Raubach

This article deals with the local community of Raubach in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Neuwied. For the Raubach district of the town of Oberzent in the Hessian Odenwald district, see Raubach (Oberzent)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 7 ° 38'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Neuwied
Association municipality :	Puderbach
Height :	220 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.83 km 2
Residents:	1974 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	252 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56316
Area code :	02684
License plate :	NO
Community key :	07 1 38 059
Community structure:	3 districts
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 13 56305 Puderbach
Website :	www.puderbach.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Rudolph
Location of the local community Raubach in the district of Neuwied

Raubach is a municipality in the Neuwied district in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate . She belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach .

Raubach, aerial photo (2016)

geography

location

The place is south of Puderbach on the edge of the Rhein-Westerwald nature park . The Holzbach flows through the village .

Community structure

Brechhofen (south of Raubach) and Hedwigsthal (north of Raubach, where the Metsä Tissue paper mill is located) are the districts of the municipality in addition to the main town.

history

In a document assigned around the year 1000, the church in "Rouchbach" , which was equipped with a tenth district , was mentioned for the first time. It was owned by the Koblenz Kastorstift and consecrated to St. Kastor . The income of the parish later belonged to the provost of the monastery . In April 1226, the Archbishop of Trier Theoderich certified that Provost Gerhard donated the income to the chapter of the Castor Foundation to improve the benefice .

In 1532 the monastery sold tithes and patronage rights in Raubach to the Archbishop of Trier . The latter in turn sold it to Count Johann IV von Wied in 1570 , after the latter had introduced the Reformation in his county in 1556.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 418 1835 588 1871 545 1905 602 1939 784 1950 907 1961 1,304

year Residents 1970 1,280 1987 1,666 1997 1,984 2005 1,984 2011 1.925 2017 1.927

religion

The Evangelical Church is centrally located in Raubach , which is home to the Protestant parish and is listed as a cultural monument in the list of monuments of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate . You can also find the Evangelical Free Church Community - Raubach Brothers Community (open brothers) and the Raubach Christian Community (closed brothers).

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Raubach consists of 16 council members, who were elected in a personalized proportional representation in the local elections on May 26, 2019 , and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	5	-	11	16 seats
2014	5	-	11	16 seats
2009	5	3	8th	16 seats
2004	4th	4th	8th	16 seats

mayor

Michael Rudolph became the local mayor of Raubach in 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of the vote of 59.02%. Michael Rudolph's predecessor was Harald Hachenberg.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Under the silver head of a shield three red roses with golden clusters and in the red field a silver sword with a golden pommel,placed diagonally to the right." The coat of arms became legally valid with a certificate from the Koblenz district government on April 3, 1970 based on a design by Ernst Zeiler, Raubach.
	Reasons for the coat of arms: The coat of arms signs mentioned are emblems of the former noble family von Raubach.

Culture and sights

The Evangelical Church in Raubach, a cultural monument

• List of cultural monuments in Raubach
• List of natural monuments in Raubach

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The next motorway junction is Dierdorf on federal motorway 3 . The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line . Raubach is located on the Holzbachtalbahn from Altenkirchen via Dierdorf to Siershahn .

schools

There is a primary school and a special school for pupils with learning difficulties.

Personalities

The women's rights activist Ika Freudenberg (1858–1912) and the composer Wilhelm Freudenberg (1838–1928) were born in Raubach . Both were children of the local entrepreneur Johann Philipp Freudenberg (1803–1890), owner of what was then Raubacher Hütte, which is located on the current site of the Metsä plant .

The industrialist Theodor Springmann senior (1840–1927) was also born in Raubach.

Web links

Commons : Raubach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Raubach on the website of the Verbandsgemeinde Puderbach

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} Heinrich Neu, Hans Weiger: The art monuments of the district of Neuwied (=  The art monuments of the Rhine province . Volume 16 Section II). Schwann, Düsseldorf 1940, p. 336 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Heimat-Blatt and historical chronicle for the former Wied'schen and Nassauischen lands . Issue 2, year 1925. Strüder, Neuwied, p. 14 ( dilibri ).
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate: My village, my city. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
5. ^ Evangelical Free Church Congregation - Raubach Brothers Congregation
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ Local council in Raubach is constituted. NR-Kurier, August 19, 2019, accessed on March 19, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Wolfgang Tischler: Talking about top candidates from Raubach. NR-Kurier, May 15, 2014, accessed on March 19, 2020 . 
9. ^ The Regional Returning Officer of Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Puderbach, Verbandsgemeinde, twelfth line of results. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .