Merxheim (near)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 34'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Nahe-Glan
Height :	172 m above sea level NHN
Area :	17.05 km 2
Residents:	1392 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	82 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55627
Area code :	06754
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 066
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 11 55566 Bad Sobernheim
Website :	www.merxheim.de
Local Mayor :	Egon Eckhardt ( SPD )
Location of the local community Merxheim in the Bad Kreuznach district

Merxheim from the direction of Martinstein

Merxheim is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Nahe-Glan .

geography

Merxheim is on the south bank of the Nahe . On the other side of the river is Weiler near Monzingen , Meddersheim to the east, Kirschroth to the south and Martinstein to the west .

The Gänsmühle, Kornsmühle (formerly Eltges- or Iltismühle), Estrella (formerly Kauzenmühle) and Weinelsmühle (formerly Franzenmühle) residential areas also belong to Merxheim .

history

The place was first mentioned in 1061 as Merkedesheim in pago Nahgouue . At that time Archbishop Eberhard von Trier donated goods to Merxheim and Monzingen to the St. Simeon monastery . Since Archbishop Ruthard of Mainz (1107) the Disibodenberg monastery also owned an estate in Merchidisheim . Another estate was owned by Abbot Werner von St. Alban near Mainz in 1145 .

In the early modern times, Merxheim was divided between the bailiffs of Hunolstein - Steinkallenfels and the lords of Braunsberg - Burgbrohl . The Braunsberg share went to the barons of Bourscheid-Burgbrohl-Büllesheim in 1625 . From 1816 to 1866 the place belonged to the Oberamt Meisenheim of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Homburg and came with this to Prussia in 1866 .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 992 1835 ~ 1,100 1871 1,281 1905 1,262 1939 1,190 1950 1,338

year Residents 1961 1,435 1970 1,433 1987 1,374 1997 1,475 2005 1,465 2019 1,392

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Merxheim consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	6th	3	7th	16 seats
2014	9	2	5	16 seats
2009	7th	3	6th	16 seats
2004	7th	4th	5	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Community Merxheim e. V.

mayor

The local mayor is Egon Eckhardt (SPD). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office with a share of 70.41% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “Over a golden shield base, inside a red bar over three red shingles, split by red and silver. In front a silver sloping beam covered with three red roses, behind a red castle tower with a crooked hip roof. "

Community partnerships

Merxheim has had relationships with Merxheim in Alsace , the partner municipality of the same name in France , since 1973 .

Culture and sights

The old town hall from the 15th century and the view over the Nahe valley from the viewing platform are worth seeing.

See also:

• List of cultural monuments in Merxheim
• List of natural monuments in Merxheim

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 41 runs in the north . In Martinstein there is a train station on the Bingen – Saarbrücken line .

literature

• Friedrich Toepfer: Side dishes. VI. The rule of Merxheim . In: ders. (Ed.): Document book for the history of the royal and baronial house of the Voegte von Hunolstein , vol. II. Jacob Zeiser, Nuremberg 1867, pp. 455-460 ( Google Books )

Web links

Commons : Merxheim  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local community Merxheim
• Local community Merxheim on the website of the Bad Sobernheim community community
• Literature about Merxheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

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 (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2018 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 17 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : The Lords of the Lower Nahe Area , Bonn: Behrendt, 1914, p. 99 ( www.dilibri.de )
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Merxheim. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Bad Sobernheim, Verbandsgemeinde, tenth line of results. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
8. ^ RGE: Merxheim