Rhein-Hunsrück district

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 2 ′  N , 7 ° 30 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
Administrative headquarters :	Simmern / Hunsrück
Area :	991.12 km 2
Residents:	103,163 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	104 inhabitants per km 2
License plate :	SIM, GOA
Circle key :	07 1 40
Circle structure:	137 parishes
Address of the district administration:	Ludwigstrasse 3–5 55469 Simmern / Hunsrück
Website :	www.kreis-sim.de
District Administrator :	Marlon Bröhr ( CDU )
Location of the Rhein-Hunsrück district in Rhineland-Palatinate

The Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis is a regional authority in Rhineland-Palatinate . The seat of the district administration is Simmern / Hunsrück , the most populous municipality is the association-free city of Boppard .

geography

location

The district includes on the one hand the landscape to the left of the Middle Rhine between the cities of Oberwesel and Boppard and on the other hand the central and eastern Hunsrück with the Soonwald in the south of the district area. The highest point is the Simmerkopf at 653  m above sea level. NHN .

Neighboring areas

The Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis borders in a clockwise direction in the north, starting with the districts of Mayen-Koblenz , Rhein-Lahn-Kreis , Mainz-Bingen , Bad Kreuznach , Birkenfeld , Bernkastel-Wittlich and Cochem-Zell .

history

Before 1800, the area of ​​today's Rhein-Hunsrück district was split up into many domains, including Kurtrier , the County of Sponheim , the Count Palatine of Simmern and the former imperial cities of Boppard and Oberwesel . During the French occupation under Napoleon , the area was from 1798 to 1814 part of the Rhine-Moselle department with its seat in Koblenz. After the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the area became part of Prussia . In 1816, in the newly established administrative district of Koblenz in the province of the Grand Duchy of Lower Rhine (from 1822 Rhine province ) a. a. the circles Simmern and St. Goar newly formed. In 1946 these became part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate .

The Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis was created as part of the district reform in Rhineland-Palatinate on June 7, 1969 and was formed from

• the municipalities of the dissolved district of Simmern
• the communities of the dissolved district of Sankt Goar with the exception of the city of Bacharach and the communities of Alken , Breitscheid , Brey , Brodenbach , Burgen , Macken , Niederfell , Niederspay , Nörtershausen , Oberfell , Oberspay , Manubach , Niederheimbach , Oberdiebach , Oberheimbach and Trechtingshausen (today the district of Mainz -Bingen and Mayen-Koblenz).
• the municipalities of Bärenbach , Belg , Büchenbeuren , Hahn , Hirschfeld , Irmenach , Lautzenhausen , Lötzbeuren , Niedersohren , Niederweiler , Raversbeuren , Rödelhausen , Sohren , Wahlenau and Würrich of the dissolved district of Zell as well
• the communities Lindenschied and Woppenroth of the dissolved district of Bernkastel .

In a second step of the district reform, several changes were made on November 7, 1970:

• The communities Bruschied , Kellenbach , Königsau , Schneppenbach and Schwarzerden moved to the Bad Kreuznach district.
• The communities of Beuren , Irmenach and Lötzbeuren moved to the district of Bernkastel-Wittlich.
• The municipalities of Beulich , Dommershausen , Eveshausen and Morshausen came from the dissolved Koblenz district to the Rhein-Hunsrück district.
• The Mastershausen community moved from the Cochem-Zell district to the Rhein-Hunsrück district.

On July 1, 2014, the communities of Lahr , Mörsdorf and Zilshausen moved from the Cochem-Zell district to the Rhein-Hunsrück district.

Population development

year	Residents	source
1970	87,500
1980	90,300
1990	92,900
2000	105,400
2010	102.145
2016	103.026

politics

District council

District election in the Rhein-Hunsrück district 2019

Weighted result

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

35.2

22.1

12.4

11.0

8.5

7.5

3.3

CDU

SPD

Green

FWG ^d

FDP

AfD

left

Gains and losses

compared to 2014

 % p

   8th

   6th

   4th

   2

   0

  -2

  -4

  -6

  -8th

-7.9

-6.6

+5.0

+0.4

+2.2

+7.5

-0.6

CDU

SPD

Green

FWG ^d

FDP

AfD

left

Remarks:

^d Free voters Rhein-Hunsrück (FW-RH)

Distribution of seats in the
district assembly of the Rhein-Hunsrück district 2019

       

A total of 42 seats

• Left : 1
• Greens : 5
• SPD : 9
• FW RH : 5
• FDP : 4
• CDU : 15
• AfD : 3

The district assembly of the Rhein-Hunsrück district consists of 42 district assembly members elected in a personalized proportional representation and the district administrator as chairman. After the last district election on May 26, 2019 , the following distribution of seats results:

Parties and constituencies		% 2019	Seats 2019	% 2014	Seats 2014	% 2009	Seats 2009	% 2004	Seats 2004
CDU	Christian Democratic Union of Germany	35.2	15th	43.1	18th	40.7	17th	49.3	21st
SPD	Social Democratic Party of Germany	22.1	9	28.7	12	28.5	12	29.9	13
GREEN	Alliance 90 / The Greens	12.4	5	7.4	3	6.9	3	5.7	2
FW-RH	Free voters Rhein-Hunsrück	11.0	5	10.6	4th	9.1	4th	5.8	2
FDP	Free Democratic Party	8.5	4th	6.3	3	11.8	5	9.4	4th
AfD	Alternative for Germany	7.5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
THE LEFT.	THE LEFT.	3.3	1	3.9	2	3.1	1	-	-
total		100.0	42	100.0	42	100.0	42	100.0	42
Voter turnout in%		65.9		61.3		59.8		65.3

District administrators

• 1969–1980: Albert Reinhard (independent)
• 1980–1988: Armin Jäger (CDU)
• 1989–2015: Bertram Fleck (CDU)
• since 2015: Marlon Bröhr (CDU)

Marlon Bröhr prevailed in the direct election on September 28, 2014 with a vote of 68.69% against the competitor Michael Maurer (SPD). His eight-year term began on May 3, 2015.

badges and flags

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  Hoist flag

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  Banner flag

The Rhein-Hunsrück district has a coat of arms as well as a hoist and banner flag .

Blazon : “Under the shield head, which is single row of blue and gold (yellow): in front in gold (yellow) a red armored, black eagle turned to the left; behind in black a red crowned and armored and golden (yellow) lion. "

Justification of the coat of arms: The symbols stand for the former rulers who used to divide the district area: the chess bar in the shield head stands for the Vordere Grafschaft Sponheim , the lion for the Electors of the Palatinate and the eagle for the former free imperial cities of Oberwesel and Boppard . The coat of arms of the Rhein-Hunsrück district was awarded on January 6, 1972 by the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of the Interior .

See also : List of coats of arms in the Rhein-Hunsrück district

traffic

Two landscapes shape the district: the Middle Rhine Valley ...

... and the Hunsrück heights .

Only a small section of the left bank of the Rhine belongs to the Rhein-Hunsrück district, but a large area on the heights of the Hunsrück.

Rail transport

In the easily accessible Rhine Valley, the Rheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft opened the main line Bingen am Rhein - Sankt Goar - Koblenz as early as 1859 .

In 1889, the Prussian State Railroad established a connection to the district town of Simmern from Langenlonsheim in the Nahe valley. It was extended in 1901/02 via Kirchberg in the direction of Hermeskeil, also to the north to Kastellaun and in 1906 to Pfalzfeld; finally in 1908 over a steep stretch down into the Rhine Valley to Boppard.

A short stretch of the Deutsche Reichsbahn from Simmern to Gemünden marked the completion of the railway construction in 1921/22. The railway network thus covered a length of 143 km. After the closures in 1963–1984:

• 1963: Simmern - Holzbach - Gemünden (Hunsrück) 15 km
• 1976: Simmern - Kirchberg - Hirschfeld - Morbach 28 km
• 1983: Simmern - Kastellaun - Pfalzfeld - Emmelshausen 38 km
• 1984: Langenlonsheim - Rheinböllerhütte - Simmern 18 km

there were only 44 km left for passenger traffic. These partly disused railway lines are now called the Hunsrück Railway or the Hunsrück Cross Railway .

Road traffic

The federal motorway 61 Ludwigshafen-Koblenz runs through the district . Furthermore, several federal highways and district roads run through the district area, including the B 9 , left along the Rhine, further the B 50 , the B 421 and the B 327  - the latter better known as Hunsrückhöhenstraße .

Airport

The Frankfurt-Hahn Airport is located on the western edge of the district, by specializing in low cost airlines , Eastern European cargo airlines and military service aircraft movements are forecast the airport more growth potential.

Communities

(Residents on December 31, 2019)

Association-free city :

• Boppard , Town (15,413)

Associated municipalities with their associated municipalities: (seat of the Verbandsgemeinde *)

• 1. Verbandsgemeinde Hunsrück-Mittelrhein

1. Badenhard (141)
2. Bulging (488)
3. Bickenbach (365)
4. Birkheim (148)
5. Damscheid (654)
6. Doerth (507)
7. Emmelshausen , City * (4862)
8. Gondershausen (1280)
9. Halsenbach (1284)
10. House Bay (203)
11. Hungenroth (253)
12. Karbach (628)
13. Kratzenburg (392)
14. Laudert (413)
15. Leiningen (703)
16. Linger tap (480)
17. Maisborn (133)
18. Mermuth (248)
19. Morshausen (346)
20. Mill Trail (70)
21. Ney (353)
22. Niederburg (664)
23. Niedert (123)
24. Norath (474)
25. Oberwesel , City (2781)
26. Perscheid (347)
27. Pfalzfeld (615)
28. Sankt Goar , City (2779)
29. Torrent (312)
30. Thörlingen (137)
31. Land (718)
32. Utzenhain (108)
33. Wiebelsheim (516)

• 2. Association of Kastellaun

1. Alterkülz (400)
2. Bell (Hunsrück) (1431)
3. Beltheim (1982)
4. Braunshorn (616)
5. Book (817)
6. Dommershausen (1070)
7. Gödenroth (471)
8. Hasselbach (219)
9. Hollnich (305)
10. Kastellaun , town * (5463)
11. Korweiler (78)
12. Lahr (180)
13. Mastershausen (975)
14. Michelbach (179)
15. Moersdorf (620)
16. Roth (274)
17. Spesenroth (144)
18. Uhler (350)
19. Zilshausen (293)

• 3. Kirchberg Association (Hunsrück)

1. Bärenbach (468)
2. Belg (112)
3. Büchenbeuren (1755)
4. Dickenschied (705)
5. Dill (199)
6. Dillendorf (566)
7. Gehlweiler (218)
8. Gemünden (1296)
9. Rooster (187)
10. Hedges (112)
11. Heinzenbach (420)
12. Henau (146)
13. Hirschfeld (Hunsrück) (277)
14. Kappel (464)
15. Kirchberg (Hunsrück) , City * (3993)
16. Kludenbach (117)
17. Laufersweiler (815)
18. Lautzenhausen (383)
19. Lindenschied (191)
20. Maitzborn (107)
21. Metzenhausen (105)
22. Low Cost (186)
23. Low ears (446)
24. Niederweiler (393)
25. Upper Costenz (232)
26. Raversbeuren (117)
27. Reckershausen (368)
28. Rödelhausen (126)
29. Roedern (187)
30. Rohrbach (179)
31. Schliiffer (169)
32. Blacks (132)
33. Sohren (3188)
34. Sohrschied (121)
35. Death Red (75)
36. Unzenberg (411)
37. Wahlenau (199)
38. Womrath (188)
39. Woppenroth (239)
40. Würrich (159)

• 4. Simmern-Rheinböllen Association

1. Altweidelbach (252)
2. Argenthal (1666)
3. Belgweiler (210)
4. Benzweiler (210)
5. Bergenhausen (122)
6. Biebern (298)
7. Bubach (257)
8. Budenbach (186)
9. Dichtelbach (618)
10. Ellern (Hunsrück) (897)
11. Erbach (284)
12. Fronhofen (225)
13. Holzbach (547)
14. Horn (338)
15. Keidelheim (333)
16. Kisselbach (588)
17. Klosterkumbd (275)
18. Külz (Hunsrück) (472)
19. Kümbdchen (491)
20. Laubach (418)
21. Liebshausen (497)
22. Mengiffer (703)
23. Moerschbach (339)
24. Mother difference (480)
25. Nannhausen (618)
26. Neuerkirch (300)
27. Niederkumbd (312)
28. Ohlweiler (315)
29. Oppertshausen (113)
30. Pleizenhausen (245)
31. Ravengiersburg (315)
32. Rayanders (101)
33. Empire (338)
34. Rheinböllen , City (4114)
35. Riegenroth (239)
36. Riesweiler (725)
37. Sargenroth (434)
38. Schnorbach (246)
39. Schoenborn (274)
40. Simmern / Hunsrück , City * (7899)
41. Steinbach (Hunsrück) (135)
42. Tiefenbach (750)
43. Wahlbach (185)
44. Wüschheim (282)

Former parishes

The following municipalities have lost their independence since the district was founded in 1969:

Bad Salzig , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Buchholz , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Dellhofen , on March 17, 1974 in Oberwesel Dorweiler , on March 17, 1974 in Dommershausen Dudenroth , on March 17, 1974 in Braunshorn Ebschied , on March 17, 1974 in Braunshorn Eveshausen , on March 17, 1974 in Dommershausen Frankweiler , on March 17, 1974 in Beltheim Herschwiesen , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Heyweiler , on March 17, 1974 in Beltheim Hirzenach , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Holzfeld , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Hundheim , to Bell on March 17, 1974 Kleinweidelbach , on March 17, 1974 in Rheinböllen

Krastel , to Bell on March 17, 1974 Langscheid , on March 17, 1974 in Oberwesel Leideneck , to Bell on March 17, 1974 Mannebach , on March 17, 1974 in Beltheim Mörz , on March 17, 1974 Nickweiler , on March 17, 1974 in Nannhausen Oppenhausen , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Rheinbay , on December 31, 1975 to Boppard Sabershausen , on March 17, 1974 in Dommershausen Sevenich , on March 17, 1974 in Beltheim Udenhausen , on December 31, 1975 to Boppard Völkenroth , to Bell on March 17, 1974 Hamlet , to Boppard on December 31, 1975 Wohnroth , to Bell on March 17, 1974

For lists of the term "area changes" see area reforms in Rhineland-Palatinate

License Plate

On June 7, 1969, the district was assigned the SIM distinctive symbol , which had been valid for the Simmern district since July 1, 1956 . It is still issued today. The GOA (Sankt Goar) distinguishing mark has also been available since November 15, 2012 ( license plate liberalization ).

literature

• Rhine-Hunsrück ; ed. from the district administration and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Koblenz, Simmern district office; Edition Cities - Districts - Regions. German districts in portrait: Oldenburg 1994, ISBN 3-88363-122-1 .
• Eberhard J. Nikitsch: The inscriptions of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis. Part 1: Boppard, Oberwesel, St. Goar; The German inscriptions, Volume 60: Mainzer Reihe, Volume 8, Reichert, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-89500-346-8 .
• Albert Rosenkranz: The Evangelical Rhineland. Part 1; Verlag Kirche in der Zeit, Düsseldorf 1956; Pp. 532 ff., 329 ff., 597 ff.
• Uwe Anhäuser: The Ausoniusstraße from Bingen over the Hunsrück to Trier. An archaeological travel and hiking guide. Rhein-Mosel-Verlag, Alf / Mosel 2006, ISBN 3-89801-032-5 .

Web links

Commons : Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis
• Statistical data for the Rhine-Hunsrück district at the Rhineland-Palatinate State Statistical Office
• The inscriptions of the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis I via Deutsche Insschriften Online
• Literature from and about Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature on the Rhine-Hunsrück district in the Rhineland-Palatinate state bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Official municipality directory (= State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate [Hrsg.]: Statistical volumes . Volume 407 ). Bad Ems February 2016, p. 153 (PDF; 2.8 MB).
3. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: "I am your new district administrator": Fleck pays homage to the three Hunsrück villages ( memento from October 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1972
5. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1981
6. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 1992
7. ↑ Statistical Yearbook for the Federal Republic of Germany 2002
8. ^ The regional returning officer RLP: Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis. Final result of the 2019 district council election. Accessed August 10, 2019 . 
9. ^ Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis: District Administrator Dr. Marlon Bröhr. Retrieved December 6, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Coat of arms of the Rhein-Hunsrück district
11. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).