Hammerstein (on the Rhine)

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 29 '  N , 7 ° 21'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Neuwied
Association municipality :	Bad Hönningen
Height :	70 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.21 km 2
Residents:	334 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	46 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56598
Area code :	02635
License plate :	NO
Community key :	07 1 38 024
Community structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Marktstrasse 1 53557 Bad Hönningen
Website :	hammerstein-am-rhein.de
Local Mayor :	Jörg Jungbluth
Location of the local community Hammerstein in the district of Neuwied

View of lower (front) and Upper Hammerstein (rear) of the Rheinbrohler Ley from

Hammerstein is a municipality in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate . The community belongs to the municipality Bad Hönningen on which its administrative headquarters in the town of Bad Hönningen has.

geography

The community is located on the Middle Rhine on the right bank of the river between the cities of Bad Hönningen and Neuwied in the Rhine-Westerwald Nature Park . It is divided into the districts of Oberhammerstein in the south and Niederhammerstein in the north. Hammerstein has the appearance of a street village and extends along the axes of the rapidly rising valley of the Hammersteiner Bach (Niederhammerstein) as well as the federal road 42 (especially Oberhammerstein). The Kerbergsbach flows into the Rhine between the two districts . The highest point in the area of ​​Hammerstein is about 370  m above sea level. Reached NHN in the outer southeast of the municipality. At the level of Oberhammerstein lies the Rhine island of Hammersteiner Werth , the smaller southern part of which also extends over the district of Leutesdorf . The entire east of the municipality is uninhabited except for the Weierhof on the border with Neuwied.

The Forsthof and Weierhof residential areas belong to Hammerstein .

history

• For the Roman history of the Hammerstein area see the main article small fort "Am Forsthofweg" .

politics

Municipal council

The council in Hammerstein 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

Jörg Jungbluth became the local mayor of Hammerstein on September 2, 2019. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was elected for five years with 80.21% of the vote. Jörg Jungbluth's predecessors were Wolfgang Kluwig (2014–2019) and Karl-Heinz Windheuser (until 2014).

coat of arms

Blazon : "Three slanted, 2: 1 arranged silver hammers in red."

Justification of the coat of arms: The three hammers correspond to the coat of arms of the former burgraves of Hammerstein , whose territory included the towns of Niederhammerstein and Oberhammerstein, today the municipality of Hammerstein. The color scheme, which is different from the coat of arms of the castle count (red hammers in gold), is reminiscent of the Electorate's red coat of arms in silver. The municipality has had the coat of arms since 1946.

Culture and sights

The Church of St. Georg in Oberhammerstein

Probably a tenth farm from the 16th century

• Parish church of St. Georg in Oberhammerstein with origins from the 10th century: The two bells (96 and 61 cm) were cast around 1050 and are therefore the oldest bells on the Middle Rhine.
• Burgmannshof (Zehnthof) from the 16th century at the place where a royal court is attested in writing in 1176.
• The Hammerstein castle ruins , built in the 10th century, are probably the oldest castle in the Middle Rhine Valley. It was first mentioned as the Reichsburg in 1000. The imperial insignia was kept there in 1125 .
• There is an old Jewish cemetery on the way from Niederhammerstein to the castle ruins.
• Hammersteiner Werth , the island off Hammerstein. It is often used as a bathing beach by the locals in summer.
• Claurenburg in Oberhammerstein, first mentioned in 1176. In the 1920s the house was a youth hostel.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Hammerstein (am Rhein)

Economy and Infrastructure

Viticulture is an important branch of the economy.

traffic

On the southwestern edge of the village, the federal highway 42 and the railway line between Cologne and Koblenz, the right-hand Rhine route , run parallel to each other , the next station of which is in Rheinbrohl .

literature

• Werner Schönhofen: Hammerstein am Rhein (=  Rheinische Kunststätten . Issue 324). Neusser Druck und Verlag, Neuss 1987, ISBN 3-88094-582-9 .

Web links

Commons : Hammerstein  - Collection of Images

Wikisource: Hammerstein in the Topographia Colonia et al. (Matthäus Merian)  - Sources and full texts

• Hammerstein parish
• Historical information about Hammerstein at regionalgeschichte.net

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. 49 (PDF; 3 MB).
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections.
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Bad Hönningen, Verbandsgemeinde, second line of results. Retrieved February 20, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Mitteilungsblatt Bad Hönningen: Meeting of the local council. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, issue 34/2019, accessed on February 20, 2020 . 
6. ^ Yvonne Stock: After 25 years in local politics: the mayor of Hammerstein says goodbye. Rhein-Zeitung, August 27, 2019, accessed on February 20, 2020 .