Mudenbach

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the stream, see Mudenbach (Wied) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 40 ′  N , 7 ° 44 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Hachenburg
Height :	286 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.78 km 2
Residents:	713 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	149 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	57614
Area code :	02688
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 267
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Gartenstrasse 11 57627 Hachenburg
Website :	www.mudenbach.de
Mayoress :	Christa Hülpüsch
Location of the local community Mudenbach in the Westerwaldkreis

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

Geographical location

Mudenbach lies at 286  m above sea level. NHN in the northern part of the Westerwald on the Wied . The community is predominantly structured agriculturally. The districts of Farrenau and Hanwerth belong to Mudenbach.

The district borders in the west on Borod and Ingelbach ( district of Altenkirchen ), in the north on Kroppach and Marzhausen , in the east on Hattert and in the south near the district Hanwerth on Wahlrod .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document in 1270. Slate mining in the district is recorded for 1772, a first powder mill for 1794 and a second powder mill in 1849 . Powder production was stopped in 1892 and 1898. The Farrenau estate was built in place of one of these mills.

Mudenbach belonged to the parish of Kroppach and sovereign to the county of Sayn . The inhabitants became Lutheran after the introduction of the Reformation in County Sayn and later reformed. After the division of the County of Sayn in the 17th century, Mudenbach 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 Mudenbach came to the newly established Duchy of Nassau in 1806 . Under the Nassau administration, Mudenbach 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 . Mudenbach has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946 .

Cultural monuments

→ see list of cultural monuments in Mudenbach

Population development

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

year Residents 1579 18 houses 1624 13 fireplaces 1714 41 men, 2 widows 1760 140 1815 203 1835 260 1871 356

year Residents 1905 477 1939 584 1950 663 1961 692 1970 732 1987 697 2005 812

In 1723 Jews are recorded for the first time in Mudenbach.

Hanwerth

The neighboring town of Hanwerth was incorporated into Mudenbach in 1818. Hanwerth is first mentioned in 1358. Before 1818 the place belonged to Oberhattert . In 1672 an oil mill was built in the village, and in 1687 an iron smelter with hammer mill. In 1834 a bone mill replaced the hammer, which was operated as a grinding mill from 1863. In addition, an oil mill was built in 1866, but it was already in the Wahlrod district. Three houses are mentioned in Hanwerth for 1576, three fireplaces for 1624, five men for 1714 and three houses for 1793.

politics

Municipal council

The municipal council in Mudenbach consists of twelve 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

Christa Hülpüsch became local mayor of Mudenbach in July 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, she was confirmed in her office for a further five years with 81.68% of the votes.

Christa Hülpüsch's predecessor was Wolfgang Petri.

traffic

Mudenbach is connected to the regional transport network via Landesstraße 265 to Bundesstraße 8 . The federal road connects the place with the middle centers Hachenburg and Altenkirchen . The autobahn connections of the A 3 Ransbach-Baumbach and Dierdorf can be reached via the B 8 / B 413 . The Hennef junction of the A 560 can be reached directly via the B 8. The closest ICE stop is Montabaur station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : The parish of Kroppach. In: Nassauische Annalen 83. 1972, pp. 209-231.
• Markus Müller: Mudenbach - The history of a village in Westerwald from 1270 to 1995. A chronicle of the community of Mudenbach and the district of Hanwerth based on topographical, settlement and regional history, economic and social history and cultural history studies. Mudenbach 1995.
• Markus Müller: The “Stone Pillar” from Mudenbach in the Westerwald. In: Rheinische Heimatpflege . New series, vol. 32, 1995, pp. 201-205.
• Markus Müller: The noble families von Mudenbach and Hanwerth in the context of the first mention of both places. 'n: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen. Vol. 38, 1995, pp. 257-259.
• Hiltrud Schleiden: The fate of a family from Mudenbach in the First World War. In: Wäller Heimat. 2014, pp. 57–58.
• Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the plan. In: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen. Vol. 58, 2015, pp. 74–80.

Web links

Commons : Mudenbach  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Mudenbach
• Local community Mudenbach 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. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 74 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ↑ See Daniel Schneider: The development of denominations in the county of Sayn in the plan, pp. 74-80.
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data .
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ ^{A b} Nadja Hoffmann-Heidrich: Road expansion: residents feel left out. Gartenstrasse in Mudenbach. Westerwälder Zeitung (quoted from the local community Mudenbach), February 19, 2015, accessed on June 7, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Hachenburg, Verbandsgemeinde, 23rd line of results. Retrieved June 7, 2020 .