Stone frenzy

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 50 ° 28 '  N , 7 ° 56'  E
Basic data
State :	Rhineland-Palatinate
County :	Westerwaldkreis
Association municipality :	Wallmerod
Height :	276 m above sea level NHN
Area :	4.86 km 2
Residents:	796 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	164 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	56414
Area code :	06435
License plate :	WW
Community key :	07 1 43 074
Association administration address:	Richtstrasse 1 56414 Wallmerod
Website :	www.steinefrenz.de
Local Mayor :	Michael Hannappel
Location of the local community of Steinefrenz in the Westerwaldkreis

Steinefrenz is a municipality in the Westerwaldkreis in Rhineland-Palatinate . It belongs to the Wallmerod Association .

Geographical location

The community is located in the Westerwald between Montabaur and Limburg an der Lahn . The Eisenbach flows through the village . The living spaces Am Bahnhof Steinefrenz, Hof Kölsberg, Marienhof, Neumühle and Sonnenhof also belong to Steinefrenz.

history

Steinefrenz was first mentioned in a document in 959 as Brencede . The place belonged to the Electorate of Trier until 1803 and was assigned to the office of Montabaur . Steinefrenz belonged to the Hundsangen parish and in 1786 had 203 inhabitants.

After the dissolution of the electorate and the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803, the previous electoral office of Montabaur, thus also Steinefrenz, was assigned to the principality of Nassau-Weilburg and after the establishment of the Rhine Confederation (1806) belonged to the Duchy of Nassau . During the Naussau government, Steinefrenz belonged to the Meudt office in the Ehrenbreitstein administrative district , and later to the Wallmerod office . From 1866 to 1945, Steinefrenz belonged to the Prussian province of Hessen-Nassau and was part of the Unterwesterwaldkreis .

Population development

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

year Residents 1815 251 1835 320 1871 399 1905 422 1939 542 1950 583 1961 572

year Residents 1970 597 1987 591 1997 727 2005 767 2011 769 2017 778

Population development in Steinefrenz from 1815 to 2017 according to the table below

politics

Municipal council

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

mayor

Michael Hannappel became the local mayor of Steinefrenz on July 14, 2014. In the direct election on May 26, 2019, he was confirmed in office for a further five years with 93.56% of the votes.

Hannappels predecessor Klaus-Dieter Kühner held the office from 1994 to 2014.

coat of arms

	Blazon : "Late Gothic round shield, under a golden shield head, inside a four times corrugated blue bar, shield split, in front in silver a continuous red cross, behind in red a golden ax to the left." The coat of arms was designed by Manfred Limbach and approved by the Koblenz district government on March 23, 1988 .
	Justification for the coat of arms: The blue wavy strip in the main shield symbolizes the Eisenbach, the four waves the formerly four mills, the colors blue and gold indicate that it was part of Nassau ; the red cross is taken from the Kurtrier coat of arms; the golden ax represents the attribute of the patron saint of the community, St. Matthias represents.

Economy and Infrastructure

traffic

• The federal highway 8 runs east of the village and connects Limburg an der Lahn and Hennef (Sieg) .
• The next motorway junction is Nentershausen on federal motorway 3 ( Cologne - Frankfurt am Main ), about three kilometers away.
• Steinefrenz has a train station on the Unterwesterwaldbahn from Diez to Siershahn . Until 1910 the station was called "Wallmerod". Today the line RB 29 runs here, which is operated by the Hessische Landesbahn (HLB) as a " Dreiländerbahn " and runs approximately every hour in the Rhineland-Palatinate cycle .

Personalities

• Mathias Metternich (1747–1825), professor of mathematics and physics, publicist, supporter of the Enlightenment and member of the Order of the Illuminati

See also

• List of cultural monuments in Steinefrenz
• List of natural monuments in Steinefrenz

Web links

Commons : Steinefrenz  - Collection of Images

• Internet presence of the local parish of Steinefrenz
• Local community of Steinefrenz on the website of the Wallmerod community

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State Statistical Office of Rhineland-Palatinate - population status 2019, districts, communities, association communities ( help on this ).
2. ↑ State Statistical Office Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Official directory of the municipalities and parts of the municipality. Status: January 2019 ^{[ Version 2020 is available. ]} . S. 80 (PDF; 3 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. ↑ Minutes of the constituent meeting on July 14, 2014. Local parish of Steinefrenz, July 20, 2014, accessed on July 8, 2020 . 
6. ^ The State Returning Officer Rhineland-Palatinate: direct elections 2019. see Wallmerod, Verbandsgemeinde, fourth line of results. Retrieved July 8, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Heimberger, Schultheiße and Mayor of Steinefrenz. Local parish of Steinefrenz, accessed on July 8, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Eisenbahndirektion Mainz (ed.): Official Journal of the Royal Prussian and Grand Ducal Hessian Railway Directorate in Mainz of August 6, 1910, No. 33. Announcement No. 575, p. 335.