Roxheim

This article deals with the municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, for the town of the same name in the Rhine-Palatinate district see Roxheim (Bobenheim-Roxheim) .

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 7 ° 49'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	160 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.94 km 2
Residents:	2611 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	440 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	0671
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 086
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.roxheim.de
Local Mayor :	Reinhold Bott
Location of the local community Roxheim in the Bad Kreuznach district

Panorama Roxheim

Roxheim is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim .

geography

Roxheim is located in the Soonwald-Nahe Nature Park, northwest of Bad Kreuznach . The Katzenbach, a left tributary of the Ellerbach, flows through the village .

The Rollars Mühle and Schauß Mühle residential areas also belong to Roxheim .

history

The place was mentioned in a document in 773 as Hrocchesheim . Today's Evangelical Church in Roxheim dates from the 13th century. From 1350 he belonged to the county of Sponheim . After the French Revolution, Roxheim was part of the Rhine-Moselle department for 16 years . 1815–1945 it belonged to Prussia .

Population development

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

Population development of Roxheim from 1815 to 2017 according to the adjacent table

year Residents 1815 557 1835 744 1871 800 1905 935 1939 935 1950 1.003

year Residents 1961 1,094 1970 1,376 1987 1,820 1997 2,225 2005 2,361 2019 2,611

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Roxheim consists of 20 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. By the 2019 election, there were 16 council members.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	SPD	CDU	FWG	total
2019	6th	6th	8th	20 seats
2014	5	6th	5	16 seats
2009	4th	6th	6th	16 seats
2004	4th	6th	6th	16 seats

• FWG = Free Voting Community Roxheim e. V.

mayor

The local mayor is Reinhold Bott. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office with a share of 64.71% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Reasons for the coat of arms: The blue and gold checkerboard pattern in the coat of arms is reminiscent of the former affiliation to the County of Sponheim , the grape symbolizes the viticulture that is important for the place and the arrows refer to Saint Sebastian , who was the patron saint of the local church since the 12th century .

Economy and Infrastructure

In Roxheim there is a horse stable for accommodation and lessons, a day-care center, a primary school, a community library, the Hörning inn, as well as Weinsheimer, a food market and a butcher's shop. The winemaking families von Merz, Schaller, Hartmann, Heil and Weinsheimer enrich the Nahe region with exquisite wines.

In addition, the nearby ARAL petrol station and the ALDI discounter also belong to the village.

traffic

From 1895 to 1936 Roxheim owned a train station on the narrow-gauge railway line Bad Kreuznach-Wallhausen . Omnibuses and a truck replaced their traffic.

Personalities

• Johann Friedrich Abegg (1765–1840), theologian, professor in Heidelberg
• Thorsten Mäder (* 1969), professor of organ playing
• Pascal Finkenauer (* 1977), singer

See also

• Main road
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• List of cultural monuments in Roxheim

Web links

Commons : Roxheim  - Collection of Images

• Website of the local community Roxheim
• Literature about Roxheim in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Bibliography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, municipalities, 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. 16 (PDF; 1.9 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Roxheim. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 20th line of results. Retrieved September 15, 2019 .