Reitzenhain (Taunus)

Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Rhein-Lahn district
Association municipality :	Loreley
Height :	300 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.66 km 2
Residents:	316 (Dec 31, 2019)
Population density :	56 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56357
Area code :	06771
License plate :	EMS, DIZ, GOH
Community key :	07 1 41 115
Association administration address:	Dolkstrasse 3 ; 56346 St. Goarshausen
Website :	www.vgloreley.de
Local Mayor :	Rudiger Geisel
Location of the Reitzenhain community in the Rhein-Lahn district

Reitzenhain 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 .

geography

The Bogeler Mühle and Heppenhofmühle residential areas also belong to Reitzenhain .

history

The place belonged to the Niedergrafschaft Katzenelnbogen and was thus part of the property of the Counts of Katzenelnbogen. After their extinction in 1479, the area fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse. Landgrave Philip I introduced the Reformation in 1527. After his death in 1567, the House of Hesse split into several lines. Ruppertshofen was added to Hessen-Rheinfels, but fell to Hessen-Kassel in 1583. Briefly occupied by Hessen-Darmstadt during the Thirty Years War, it fell back to Hessen-Kassel in 1648.

Between 1806 and 1813 the Niedergrafschaft and thus Reitzenhain was occupied and administered by France (pays réservé de Catzenellenbogen). After the Congress of Vienna it was sold to the Duchy of Nassau in 1816 as a result of an exchange deal. As a result of the German War in 1866, the duchy and thus Reitzenhain were annexed by Prussia. After the First World War, the area was occupied by France until 1929.

On March 26th and 27th, 1945 the place was taken by American troops. After the Second World War, the place belonged to the French occupation zone. Since 1946 it has belonged to the federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate, since 1969 to the Rhein-Lahn district, and since 1972 to the Loreley community.

On August 24, 2012, all 324 residents of the village had to be evacuated because a ten hundredweight bomb from the Second World War had been found.

politics

Municipal council

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

Local mayor

until 2009: Klaus Itzel
from 2009: Rüdiger Geisel

In the direct election on May 26, 2019, Rüdiger Geisel was re-elected with 96.34% of the vote.

coat of arms

Blazon : "Under one by battlements cut red silver split shield main in green between two golden Oak leaves with a golden acorn a golden cuckoo ."

The coat of arms was approved on April 8, 1991.

Reasons for the coat of arms: The red and silver pewter cut in the coat of arms of the Reitzenhain community establishes the historical reference to the Hessian rulership, especially the Rheinfels-Rotenburg line , which existed from 1648 to 1794. The green of the coat of arms symbolizes the place name syllable Hain as the color of the forest , while the representation of the bird is based on the popular name Reitzenhainer cuckoo .

Web links

Commons : Reitzenhain - collection of images

Individual evidence

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

↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 45 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

↑ Michael Stoll: Explosives from the Second World War found in Reitzenhain - A ten hundredweight bomb from the Second World War was found by the ordnance disposal service in a field in Reitzenhain. in Rhein-Zeitung from August 24, 2012

^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: City Council Election 2019 Reitzenhain. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .
^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Loreley, Verbandsgemeinde, 17th line of results. Retrieved November 2, 2019 .
↑ Book of Arms of the Loreley Community, 1994

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

[2] State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 1, 2017 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 45 (PDF; 1.9 MB).

[3] Michael Stoll: Explosives from the Second World War found in Reitzenhain - A ten hundredweight bomb from the Second World War was found by the ordnance disposal service in a field in Reitzenhain. in Rhein-Zeitung from August 24, 2012