Deer (Westerwald)

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 38 '  N , 8 ° 7'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Rennerod
Height :	535 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.41 km 2
Residents:	964 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	130 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56479
Area code :	02664
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 285
Association administration address:	Hauptstrasse 55 56477 Rennerod
Website :	www.rehe-westerwald.de
Local Mayor :	Johannes Beul
Location of the local community Rehe in the Westerwaldkreis

Town hall in Rehe

Rehe is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald in the extreme northeast of Rhineland-Palatinate, directly on the state border with Hesse . The next larger cities are Siegen (29 kilometers north), Wetzlar (28 kilometers east) and Limburg an der Lahn (29 kilometers south). The largest part of the Krombachtalsperre is located in the local area , the dam of which is already in the area of ​​the Hessian municipality of Driedorf .

history

The place was first mentioned in a document around 1300. The place has been part of the parish Emmerichenhain since the Middle Ages and with this the rulership of the Westerwald . There is evidence of its own chapel from around 1440. It had the only churchyard in the parish, with the exception of the central church in Emmerichenhain. A schoolhouse is first mentioned in 1737 in connection with its impending collapse. In 1741 a new schoolhouse built by the community with a chapel on the upper floor was completed.

In the year 1534 five Vogtleute and 15 Nassau-Beilsteiner owners are mentioned in the place and in 1577 eleven houses with compulsory service. In 1607 18 men are mentioned and in 1643 there are 36 inhabitants. In 1711 there were 30 families, in 1750 there were 243 inhabitants and in 1807 there were 342 inhabitants. In 1828 22 craftsmen and traders were registered in the village.

politics

Municipal council

The council in deer consists of twelve council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Johannes Beul became mayor of Rehe on July 2, 2019. Since no candidate had stood in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the election was made by the council in accordance with the municipal regulations.

Beul's predecessor, Christin Hahnenstein, held the office of mayor from 2014 to 2019.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “In the shield there is a bent piece of göpel, split by blue and silver; in front a blue stylized half-timbered building in gold; in the back, two silver cogwheel quarters next to each other in green, an upright golden ear of wheat covering two superimposed arcs. "

Culture and sights

The town hall of Rehe is a half-timbered house from the early 18th century with carved foliage ornaments on the posts and on the wooden door. On the upper floor there is a Protestant prayer room with benches and a pulpit from 1741. Pastor Dr. Johann Heinrich Manderbach (1699–1767) built it as a Latin school.

Several half-timbered houses testify to the typical Westerwald agriculture: The roof is only drawn down on one or two sides. The contemporary single-family houses in Rehes are also partly based on this traditional construction method.

The Westerwaldsteig , which opened in May 2008, leads through deer . Through this connection and new restaurants in the historic half-timbered houses, the place experiences a touristic upgrade.

See also list of cultural monuments in Rehe (Westerwald)

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

• Rehe is the seat of the development and production site of ABUS (August Bremicker Söhne KG).

traffic

• The B 255 , which leads from Montabaur to Herborn , runs directly through the village .
• The next motorway junction is Herborn on the A 45 Dortmund - Hanau , about 14 kilometers away.
• The closest ICE stop is Montabaur train station on the Cologne – Rhein / Main high-speed line .
• From 1906 to 1959, Rehe had a direct rail connection through the Herborn – Montabaur line ( Westerwaldquerbahn ) in passenger traffic and in freight traffic until 1967 . Today there is partly a cycle path on the old railway line, the old Rehe station is a residential building.

literature

• Hellmuth Gensicke : Parish and court of Emmerichenhain . In: Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research (Hrsg.): Nassauische Annalen . tape 101 . Publishing house of the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, Wiesbaden 1990, p. 231-254 .

Web links

Commons : Deer  - Collection of Images

• Information from the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod about the local community Rehe
• TV report by the SWR-RP about the dialect and traditions in Rehe

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
3. ^ Report on the constituent meeting of the municipal council on July 2nd, 2019. In: Hoher Westerwald - Wochenkurier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, edition 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 . 
4. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rennerod, Verbandsgemeinde, 14th line of results. Retrieved July 18, 2020 . 
5. ^ Elke Hufnagl: Honors and farewells to council members and local mayors. In: Hoher Westerwald - weekly courier for the Verbandsgemeinde Rennerod, issue 28/2019. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, accessed on July 18, 2020 .