Schöneberg (Hunsrück)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '  N , 7 ° 45'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Langenlonsheim-Stromberg
Height :	345 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.13 km 2
Residents:	607 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	85 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55444
Area code :	06724
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 091
Association administration address:	Warmsrother Grund 2 55442 Stromberg
Website :	www.schoeneberg-soonwald.de
Local Mayor :	Heinz-Dieter Wopen
Location of the local community Schöneberg in the Bad Kreuznach district

Schöneberg and the Soonwald

Schöneberg is a municipality in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Langenlonsheim-Stromberg community .

geography

Schöneberg lies in the Hunsrück on a ridge of the Soonwald between the Guldenbachtal and the Gräfenbachtal .

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Schöneberg consists of twelve 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.

The distribution of seats in the municipal council:

choice	CDU	WfS	WGS	WGW	WGH	total
2019	1	6th	5	-	-	12 seats
2014	-	6th	5	1	-	12 seats
2009	-	-	7th	-	5	12 seats

• WfS = We for Schöneberg e. V. (emerged from the voter group Pöttmann - WGP)
• WGS = Voter Group Salt
• WGW = Wilbert voter group
• WGH = Hilmes voters group

mayor

Local mayor is Heinz-Dieter Wopen (WfS). In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was elected with a share of 50.37% of the votes, making him the successor to Uwe Pöttmann (WGP), who was no longer running for office.

Culture and sights

• A painting in the church entitled Madonna of Stalingrad , a reproduction of the Stalingrad Madonna
• Church windows donated by patrons
• Former castle house of the Knights of Schonenburg (privately owned)

See also: List of cultural monuments in Schöneberg

economy

In addition to the meager agriculture, the Schönebergers earned their living in the past by making brooms . As in the entire Hunsrück region , many residents emigrated to the USA and Canada. At the present time, local economic life is concentrated in several master craftsmen's businesses in the automotive, electrical, hairdressing, roofing and carpentry industries and two restaurants. Mobile sales vehicles from the local bakers and butchers complete the offer. Financial services can be partially covered through the local insurance agents.

Facilities

Schöneberg has a public community library , a community hall and the volunteer fire brigade with a support association .

The day care center and primary school are located in the neighboring town of Schweppenhausen. There are secondary schools in Wallhausen and Stromberg (IGS).

literature

• Barbara Poittner: Desolation in the Bad Kreuznach district. Dissertation 1972. In: Bad Kreuznach district (Hrsg.): Local history series of publications of the Kreuznach district. Volume 2, 1971, 212 pages.

Web links

Commons : Schöneberg (Hunsrück)  - Collection of images

• Local community Schöneberg on the website of the Stromberg community
• Literature about Schöneberg 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. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City Council Election 2019 Schöneberg. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City council election 2014 Schöneberg. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Local council election 2009 Schöneberg. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
5. ↑ We for Schöneberg e. V .: founding statute. January 15, 2019, accessed September 15, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Stromberg, Verbandsgemeinde, fifth row of results. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Article in Paulinus (weekly newspaper)