Michelbach (Hunsrück)

coat of arms	Germany map
Help on coat of arms	Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′  N , 7 ° 27 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Kastellaun
Height :	430 m above sea level NHN
Area :	2.39 km 2
Residents:	179 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	75 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56288
Area code :	06761
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 095
Association administration address:	Kirchstrasse 1 56284 Kastellaun
Website :	www.og-mb.de
Local Mayor :	Hans Jürgen Härter
Location of the local community of Michelbach in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Michelbach / Hunsrück from the south

Michelbach is a community in the middle of the low mountain range of the Hunsrück in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Kastellaun .

geography

The place Michelbach lies on a hilltop in the middle of the fields at an average height of 430  m above sea level. NHN , between the Külzbachtal and the Biebertal .

The Junkersmühle residential area also belongs to Michelbach .

The municipal area of the municipality covers 2.39 square kilometers, of which 76 per cent of agricultural land and the 12 per cent forest development.

Neighboring places

Dog home	Hasselbach	Alterkülz
Wüschheim		Neuerkirch and Külz
rich	Biebern and Heinzenbach	Fronhofen

history

Michelbach belonged to the late 18th century country wonderfully for Rear County of Sponheim and was last owned by the Duke of Pfalz-Zweibrücken . Within the office of Kastellaun , Michelbach belonged to the administrative and judicial district of the Hasselbacher care .

With the occupation of the left bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French , from 1798 to 1814 it belonged to the canton of Kastellaun , which was assigned to the Rhine-Moselle department . At the Congress of Vienna (1815) the region was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia . Under the Prussian administration, Michelbach was subordinate to the mayor of Kastellaun in the Simmern district from 1816 and belonged to the Rhine Province from 1822 until the end of the Second World War . Since 1946 the place has been part of the then newly formed state of Rhineland-Palatinate and has been part of the Rhein-Hunsrück district since 1969 .

In 1850 a boys' house was founded in Michelbach by pastor Bartels from Alterkülz and in 1851 it was moved to the Schmiedel area between Simmern and Nannhausen. The first building of the smithy was erected there, which was inaugurated on September 13, 1851 for a householder and twelve boys.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 147 1835 195 1871 226 1905 219 1939 174

year Residents 1950 194 1961 191 1970 163 1987 169 2005 178

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

The local mayor is Hans Jürgen Härter. In the local election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 60.83% of the vote.

Web links

Commons : Michelbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Michelbach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Kastellaun
• Michelbach in the SWR broadcast Hierzuland
• Literature about Michelbach in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, 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. 37 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 450.
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Michelbach. Retrieved October 7, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kastellaun, Verbandsgemeinde, 27th line of results. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .