Sensbach valley

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Sensbachtal coat of arms
Sensbach Valley (2012)

Sensbachtal was a municipality in the Odenwaldkreis in Hesse with the last 944 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2015) on 33.94 km² . When the city of Beerfelden merged with the municipalities of Hesseneck , Rothenberg and Sensbachtal to form the city of Oberzent on January 1, 2018, Sensbachtal was dissolved.

geography

location

Location of the former community in the Odenwaldkreis

Sensbachtal was 300 to 550 meters above sea level in the southern Odenwald on an area of ​​33.94 square kilometers and the Geo-Naturpark Bergstrasse-Odenwald , ten kilometers from Eberbach am Neckar . The sub-locations of Sensbachtal are lined up in the valley that the Sensbach dug from north to south to the Hessian border in the red sandstone Odenwald and which is accompanied on the west side by the Sensbacher Höhe .

Neighboring communities

Sensbachtal bordered in the east on the municipality of Hesseneck (Odenwaldkreis), in the south on the city of Eberbach ( Rhein-Neckar-Kreis in Baden-Württemberg ) and in the west and north on the city of Beerfelden (Odenwaldkreis).

structure

The community consisted of the districts Hebstahl , Ober-Sensbach and Unter-Sensbach .

history

The municipality was created on February 1, 1971 on the occasion of the regional reform in Hesse through the voluntary amalgamation of the municipalities of Hebstahl, Ober-Sensbach and Unter-Sensbach. The town hall, fire station , sports hall and a two-group kindergarten have been built in a central location in Unter-Sensbach .

Declining population numbers and economic reasons led to efforts to merge the communities of Hesseneck , Beerfelden , Rothenberg and Sensbachtal into one community with the name Oberzent on January 1, 2018. In referendums on March 6, 2016, the majority of the citizens of the four municipalities each voted in favor. With a voting participation of 65.2%, the majority in Sensbachtal was 71.3% of the citizens voting. The postal code 64759 for Sensbachtal became obsolete with the merger.

Population development

The population of the municipality developed over time as follows (unless otherwise noted, taken from the publications of the Hessian State Statistical Office):

month and year population   month and year population
June 1976 1026   December 2012 957
December 2009 991   December 2013 959
December 2010 983   December 2014 947
December 2011 967   December 2015 944

politics

Former community council

The local elections on March 6, 2016 produced the following results, compared to previous local elections:

Distribution of seats in the municipal council 2016
 
A total of 11 seats
  • GFW / ÜWS : 11
 Election
year 		Electoral
participation
supply 		It accounted for the nominations of
GFW / ÜWS DS BVS All in all
% % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats
2016 64.8 100.0 11 - - - - 100 11
2011 50.7 100.0 11 - - - - 100 11
2006 52.0 100.0 15th - - - - 100 15th
2001 72.5 65.6 10 22.8 3 11.6 2 100 15th
1997 81.8 64.5 10 23.3 3 12.3 2 100 15th

Since 2006, in accordance with the provisions of the Hessian Local Election Act, elections have been held according to the principles of majority voting, as there was only one nomination. For the 2011 elections, the number of community representatives to be elected was reduced from 15 to 11. Nonetheless, in 2016 the GFW / ÜWS's only list of proposals contained only 8 candidates, so that the voters had no real choice between the candidates even after the majority vote.

mayor

After the Hessian municipal constitution is Mayor Chairman of the Municipal Board , the two volunteer in the community Sensbachtal next to the Mayor Councilor belonged. The last mayor was Egon Scheuermann from January 1st, 2008 until the dissolution of the municipality. His directly elected predecessor was

  • 1990 to 2007 Manfred Heiss.

badges and flags

Banner Sensbachtal.svg

coat of arms

Sensbachtal coat of arms
 Blazon : “ A waved silver oblique left bar in green and red, accompanied by a silver wagon wheel at the top and 3 silver stars at the bottom. "

The coat of arms of the municipality of Sensbachtal was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on February 5, 1981 . It was designed by the Bad Nauheim heraldist Heinz Ritt .

flag

The flag was approved by the Hessian Ministry of the Interior on May 12, 1986 and is described as follows:

"The municipal coat of arms is placed on a red / green flag track, covered with a white central stripe in the upper half."

Culture and sights

  • Former tithe barn
  • Cemetery with chapel, built at the beginning of the 30 Years War, which can be recognized by the date "1619" carved into the entrance arch. The oldest parts of the enclosure wall also date from this time.

traffic

The B 45 ( Hanau –Eberbach) is reached after about eight kilometers.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Municipal reform: mergers and integration of municipalities from January 20, 1971 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1971 No. 6 , p. 248 , para. 22 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 6.2 MB ]).
  2. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer GmbH, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 358 .
  3. ↑ Citizens' decision on March 6, 2016 in Sensbachtal. (No longer available online.) In: www.statistik-hessen.de. Archived from the original ; accessed on March 6, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Statistical reports from the Population Department 2009 - 2015 , accessed on January 3, 2018
  5. ↑ Local elections 1977; Relevant population figures for the municipalities as of December 15, 1976 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1976 No. 52 , p. 2283 , point 1668 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 10.3 MB ]).
  6. ^ Result of the municipal election on March 6, 2016. Hessian State Statistical Office, accessed in April 2016 .
  7. ↑ GFW / ÜWS: Community of Free Voters / non-partisan voter association Sensbachtal
  8. ^ DS: Village community Sensbachtal
  9. ^ BVS: Citizens Association Sensbachtal
  10. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Election results 2011 and 2006
  11. ^ Hessisches Statistisches Landesamt: Election results 2001 and 1997
  12. ^ Neckartal-Nachrichten of March 8, 2016: Results of the local elections in the Oberzent
  13. ^ Hessian State Statistical Office: Direct elections in Sensbachtal
  14. ↑ www.eberbach-channel.de of December 21, 2001: Inauguration of the Sensbachtal Mayor completed. Third term. Accessed January 2018.
  15. ↑ Approval of a coat of arms of the community Sensbachtal in the Odenwaldkreis, administrative district Darmstadt from February 5, 1981 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1981 No. 8 , p. 476 , item 271 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 5,8 MB ]).
  16. ^ Approval of a flag for the municipality of Sensbachtal, Odenwaldkreis from May 12, 1986 . In: The Hessian Minister of the Interior (ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1986 No. 21 , p. 1071 , point 506 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 13.3 MB ]).

literature

Web links

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