Monzingen

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 48 '  N , 7 ° 35'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Nahe-Glan
Height :	180 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.18 km 2
Residents:	1563 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	128 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55569
Area code :	06751
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 067
Association administration address:	Marktplatz 11 55566 Bad Sobernheim
Website :	www.monzingen.de
Local Mayor :	Klaus Stein ( SPD )
Location of the local community Monzingen in the Bad Kreuznach district

Monzingen is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the community of Nahe-Glan . Monzingen is a 1200 year old wine-growing community on the Middle Nahe .

geography

Monzingen is located in a side valley of the Middle Nahe, through which the Gaulsbach flows. In the north, east and west the place is framed by 250-300 m high mountains, to the south the valley opens up towards the Nahe.

The center is the 200 m high Kirchberg with the St. Martin's Church from the 13th century. The houses extend on a mountain slope gently sloping from west to east. Most of the most recent new buildings are located on an eastern mountain in the direction of Nussbaum and tower above the old town center with its historic buildings. To the south, in the Nahe valley, on the other side of the federal highway 41 and the Bingen – Saarbrücken railway line, lies the industrial park, sports facilities and one of the largest campsites in the Nahe valley.

The surrounding mountain slopes are covered by mixed forest or are mostly used for viticulture on the southern slopes. Some of the long-abandoned vineyards on the mountain slopes are covered by a bush forest. Especially on the steep southern slopes of the well-known Monzinger vineyards Frühlingsplätze and Halenberg , intensive viticulture is still practiced. They are part of the specific growing area Nahe .

The Nahemühle residential area also belongs to Monzingen .

history

View of Merian

The first documentary mention of Monzingen goes back to a donation of vineyards to the Lorsch monastery in 778. During the time of the tribal duchies, the place belonged to the Duchy of Franconia .

Place name

Old house

House Müller

House Weber

House Pathenheimer

The early forms of the place name such as Monzecha , Munzaher and Monzaha are derived from the name of a Franconian settler ( Munt / mouth ) in connection with the syllable -aha / -ach , which means water or flowing water. Over time, the name changed to the current form. Among other things, the following spellings are known:

year	Notation
1061	Munzecha
1074	villa Munzichum
1197	Munziche
1283	Mon echo
1297	Moncichen
1355	Muntziche (town charter)
1380	Montzingen
1421	Muntzingen
1494	Montzingen

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 962 1835 1,201 1871 1,168 1905 1,167 1939 1,133

year Residents 1950 1,245 1961 1,381 1970 1,496 1987 1,545 2005 1,731

year Residents 2014 1,593 2017 1,583

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Monzingen consists of 16 council members, who were last elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman, who was not elected by primary election in 2019, but later by the new municipal council.

Allocation of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	FWG	total
05/26/2019	7th	2	4th	3	16 seats
05/25/2014	7th	2	4th	3	16 seats
October 25, 2009	8th	2	4th	2	16 seats
06/07/2009	7th	2	4th	3	16 seats
06/13/2004	7th	2	3	4th	16 seats

mayor

• 1948–1962: Karl Thöne
• 1962–1972: Hugo Dämgen, mayor (FWG)
• 1962–1986: Erich Schauß (FDP)
• 1986–1990: Willi Böttcher (SPD)
• 1990–2009: Adolf Geib (SPD)
• 2009–2014: Norbert Alt (SPD)
• 2014–2019: Hans-Jürgen Eckert (individual applicant)
• from 2019: Klaus Stein (SPD)

coat of arms

	Blazon : "In a shield divided by black and red above a striding red-tongued double-tailed golden lion , below a silver six-spoke wheel ."
	Justification for the coat of arms: It refers to the former affiliation to the Electoral Palatinate and Kurmainz .

Community partnerships

Monzingen has had a partnership with the French municipality of Entrains-sur-Nohain since 1963 . Until 1994, this was maintained by the municipal administration. A circle of friends has been performing this task since 1994.

Culture and sights

In the historic center there are several splendid half-timbered houses from the 16th century. A landmark of the city is the Alt'sche Haus, which was built in 1589.

Old house

Hauptstrasse 59

According to the inscription, built in 1589. The builder was the mayor and mayor Matthias Knorr. The house is a typical example of the Rhenish half-timbering from the late 16th century.

House Müller

Hauptstrasse 64

Built around 1600, rebuilt in the 18th century

Exposure of the framework in 1977.

House Weber

Hauptstrasse 74

Built in 1574

Presumably originally the estate of the Augustinian canons of Ravengiersburg.

Parish Church of St. Martin

Built around 1000 by Archbishop Willigis as a small chapel. Gothic conversions in the 13th – 15th centuries Century. Is referred to as one of the most important architectural monuments in the Nahe valley.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Monzingen

literature

• Werner Vogt : Monzingen an der Nahe (Rheinische Kunststätten, issue 362). Neusser Druckerei und Verlag, Neuss 1991, ISBN 3-88094-682-5 .

Personalities

• Johann Heinrich von Fuchs (1664–1727), lawyer, professor in Frankfurt ad O., President of the Court of Appeal in Berlin, Vice-President and Minister of the General Directory, ibid.
• Heinrich Riegel (1883–1967), politician ( SPD ) and member of the state assembly of Greater Hesse that advises the constitution
• Werner Vogt (1924–2006), local scholar and historian

Web links

Commons : Monzingen  - Collection of images

• Website of the local community Monzingen
• Private interactive website with current information: meinMonzingen.de
• Literature about Monzingen 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. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ 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).
4. ↑ Municipality of Monzingen: Municipal Council. June 25, 2019, accessed September 20, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Monzingen. Retrieved September 20, 2019 . 
6. ^ Freundeskreis Monzingen-Entrains eV