Sienhachenbach

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	Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '  N , 7 ° 29'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Birch field
Association municipality :	Herrstein-Rhaunen
Height :	330 m above sea level NHN
Area :	7.6 km 2
Residents:	191 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	25 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55758
Area code :	06788
License plate :	BIR
Community key :	07 1 34 083
Association administration address:	Brühlstrasse 16 55756 Herrstein
Website :	www.vg-hr.de
Local Mayor :	Dietmar Fritz
Location of the local community Sienhachenbach in the district of Birkenfeld

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

geography

The community is located between Idar-Oberstein and Lauterecken northeast of the Baumholder military training area . Neighboring communities are Oberreidenbach , Otzweiler and Sien .

The Forsthaus Antestal residential area also belongs to Sienhachenbach .

history

Sienhachenbach was first mentioned in a document in 1508.

By the Rhineland-Palatinate "State law on the dissolution of the Baumholder manor and its municipal reorganization" of November 2, 1993 (GVBl, p. 518), the community received two large parcels of the disbanded Baumholder manor on January 1, 1994.

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 190 1835 266 1871 144 1905 273 1939 242 1950 247

year Residents 1961 248 1970 236 1987 200 1997 218 2005 221 2019 191

politics

Municipal council

The council in Sienhachenbach consists of six council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the directly elected honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Dietmar Fritz became the local mayor of Sienhachenbach on March 14, 2017. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in his office for another five years with a share of 90.83% of the votes.

Fritz's predecessor as local mayor, Arnold Steitz, who died in May 2017, had resigned from office on December 31, 2016 for health reasons.

Culture and leisure

The parish hall was inaugurated in 1968. It is the center of cultural life in the community and is used by the local associations . The Protestant church holds its services here on special church holidays, as there is no church in the village. The house, which is equipped with a small and a large hall, is often used for family celebrations, public events and courses offered by the adult education center.

societies

• Male Choir (founded 1921) u. Women's choir (founded 1987)
• Voluntary fire brigade (founded in 1939) and support association
• Freizeitclub e. V. (founded 1979)

Economy and Infrastructure

The federal highway 270 runs through the village . In Lauterecken there is a station of the Lautertalbahn .

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Sienhachenbach

Web links

Commons : Sienhachenbach  - Collection of Images

• Local community Sienhachenbach on the website of the Herrstein-Rhaunen community
• Sienhachenbach in the television program Hierzuland
• Literature about Sienhachenbach 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. ^ ^{A b} Andreas Nitsch: Candidates wanted in VG Herrstein. Sienhachenbach. In: Nahe newspaper. Mittelrhein-Verlag GmbH, Koblenz, February 20, 2019, accessed on August 24, 2020 . 
6. ^ The Regional Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Herrstein-Rhaunen, Verbandsgemeinde, 41st line of results. Retrieved August 24, 2020 .