promoted local quartzite mining . At the end of the 1970s, the quarrying was largely exhausted, the recultivated area returned to the property of the municipality in 1982.

After the Second World War , the Unterwesterwaldkreis became part of the newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate in 1946 . In the course of the territorial reorganization of the administration, the municipality of Marienrachdorf was assigned to the Selters (Westerwald) municipality in April 1972 . Since March 16, 1974 Marienrachdorf belongs to the Westerwaldkreis .

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Marienrachdorf consists of 16 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. A total of three different groups of voters are represented in the council. By 2019 the council had 12 members.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	Klöckner flat share	Flat share Eberz	Haubrich flat share	Flat share Herkenroth	WG Schultes	total
2019	11	3	2	-	-	16 seats
2014	9	2	1	-	-	12 seats
2009	7th	1	1	2	1	12 seats

mayor

In the 2019 municipal elections, Dieter Klöckner was confirmed in office with 86.90 percent of the votes cast.

coat of arms

Blazon : "In silver a growing, silver-crowned, gold-nimbed Mother of God in natural colors in a blue robe with a blue veil over a white dress with a gold medallion, holding the left arm in front of the chest, on the right arm a gold-nimbed, gold-haired, undressed Christ Child in natural colors, holding a blue imperial orb with gold ring fittings and gold paw cross in the right hand ”.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• The B 413 runs northwest of the community and runs from Bendorf to Hachenburg .
• The next motorway junction is Dierdorf on the A3 .
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Marienrachdorf
• List of natural monuments in Marienrachdorf

Web links

Commons : Marienrachdorf  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the local community Marienrachdorf
• Local community Marienrachdorf on the website of the association community Selters (Westerwald)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Hermann-Josef Hucke: Place names in the Westerwaldkreis in their dialect pronunciation as well as Ortsneckereien ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 2010, page 17 (PDF; 129 kB)
3. ↑ Age information from the municipality , accessed on July 10, 2016
4. ↑ Information according to Hermann-Josef Roth: Der Westerwald . Cologne, DuMont, 1981. p. 76.
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2009, city and municipal council elections
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, direct elections