Prath

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Loreley
Height :	280 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.33 km 2
Residents:	295 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	68 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56346
Area code :	06771
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 112
Association administration address:	Dolkstrasse 3 ; 56346 St. Goarshausen
Website :	www.vgloreley.de
Local Mayor :	Edgar Josef Rudolf
Location of the local community Prath in the Rhein-Lahn district

Catholic branch church St. Goar

Prath is a municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Loreley , which has its administrative headquarters in St. Goarshausen .

history

Prath was first mentioned in documents in 922. In the next centuries Prath was part of the Boppard Empire . When the imperial city of Boppard lost its imperial immediacy in 1327 and was pledged by King Henry VII to his brother, Archbishop Balduin von Trier , Prath also came to the electorate, to which it belonged until 1803. That is why the Reformation was never introduced there.

During the Thirty Years' War the place was almost completely destroyed, later rebuilt. As a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803, the place was added to the Duchy of Nassau .

After the end of the German War in 1866, Nassau and thus also Prath were annexed by Prussia .

After the end of the First World War , Prath was occupied by French troops until 1929 as part of the Allied occupation of the Rhineland .

At the end of the Second World War , the place was taken by American troops on March 26, 1945. From June 1945 it belonged to the French zone of occupation and from 1946 to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Since 1969 he has been part of the Rhein-Lahn district.

Prath has been part of the Loreley community since 1972.

economy

In 1745 ore veins were discovered between Prath and Ehrenthal , which led to the founding of the Sachsenhausen ironworks in 1769, which was later consolidated with other mines, also on the other side of the Rhine, under the name Grube Gute Hoffnung , and mined lead and zinc ores until 1961.

politics

Municipal council

The council in Prath 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. In the elections up to 2009, the council members were elected in a personalized proportional representation.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	FWG	total
2019	by majority vote		8 seats
2014	by majority vote		8 seats
2009	5	3	8 seats
2004	3	5	8 seats

mayor

The local mayor of Prath is Edgar Josef Rudolf. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was re-elected with 73.08% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Split shield, in front in a blue field sprinkled with golden shingles a red armored and tongued golden lion, behind in silver a red bar cross, covered with a golden chalice."

The coat of arms was approved on April 11, 1978.

Foundation of the coat of arms: The territorial affiliation of more than 500 years is reflected in the Prath community coat of arms . The lion of the Duchy of Nassau stands for a short but formative era, because the place was Nassau from 1803 to 1866. For the previous 450 years it belonged to the Electorate of Trier , which united secular and ecclesiastical power in one hand and is represented with the red bar cross. The golden chalice refers to the patron saint of church and community, St. Goar , who is represented with this attribute in the St. Goarer Stiftskirche .

Culture and sights

Helmut Kaspar Mineral and Mining Museum

Catholic branch church St. Goar . Three-axis hall, built in 1803 by Ludwig Rausch, the roof turret was built after a fire in 1889. After being damaged in the Second World War, the interior was restored in baroque form. The marble top of the high altar dates from the end of the 17th century, the wooden components from the late 18th century. The pulpit is from 1760.
In 2001 the Wellmich-Prath-Ehrenthal Mining and Landscape Trail , a 5 km long educational mining trail , was established.
Helmut Kaspar Mineral and Mining Museum . Small museum with an extensive mineral collection and mining objects.

Web links

Commons : Prath - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

^ Verbandsgemeinde Loreley: Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .

^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Prath. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Loreley, Verbandsgemeinde, 15th line of results. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .
↑ Book of Arms of the Loreley Community, 1994.
^ The Catholic Village Church in Prath Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz , regionalgeschichte.net
^ Mining and Landscape Path Wellmich-Prath-Ehrental Institute for Historical Regional Studies at the University of Mainz, regionalgeschichte.net
↑ Mineral and Mining Museum Helmut Kaspar, Prath Zweckverband Welterbe Oberes Mittelrheintal

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-RP-1] State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).

[2] Verbandsgemeinde Loreley: Chronicle. Retrieved January 3, 2018 .