Merkelbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Merkelbach (disambiguation) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 39 '  N , 7 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Hachenburg
Height :	355 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.56 km 2
Residents:	419 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	164 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57629
Area code :	02662
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 262
Association administration address:	Gartenstrasse 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website :	www.merkelbach-westerwald.de
Local Mayor :	Edgar Schneider
Location of the local community Merkelbach in the Westerwaldkreis

Merkelbach, aerial photo (2016)

Sacred Heart Chapel in Merkelbach

Merkelbach is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Hachenburg community .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Limburg and Siegen , or on the B 413 between the old town (Hachenburg) in the north-east and Wied (near Hachenburg) and Höchstenbach in the south-west. Merkelbach is surrounded to the east and south by the Hachenburger Stadtwald.

history

Merkelbach was first mentioned in a document in 1418 .

Merkelbach belonged to the old town parish and until the end of the 18th century it belonged to the county of Sayn . After the introduction of the Reformation in the county of Sayn, the inhabitants were first Lutheran and later reformed. After the state division of the County of Sayn in the 17th century, Merkelbach belonged to the County of Sayn-Hachenburg .

In 1799 the county came to the princes of Nassau-Weilburg by inheritance . In connection with the formation of the Rhine Confederation , the region and with it Merkelbach came to the newly established Duchy of Nassau in 1806 . Under the Nassau administration, Merkelbach was assigned to the Hachenburg office. After the annexation of the Duchy of Nassau, the place came to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1866 and from 1868 belonged to the province of Hessen-Nassau and the Oberwesterwaldkreis . Merkelbach has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 160 1835 202 1871 221 1905 252 1939 268

year Residents 1950 298 1961 336 1970 366 1987 425 2005 401

politics

Municipal council

The council in Merkelbach consists of eight council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Local mayor Edgar Schneider was confirmed in his office for another five years in the direct election on May 26, 2019 with 81.09% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In blue a gold-covered, silver chapel tower and two left silver sloping foot corrugations ."

traffic

The community is located directly on the federal road 413 , which leads from Bendorf (near Koblenz ) to Hachenburg. The next motorway junctions are in Dierdorf or Neuwied on the A 3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt am Main ). The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line . The community is connected to the public transport network by a bus connection to Hachenburg and the Montabaur ICE train station every two hours.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Merkelbach
• List of natural monuments in Merkelbach

literature

• Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in plan , in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 58 (2015), pp. 74-80.

Web links

Commons : Merkelbach  - Collection of Images

• Website of the Merkelbach community
• Merkelbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Hachenburg

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the ground plan, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen 58 (2015), pp. 74-80.
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, 21st line of results. Retrieved June 7, 2020 . 
6. ↑ WW-Kurier: The Westerwaldkreis has voted. MVV Medienverlag Westerwald-Sieg UG & Co. KG, Wissen, May 25, 2014, accessed on June 7, 2020 .