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	Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 7 ° 43'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Bad Kreuznach
Association municipality :	Rudesheim
Height :	360 m above sea level NHN
Area :	16.61 km 2
Residents:	1113 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	67 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	55595
Area code :	06706
License plate :	KH
Community key :	07 1 33 099
Association administration address:	Nahestrasse 63 55593 Rüdesheim
Website :	www.spabruecken.de
Local Mayor :	Johannes Thilmann
Location of the local community Spabrücken in the Bad Kreuznach district

Pilgrimage church in the village center

Spabrücken is a municipality in the north of the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Rüdesheim . Spabrücken is a state-approved resort and is known for its pilgrimage church of the Assumption and the adjoining monastery.

geography

Spabrücken is located southeast of the Soonwald main ridge, a mountain range in the Hunsrück ; this is part of the Rhenish Slate Mountains . South of the village is the Gauchswald , another part of the aforementioned mountain range. 63.3 percent of the district area is forested.

The hamlets and residential areas Aschbornerhof, Forsthaus Reichenbacherhof, Gräfenbacherhütte, Oberhub, Pfeffermühle, Rothmühle, Treinelshäuschen and Unterhub also belong to Spabrücken .

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history

The oldest surviving mention of Spabrücken comes from 1170 as Spachbrukken . It belonged to the Dalberg lordship . There was a pilgrimage to the local church for a miraculous image of the Madonna . The pilgrimage was to be revived in the course of the Counter Reformation . The local lords of Dalberg also founded a branch of the Franciscan Order here in 1681 , which also took care of the church supply to the surrounding communities. The monastery was closed again in 1802 in the course of secularization .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 594 1835 902 1871 1,030 1905 820 1939 877 1950 979 1961 971

year Residents 1970 1,036 1987 1,078 1997 1,138 2005 1,208 2011 1,140 2017 1,130

Population development of Spabrücken from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

politics

Municipal council

The council in Spabrücken consists of 16 council members, who in the local elections on May 26, 2019 in a majority vote were elected, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

mayor

Local mayor is Johannes Thilmann. In the local elections on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office with 66.42% of the votes.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "A black tournament collar in blue accompanied by three golden lilies."

Culture and sights

The pilgrimage church of the Assumption of Mary , part of a Franciscan monastery , dates back to 1359. There is a silent organ from 1735 in it.

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Spabrücken
• List of natural monuments in Spabrücken

literature

Eric Beres: The treasurers of Worms and their importance for the region around Wallhausen and Dalberg . In: Kurt Andermann (Hrsg.): Ritteradel in the Old Kingdom. Die Kämmerer von Worms called von Dalberg (=  work of the Hessian Historical Commission NF . Volume 31 ). Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2009, ISBN 978-3-88443-054-5 , p. 137-154 .

Web links

Commons : Spabrücken  - Collection of images

• Internet presence of the municipality of Spabrücken
• Literature about Spabrücken 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. ^ ^{A b c} State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate - regional data
3. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 24 (PDF; 3 MB).
4. ↑ Beres, p. 138.
5. ↑ Beres, p. 148.
6. ↑ Beres, p. 153.
7. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: Municipal Council Election 2019 Spabrücken. Retrieved September 16, 2019 . 
8. ^ The Regional Returning Officer RLP: direct elections 2019. see Rüdesheim, Verbandsgemeinde, 24th line of results. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .