Rengsdorf

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	Coordinates: 50 ° 30 '  N , 7 ° 30'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Neuwied
Association municipality :	Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach
Height :	240 m above sea level NHN
Area :	6.91 km 2
Residents:	2774 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	401 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56579
Area code :	02634
License plate :	NO
Community key :	07 1 38 061
Association administration address:	Westerwaldstrasse 32–34 56579 Rengsdorf
Website :	www.kurortrengsdorf.de
Local Mayor :	Christian Robenek
Location of the local community of Rengsdorf in the Neuwied district

Town hall and seat of the association's administration

Bismarck Column Rengsdorf

Rengsdorf is a local community and a climatic health resort in the Neuwied district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It is the administrative seat of the community of Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach , to which it also belongs.

geography

climate

The annual rainfall is 834 mm. The amount of precipitation is in the upper third of the values ​​recorded in Germany. Lower values ​​are registered at 69% of the measuring stations of the German Weather Service . The driest month is February, with the most rainfall in July. In July there is 1.7 times more rainfall than in February. The rainfall varies moderately. Lower seasonal fluctuations are recorded at 51% of the measuring stations .

history

The oldest document about Rengsdorf comes from the time when Theutgart was Archbishop of Trier (847–868). In this document, made around 857, the boundaries of the Rengsdorf parish district, which belonged to the Koblenz castor monastery , were described. Rengsdorf was recognized as a "climatic health resort" in 1963, but the tradition of health tourism goes back to the 19th century.

In March 1956, the Bundeswehr intelligence school was set up in the former "Rheinhöhe" hotel . She moved to Bad Ems in mid-October 1958 . In December 1959, a "radio company" moved into the building, which was later stationed as PSV Battalion 1 in Andernach .

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 376 1835 564 1871 684 1905 991 1939 1,669

year Residents 1950 2.013 1961 2,190 1970 2,291 1987 2,255 2005 2,635

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Rengsdorf consists of 20 council members, who were elected in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary local mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FDP	FWG	WGR	total
2019	8th	9	3	-	-	20 seats
2014	7th	7th	1	4th	1	20 seats
2009	8th	6th	3	3	-	20 seats
2004	8th	6th	2	4th	-	20 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Community Rengsdorf e. V.

mayor

Christian Robenek (CDU) became the local mayor of Rengsdorf on July 16, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for a further five years with a share of the vote of 75.70%. Christian Robenek's predecessor was Karlheinz Kleinmann, who held the office for 15 years.

Partner municipality

The partnership with the municipality of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier , located in the French region of Burgundy, has existed since 2005.

Culture and sights

Attractions

On Kaisereichenplatz is the 13 meter high Bismarck column , which was inaugurated in 1903 in honor of the first German Chancellor, Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898).

See also;

• List of cultural monuments in Rengsdorf
• List of natural monuments in Rengsdorf

music

Rengsdorf is known for the annual event held in summer by the Rengsdorf Rock Friends. In the last few years Bill Wyman , Roger Chapman and the band Uriah Heep have performed there.

Club life

• Emergency services and disaster control: the voluntary fire brigade , the German Red Cross and the DLRG .
• Sports and leisure: Alternative sports and play community (ASS), the gymnastics club, the sports club Rengsdorf (football), the TC-Rengsdorf, the Rockfreunde Rengsdorf e. V. as the organizer of the annual Rengsdorf Rock & Blues Festival and the Rengsdorf Boys' Association, which organizes festivals such as the fair or carnival.
• In 2005, at the suggestion of Pastor Friedemann Stinder, the Christian Association of Young People ( CVJM ) Rengsdorf eV was founded, which organizes monthly children's Bible days and youth meetings; there is also an Indiaca sports group in the YMCA Rengsdorf .

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

The B 256 , which connects Neuwied and Altenkirchen and via which there is also a regional bus connection, runs directly through the community . On July 3, 2006, the construction of a bypass began, the expected cost of which was around 35 million euros. The four kilometer long section of the B 256 was officially opened to traffic on September 23, 2014.

The next motorway junction is Neuwied / Altenkirchen on the A3 .

The closest train station is in Neuwied with a connection to the right-hand Rhine route . The nearest train stations for long-distance traffic on the left-hand Rhine route are in Andernach and Koblenz . The high-speed line Cologne – Rhein / Main runs in the immediate vicinity . The closest stop on this route is in Montabaur .

Established businesses

Nationwide well-known companies are Lohmann & Rauscher , manufacturer of dressings and medical materials, as well as Berge & Meer (subsidiary of TUI Germany ), the pool operator monte mare and “meta GmbH & Co KG”, which sells partition wall systems internationally. Rengsdorf is the main and administrative headquarters for all four. The manufacturing companies Maschinenbau Runkel GmbH and Winkler and Dünnebier Süßwarenmaschinen GmbH are also located in Rengsdorf.

Rengsdorf is also the headquarters of FeMax Group Europe and its subsidiaries.

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

• Gerhard Curdes (* 1933), university professor for urban development and regional planning;
• Norbert van Heyst (* 1944), General in the Bundeswehr;

Personalities who have worked in the place

• Friedrich Karl Henkel (1848–1930), German entrepreneur and founder of the Henkel Group , had his retirement home in Rengsdorf and died in Rengsdorf;
• Curt Karl Rüschhoff (1887–1969), German architect , planned a. a. the Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe ;
• Richard Winkler (1898–1972), senior partner and personally liable partner of the Winkler + Dünnebier company , honorary citizen of the city of Neuwied .

literature

• Marie-Luise Dingeldey and the “Chronicle Working Group”: 1150 years of Rengsdorf - A walk through the centuries. Rengsdorf 2007.

Web links

Commons : Rengsdorf  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the health resort Rengsdorf

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Local community Rengsdorf . Website of the Rhineland-Palatinate Association of Municipalities and Cities V. Accessed December 15, 2014.
3. ↑ Helmut R. Hammerich : "Always on the enemy!" - The Military Counter-Intelligence Service (MAD) 1956–1990 . 1st edition. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht , Göttingen 2019, ISBN 978-3-525-36392-8 , pp. 145 .
4. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
6. ↑ Local community Oberraden: 1st meeting of the local council of the local community Oberraden (public). July 3, 2014, accessed March 14, 2020 . 
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Rengsdorf-Waldbreitbach, Verbandsgemeinde, 15th line of results. Retrieved March 14, 2020 . 
8. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: Obituary Karlheinz Kleinmann. Rhein-Zeitung, published by Freundeskreis Rengsdorf-St. Pierre eV, March 1, 2016, accessed on March 14, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Circle of Friends: Chronicle 2003 to 2017. Circle of Friends Rengsdorf-St. Pierre eV, accessed on March 14, 2020 .