Rödelhausen
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Coordinates: 50 ° 0 ' N , 7 ° 20' E |
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Basic data | ||
State : | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
County : | Rhein-Hunsrück district | |
Association municipality : | Kirchberg (Hunsrück) | |
Height : | 430 m above sea level NHN | |
Area : | 2.56 km 2 | |
Residents: | 126 (Dec. 31, 2019) | |
Population density : | 49 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Postal code : | 56858 | |
Area code : | 06543 | |
License plate : | SIM, GOA | |
Community key : | 07 1 40 128 | |
Association administration address: | Marktplatz 5 55481 Kirchberg (Hunsrück) |
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Local Mayor : | Klaus Casper | |
Location of the local community Rödelhausen in the Rhein-Hunsrück district | ||
Rödelhausen is a municipality in the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Kirchberg (Hunsrück) community .
geography
Rödelhausen is centrally located in the Hunsrück , directly on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße B 327 . The Rödelhausen sand pit east of the village is a geological rarity in the Hunsrück.
history
Late Hallstatt burial mounds with skeletons show an early settlement. The time of origin of the place is not documented. Since the 12th century the place was part of the County of Sponheim and came into the possession of the Margraves of Baden in the 18th century . 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 Zell in the Rhine-Moselle department . In 1815 the region and thus Rödelhausen was assigned to the Kingdom of Prussia at the Congress of Vienna . Under the Prussian administration the church belonged to the mayor Sohren in county cell of the administrative district of Koblenz . After the First World War temporarily occupied by the French, the place has been part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate since 1946.
politics
Municipal council
The council in Rödelhausen consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.
mayor
The local mayor of Rödelhausen is Klaus Casper. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, no candidate ran, he was re-elected by the local council.
coat of arms
Blazon : "In gold, a red diagonal bar, covered with three silver squares, in front a blue, red-handled cleaver, behind a blue urn." | |
Justification of the coat of arms: The red bar in gold in the local coat of arms indicates Rödelhausen's former territorial affiliation to the margraviate of Baden , the squares to the front county of Sponheim , predecessor of the Baden population. The knife is the attribute of Saint Bartholomew to whom the Catholic chapel of the village is consecrated. The urn refers to the find from a late Hallstatt burial mound. |
See also
Web links
- Literature about Rödelhausen in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Rödelhausen. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Kirchberg, Verbandsgemeinde, 28th line of results. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ^ Verbandsgemeinde Kirchberg: local community Rödelhausen. Local council. Retrieved October 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Rödelhausen coat of arms description