Ohlweiler

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 58 '  N , 7 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Hunsrück district
Association municipality :	Simmern-Rheinböllen
Height :	320 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.91 km 2
Residents:	315 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	81 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55469
Area code :	06761
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Community key :	07 1 40 113
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 2 55469 Simmern / Hunsrück
Website :	www.og-ohlweiler.de
Mayoress :	Jenny Apelt
Location of the local community Ohlweiler in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

Evangelical Church Ohlweiler

Ohlweiler im Hunsrück is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Simmern-Rheinböllen community .

geography

The rural residential community of Ohlweiler is located in the valley of the Simmerbach at the mouth of the Holzbach, centrally in the Hunsrück . To Ohlweiler includes the living space brickyard.

history

It was first mentioned in a document in 1310. The place belonged to the Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern , which introduced the Reformation in 1556 . Later the elector was ruler of the Rhine . With the occupation of the Left Bank of the Rhine in 1794 by French revolutionary troops , the place became French and from 1798 to 1814 belonged to the canton of Simmern in the Rhine-Mosel department . Ohlweiler was the main town of a Mairie . In 1815 the region and thus the municipality of Ohlweiler was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration, Ohlweiler gave its name to the mayor's office in Simmern , which was established in 1816 and to which 14 communities belonged. After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French again, the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 225 1835 244 1871 244 1905 237 1939 231 1950 293

year Residents 1961 259 1970 244 1987 312 1997 333 2005 334 2019 315

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Ohlweiler consists of eight 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

Local mayor is Jenny Apelt. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, no candidate ran, she was elected by the local council on July 4, 2019 and is the successor of Walter Poppek.

coat of arms

Blazon : “ Slanted left split; above in black a red armored and tongued left-facing golden (yellow) lion, in the upper corner accompanied by a silver (white) scale, below diagonally roughened (-wakened) in blue and silver (white). "

Justification of the coat of arms: The coat of arms designed by Willi Wagner from Ohlweiler and approved by the Koblenz district government on March 12, 1969 shows the symbols of the former rulers of the Electorate of the Palatinate , the Palatinate lion and the Wittelsbach diamonds or awakening ; at the same time they are reminiscent of the former Duchy of Palatinate-Simmern . The balance in Obereck reminds Ohlweiler of the time as the place of jurisdiction .

Culture and sights

Buildings

• Protestant church
• Historic bakery (Backes)

See also: List of cultural monuments in Ohlweiler

Economy and Infrastructure

Transport and tourism

The federal road 50 is on the outskirts, the Schinderhanneswanderweg runs through the village.

Web links

Commons : Ohlweiler  - Collection of Images

• Literature about Ohlweiler 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. 40 (PDF; 2.2 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Ohlweiler. Retrieved October 4, 2019 . 
5. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Simmern-Rheinböllen, Verbandsgemeinde, 29th line of results. Retrieved October 4, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Local community Ohlweiler: Jenny Apelt elected mayor. July 5, 2019, accessed October 4, 2019 .