Ransbach-Baumbach

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 44'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Ransbach-Baumbach
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	12.14 km 2
Residents:	7783 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	641 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56235
Area code :	02623
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 062
City structure:	2 districts
Association administration address:	Rheinstrasse 50 56235 Ransbach-Baumbach
Website :	www.ransbach-baumbach.de
City Mayor :	Michael Merz
Location of the town of Ransbach-Baumbach in the Westerwaldkreis

Ransbach-Baumbach is a town in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . Ransbach-Baumbach is the administrative seat of the Ransbach-Baumbach community to which it belongs. According to state planning, the city is designated as the basic center.

Aerial view of Ransbach-Baumbach (Ransbach district) 2015

Aerial view of Ransbach-Baumbach (Baumbach district) 2015

Town hall of the city of Ransbach-Baumbach

Town hall of the city of Ransbach-Baumbach

Swimming pool in the town of Ransbach-Baumbach

Erlenhofsee in Ransbach-Baumbach

Sports facility in Ransbach-Baumbach

geography

The urban area of ​​Ransbach-Baumbach lies in the center of the Kannenbäckerland , which lies in the part of the Westerwald bordering the Middle Rhine Valley , about 15 kilometers northeast of Koblenz . With the part of the forest area south of the motorway, Ransbach-Baumbach has a share in the Nassau Nature Park . The districts of Ransbach in the north and Baumbach in the south have grown together structurally. Both centers are about one and a half kilometers apart. The community is located on the Masselbach .

history

In 1330 the parish of Ransbach was first mentioned in a document.

As early as 959, however, the Montabaurer tithe description speaks of the place Desper (Dedinsburg) near Ransbach.

In 1373 the place name Babenbach appears for Baumbach.

On June 7, 1969, the previously independent communities Ransbach (Westerwald) and Baumbach were formed into the new community Ransbach-Baumbach.

Since 1971, Ransbach-Baumbach has been the administrative seat of the association of the same name .

On May 10, 1975, the community received city ​​rights .

Population development

The development of the population of Ransbach-Baumbach in relation to today's urban area; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:

year Residents 1815 1,373 1835 1,908 1871 1,806 1905 2,625 1939 3,365 1950 3,956

year Residents 1961 4,694 1970 5,433 1987 6.316 1997 7,069 2005 7,333 2019 7,783

politics

City council

The city ​​council in Ransbach-Baumbach consists of 24 council members who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary city ​​mayor as chairman. By the 2019 election there were 22 council members.

The distribution of seats in the city council:

choice	SPD	CDU	AfD	FDP	RaBaB	FWG	total
2019	4th	9	1	2	6th	2	24 seats
2014	4th	10	-	-	5	3	22 seats
2009	3	10	-	-	5	4th	22 seats
2004	5	17th	-	-	-	-	22 seats

• RaBaB = Ransbach-Baumbacher Bürgerervertretung e. V.
• FWG = Free Voting Group of the City of Ransbach-Baumbach

mayor

Mayor of Ransbach-Baumbach is Michael Merz. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 70.42% of the votes.

Partnerships

Sister towns of Ransbach-Baumbach are Pleurtuit ( Bretagne ) (since 1985) and Rukoma ( Rwanda ) (since 2005).

coat of arms

Blazon : "Argent three red oblique beams, covered with a blue ceramic salt Pitcher, on a dark blue jumping deer on just such tendrils."

Reasons for the coat of arms: The three red diagonal bars on a silver background refer to the coat of arms of the Lords of Reif (f) enberg , Westerwald line without the blue, three-legged tournament collar , who were the landlords of Ransbach for centuries (1476–1745). The blue jug stands for the pottery trade (= jug-making trade) of the former communities of Ransbach and Baumbach and shows the "Ransbacher Hirschen" as a symbol of this trade, as it has been found on the Ransbacher jugs, jugs and pots from ancient times.

Culture and sights

The city center of Ransbach-Baumbach is characterized by two churches: the Protestant town church with the listed church tower from the 12th century and the Catholic parish church of St. Markus from 1950. The Catholic parish church of St. Antonius is located in the Baumbach district. The Way of the Cross with sculptures by the artist Gudrun Müsse-Florin, which were made from cast aluminum between 1969 and 1971, is well worth seeing.

The Sculpture and Miniature Museum, which opened in September 2016, has a globally unique collection of sculptures made of terracotta, earthenware, porcelain, marble and bronze.

The Erlenhofsee recreation area is approx. 800 meters from the city center and was created in the 1970s. The lake is 14 meters deep. A circular path leads around the lake, which also passes a rose park. The small Erlenhof chapel belongs to the former courtyard and dates from the 18th century.

On the southern edge of the urban area you come to the headwaters of the Brexbach , which is formed here from the foremost and rearmost brook. These waters have been feeding the Landshuber Weiher, built by order of the Elector of Trier , since 1666 . The ponds should meet the fish needs of the Catholics on Friday . The four ponds are very different. The second one in particular (coming from the north) is a popular destination because of its water lily cover.

See also : List of cultural monuments in Ransbach-Baumbach

Economy and Infrastructure

Ceramics industry

Ransbach-Baumbach calls itself the “Center of Ceramics ” because of the numerous companies that manufacture utility and decorative ceramics, industrial and building ceramics. Among other things, the famous Roman pots have been made here since the 1960s .

Ransbach-Baumbach has been the seat of companies that process clay from the Westerwald since the 17th century . In the 18th and 19th centuries, almost two-thirds of the population were out and about to sell ceramic products in southern Germany , the Netherlands and other countries. A pottery market still takes place in Ransbach-Baumbach today, attracting up to 30,000 visitors annually on the first weekend in October. Over 130 dealers from home and abroad exhibit their products at sales stands.

Schools and kindergartens

• Astrid Lindgren School (elementary school / all-day school)
• Erich Kästner School (Realschule plus)
• Catholic kindergarten St. Markus
• Catholic kindergarten St. Antonius
• Municipal kindergarten St. Martin

media

For a long time the regional television broadcaster wwtv was based in Ransbach-Baumbach. In 2010 the headquarters of the company was relocated from Ransbach-Baumbach to the Urbar on the right bank of the Rhine and thus geographically still part of the Westerwald, as broadcasting has been from a joint media company with TV Mittelrhein since 2009.

traffic

The city has a train station in Ransbach on the Engers – Au (Brexbachtalbahn) railway, which is partly operated by tourism . The closest connections to the SPNV are the train stations Siershahn and Dernbach, there is a connection to long-distance rail traffic at the Montabaur train station on the high-speed route Cologne – Rhine / Main and at the Koblenz central train station .

Ransbach-Baumbach lies between two legs that are formed by the Dernbach motorway triangle to the north-west of it, and has its own junction with the federal motorway 3 .

safety

The Ransbach-Baumbach volunteer fire brigade provides fire protection and general help.

Personalities

The tenor Johannes Kalpers grew up in Ransbach-Baumbach. In addition, the former vicar general and current auxiliary bishop of the Archbishop of Cologne, Prelate Dominik Schwaderlapp , grew up in Ransbach-Baumbach, who was ordained bishop on March 25, 2012 in the High Cathedral of Cologne by Joachim Cardinal Meisner . Schwaderlapp is now active as auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Cologne . Yves Bimbard is an honorary citizen of the city of Ransbach-Baumbach, who co-founded the town twinning of Ransbach-Baumbach with the French community of Pleurtuit in Brittany. The social politician and member of the state parliament Loni Böhm , the member Lorenz Hastenteufel and the racing driver Dieter Kern were born in the district of Ransbach.

Others

The Fohr brewery has existed in Ransbach-Baumbach since 1676. The Ransbach-Baumbacher Schützengesellschaft was founded in 1849 and is therefore the oldest club in town.

Web links

Commons : Ransbach-Baumbach  - Collection of images

• Website of the Ransbach-Baumbach Association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 176 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
4. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 187 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal Council Election 2019 Ransbach-Baumbach. Retrieved November 12, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
7. ↑ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Ransbach-Baumbach, Verbandsgemeinde, eighth result line. Retrieved November 12, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Report on a trip to Rwanda ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
9. ↑ Anke Mersmann: From collector to museum founder. In: Rhein-Zeitung.de. September 22, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2017 . 
10. ↑ Sculptures and Miniatures Museum. Non-profit sculpture and miniature museum Betriebsgesellschaft mbH, accessed on April 6, 2018 . 
11. ^ Ransbach-Baumbach in the Wanderatlas Germany