Schauren (near Idar-Oberstein)

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 49 '  N , 7 ° 14'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	520 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.13 km 2
Residents:	491 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	69 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55758
Area code :	06786
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 076
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.schauren.de
Mayoress :	Susanne Müller
Location of the local community Schauren in the Birkenfeld district

Schauren is a municipality in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Herrstein-Rhaunen community .

geography

Schauren is located in the Idarwald in the Hunsrück . 64.4 percent of the district area is forested. To the east are the places Hellertshausen and Asbach , to the south are Kempfeld and Bruchweiler .

The Aschiedermühle and Schaurenermühle residential areas also belong to Schauren.

The Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park is located near Schauren .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 273 1835 412 1871 416 1905 357 1939 446 1950 490

year Residents 1961 563 1970 550 1987 529 1997 526 2005 541 2019 491

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Susanne Müller is the local mayor of Schauren. Since there were no applicants in the direct election on May 26, 2019, the election of the mayor was incumbent on the council in accordance with the municipal regulations. This confirmed Müller in her office on June 26, 2019.

coat of arms

	Blazon : “ Diagonally right divided by black and gold. In front a golden vessel, behind a blue armored and tongued red lion. "
	Justification for the coat of arms: The vessel is reminiscent of the discovery of a jug in the Schaurener district, which dates from the La Tène period . The lion refers to the former affiliation of the community to the property of the Wild and Rhine Counts .

Culture and sights

There is a silent organ in the historic Protestant local church from 1767 . In addition, the community is in close proximity to the Hunsrück-Hochwald National Park .

See also: List of cultural monuments in Schauren

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 422 runs in the south and the Hunsrückhöhenstrasse ( federal highway 327 ) to the north . The Hahn Airport is located 23 km to the north. The closest train stations are in Kirn and Idar-Oberstein .

Web links

• Local community Schauren on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community
• Literature about showers 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 2020. S. 30 (PDF; 1 MB).
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Local elections 2019, city and municipal council elections
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, 36th line of results. Retrieved August 23, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Constituent meeting of Ortgemeinde Schauren. In: Our home. Linus Wittich Medien GmbH, edition 30/2019, accessed on August 23, 2020 . 
7. ↑ vg-rhaunen.de