Schweppenhausen

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '  N , 7 ° 48'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Langenlonsheim-Stromberg
Height :	195 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.05 km 2
Residents:	877 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	288 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55444
Area code :	06724
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 093
Association administration address:	Warmsrother Grund 2 55442 Stromberg
Website :	www.schweppenhausen.de
Local Mayor :	Carsten Schmitt
Location of the local community Schweppenhausen in the Bad Kreuznach district

View from the west

View from the south

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

Geographical location

Nestled between forest, field and vineyards on the Guldenbach , Schweppenhausen is "the gateway to the Hunsrück ". Schweppenhausen is approx. 10 km from Bingen am Rhein and approx. 13 km from Bad Kreuznach .

history

Sweppenhuzun is mentioned for the first time in a document from Emperor Heinrich V in 1125 as the property of the St. Maximin Abbey of Trier. Since the 14th century it was owned by the von Ingelheim family as a fief of the wild counts and count palatine . The essential documents on Schweppenhausen, beginning in the Middle Ages, are in the Koblenz State Main Archive under the signature Abbot 53 C 44.

Statistics on population development

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

year Residents 1815 475 1835 562 1871 487 1905 525 1939 540

year Residents 1950 708 1961 753 1970 836 1987 900 2005 870 2011 906

politics

Municipal council

The local council in Schweppenhausen 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 local council:

choice	SPD	CDU	WGL	WGS	WGH	total
2019	-	1	5	3	3	12 seats
2014	-	2	7th	3	-	12 seats
2009	3	3	6th	-	-	12 seats
2004	6th	2	4th	-	-	12 seats

• WGL = Landwermann voters group
• WGS = Schmitt voter group
• WGH = voter group Heep

mayor

Local mayor is Carsten Schmitt. In the runoff election on June 16, 2019, he prevailed against the previous incumbent Günter Landwermann with a share of 52.16% of the vote.

Economy and Infrastructure

Until the completion of the Hunsrückquerbahn in 1889, agriculture and viticulture determined the livelihood of most of the citizens. After that, the wood processing industry and other branches of business gained in importance. A kindergarten and a primary school are located in town. The good village community is shaped by a diverse club life.

Viticulture

Schweppenhausen belongs to the "Nahetal wine-growing area" in the Nahe growing area . Seven wine-growing businesses are active in the village, the area under vines is 46 hectares. About 72% of the wine grown are white grape varieties (as of 2007). In 1979, 22 companies were still active, the area under vines has not changed significantly since then.

traffic

The A 61 , about 1.5 km away, connects Schweppenhausen to the motorway network around the Rhine-Main area . The Schweppenhausen stop was on the Hunsrückquerbahn Langenlonsheim - Hermeskeil .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Schweppenhausen

Web links

Commons : Schweppenhausen  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the community Schweppenhausen
• Literature about Schweppenhausen 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. ^ R. Seil, Schweppenhausen, a wine village in Guldental, 1994, p. 29; here W. Vogt refers to T. Giessmann, 1990.
3. ↑ ^{a b} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
4. ^ Population and households in the Schweppenhausen community. Retrieved May 16, 2020 . 
5. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: City council election 2019 Schweppenhausen. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: Municipal elections 2014, city and municipal council elections
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Stromberg, Verbandsgemeinde, sixth row of results. Retrieved September 15, 2019 . 
8. ↑ https://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/lokales/bad-kreuznach/vg-stromberg/schweppenhausen/carsten-schmitt-neuer-ortsburgermeister-von-schweppenhausen_20218215#